Quonset hut heat

[freebird914]

I have a quonset hut heat ? I have a 25x34 which is great for my uses I want to place my pot belly stove in just to take the chill out. Was thinking of putting it by the end wall and running up and over thru wall then up above the roof of hut ... I have no idea if this is a good plan and what to use going thru metal wall. Any suggestions ideas pictures or comments Thanks

 

[brokenknee]

I have a metal roof on my house with a chimney going through it. They do make a thimble the will conform to the ribs on the roof. Going through the wall I'm not sure what you would use.

Not to be the fire police, however you may want to check with your insurance agent to see if they will cover the building just in case something goes wrong. I pay $50.00 a year extra to burn wood in my house. The agent came out took pictures of the install and made sure all clearances were met.

 

[Sprinklerman]

I dont like a wood burner in a shop . Too much risk . I have a oil furnace in a separate building with a supply and return cut thru the wall 4 ft and 6 ft high. I can shut it down with the flick of a switch .

 

[lutt]

I have a quonset hut heat ? I have a 25x34 which is great for my uses I want to place my pot belly stove in just to take the chill out. Was thinking of putting it by the end wall and running up and over thru wall then up above the roof of hut ... I have no idea if this is a good plan and what to use going thru metal wall. Any suggestions ideas pictures or comments Thanks

I have done this in my personal shop and it works okay. There are a lot of farm shops and tractor dealerships shops in our area plumbed this way. I would suggest staying inside the shop as far up as you can for heat retention in shop and keeping the pipe warm to help with draft. I used regular stove pipe in mine. I have no insulation or wood where I went they the metal tin wall. If I ever do it again. I will use schedule eighty used irrigation well casing in eight or ten inch on a concrete pad outside the shop with a t welded in to connect my stove pipe to. Done that with a wood furnace in a house I had and it worked well. Just used eight. Some people use old grain auger tubes for stove and keep them inside the shop and straight thru the roof. I would imagine with a Quonset hut that would be pretty tuff. If your worried about going thru thru the wall, get the proper insulated stainless steel chimney pipe. That is what I used at my house in my garage. Wish I had some pics. Hope this helps. LUTT

 

[freebird914]

I dont like a wood burner in a shop . Too much risk . I have a oil furnace in a separate building with a supply and return cut thru the wall 4 ft and 6 ft high. I can shut it down with the flick of a switch .

Understand my shop is mostly for my motorcycles and projects just need some heat during the winter just to take edge off ... Any other ideas for heat ?

 

[Looking4new]

I would go with a wood stove and run the chimney up about to the 6' mark then elbow it outside then a T and run straight up the end wall. With the T outside you lay the T down so the long leg of it goes through the metal end wall. One side of what would be the cross bar would go straight up and the other end of it goes straight down, you can cap it off. When it comes time to clean the chimney, just take the cap off, ball up a bunch of newspaper, stuff it in the T and light it off. Creosote and all goes up the chimney with a whoosh.

If you have money to burn (won the power ball) then get an outside wood furnace and plumb it into a heat exchanger and a fan. Forced air heat. But that route is not cheap.

 

[bobmisi]

I installed a propane fired ceiling hung modine heater in my garage (28X46) and I am thrilled with it. It heats up in 10 minutes and does not use as much propane as I thought it would. With wood it would take to long to heat up and many times I'm only going to be working out there for an hour or two. Plus I'm allready too much of a slave to cutting and splitting wood to heat the house.

 

[Code54]

I installed a propane fired ceiling hung modine heater in my garage (28X46) and I am thrilled with it. It heats up in 10 minutes and does not use as much propane as I thought it would. With wood it would take to long to heat up and many times I'm only going to be working out there for an hour or two. Plus I'm allready too much of a slave to cutting and splitting wood to heat the house.

X2 - Also have one and it is the way to go. WORKS great!!

 

[CalG]

X2 - Also have one and it is the way to go. WORKS great!!

I spent the good part of the day installing a Williams Direct Vent wall heater to replace the burnt out/ rusted out Empire unit that has been my shop heat for the past 20 years. (bought it used to begin with)

The new unit is configured all wrong for the old gas pipe location, and even the vent. Call it "left handed" where the old Empire unit was "right handed". Nothing but grief, but I'll throw money at it until it's right ;-)

Gas makes so much sense. Heats up quickly at a flick of the thermostat, and shuts down securely just as easily. Wood burners are never so trouble free. (I've heated our home exclusively with wood for going on 30 years) The total gas used doesn't amount to much when it's only a few hours here or there during the winter. I don't even get off the most expensive purchase tier due to low usage volume. <100 gal/yr
I am going to mount up the spare ceiling fan though. Bring that heat down to where my feet can feel it.

Getting soft with the passing days. ;-)

PS, I've got a spare wood stove sitting in the shop. I never have wanted to pipe it in... ;-)

 

[roadhunter]

Understand my shop is mostly for my motorcycles and projects just need some heat during the winter just to take edge off ... Any other ideas for heat ?

You could put the stove outside and blow the heat through a piece of duct in the wall. Those wood burning furnaces are just a wood stove with a sheet metal box around the outside and a blower to move air.

 

[oosik]

An easy solution might be one of those propane fired "jet engine type" heaters. No plumbing required, instant heat, instant on/off. The only caution is having sufficient fresh air in the quonset hut so you don't get asphyxiated. I use one in my shop and have never had a problem.

I've also used this same type heater that burned kerosene/diesel and the "odor" will eventually give you headaches.

 

[CalG]

An easy solution might be one of those propane fired "jet engine type" heaters. No plumbing required, instant heat, instant on/off. The only caution is having sufficient fresh air in the quonset hut so you don't get asphyxiated. I use one in my shop and have never had a problem.

I've also used this same type heater that burned kerosene/diesel and the "odor" will eventually give you headaches.

I've always termed those heaters as "Salamanders", and they are a Way bad choice if the shop is "frozen". They put out so much moisture as to coat everything in a hoar frost when they are lit off.

Truly an unworkable solution to heat in the presence of metal.

BTDT! Never again!

 

[newbury]

An easy solution might be one of those propane fired "jet engine type" heaters. No plumbing required, instant heat, instant on/off. The only caution is having sufficient fresh air in the quonset hut so you don't get asphyxiated. I use one in my shop and have never had a problem.

I've also used this same type heater that burned kerosene/diesel and the "odor" will eventually give you headaches.

I've always termed those heaters as "Salamanders", and they are a Way bad choice if the shop is "frozen". They put out so much moisture as to coat everything in a hoar frost when they are lit off.

Truly an unworkable solution to heat in the presence of metal.

BTDT! Never again!

Well the OP lists his location as "Bama".
My shops are in north east Mississippi. 2011, 2012, 2013 I barely needed heat there. In the winter of 2014-2015 it was cold at times. So fall of 2015 I bought a diesel/kerosene "salamander". For the time I was there in November and December I used it on occasion and it worked great. I'd go down in the a.m. and run it for at most 30 minutes and it warmed my shop up fine. Note to safety police - the place leaks fairly well so I have plenty of air turnover and I don't run it long.

But I've had no problem with "hoar frost". And before someone stole my LPG tank th eshop was heated with big ceiling LPG heaters.

My point is that an LP salamander (far safer) would do well unless the OP is in the Arctic of Alabama.

 

[oosik]

I use my LP "salamander" routinely in the winter. I've never had frost on anything. But, then again, our winter humidity level - like today - is only 20%.

The other thing I like is, I can move the unit to right where I'm at in the shop.

 

[newbury]

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The other thing I like is, I can move the unit to right where I'm at in the shop.

That's the main reason I bought my salamander.

With basically 4 shops totalling 5,500 square feet I needed a relatively inexpensive solution to warm up anywhere.