shop heat

[Old Red]

750 square feet garage. 1.5 ton Mini Split HVAC that keeps it nice and toasty in the winter and cool in the summer. When I added that thing it was like gaining 750 square feet of livable conditioned space that my wife stays out of.....best think ever.

 

[mapper]

Wood stove, originally belonged to my folks in a 1600' home, no idea what btu. Shop is 24x36, heated area 24x24, walls r19 and the ceiling is 2" fiber glass. Ceiling insulation is original to building and should be upgraded, not sure I'm up to that much high ladder work anymore:laughing:. Pole Building with steel siding, prior to insulating the walls had a barrel stove, on a cold day (around 30 - NW Wash. cold not what a lot of you consider cold) you could stay warm within 5' of stove and burn a couple of wheel barrow loads of wood doing so. Current stove and insulation an arm load or two.

 

[mapper]

Somethings to consider about wood stove for heat.
1. Takes up space.
2. Has to be fed several times a day, no setting a thermostat and walking into a warm shop later.
3. Insurance companies may charge more.

 

[tomplum]

A small electric space heater, a chicken light to help if I'm crazy enough to paint or finish something and a racy Snap on poster.

 

[RSKY]

My daughter works for an independent insurance agency. The only way they will insure a house with ANY type of wood burning heat is if the furnace is completely removed from the house. Or some companies have a huge surcharge for wood heat. It may be different in other areas of the country. Twenty to thirty years ago there a guy I worked with that had trouble getting payment after his house burned because the insurance company didn't know they had installed a wood burning stove. My mother's agent came by about that time and asked her if she had a wood burning stove. She said there was one in the basement but it hadn't had a fire in it in twenty years or more. He told her she had a week or so to get it out or they would cancel. She pulled it out of the house with a couple long log chains attached to her tractor. Because of the location of a fence she could only pull up 5'-10' at a time but she got it out of the house the next day. That is one reason we took our chimney down. So a fire could not be put in the house.

Don't shoot the messenger here. I am only relaying what I know and remember from past times. I am by no means an insurance expert but before I installed something burning wood I would definitely check with my insurance provider.

RSKY

 

[jar06896]

Mr Heater Big Maxx 75,000 btu propane. Main shop is 24x36 with 12' walls and 10x12 overhead door. Addition to shop is 14x24, with a 10x10 cutout into the main shop. 8' walls slope up to 12'. R19 in the walls, R19+ in the ceiling, but there's a finished second floor over half of it. Heater works well, usually keep the place around 55° on average. It struggled a little when temps dropped to zero and below but that was more because I was low on propane so I dropped the temp to 45°. It's pretty simple and does the job. I use a ceiling fan to help move the heat around.

 

[JLwoodworks]

85,000btu oil furnace and supplemental wood Furnace. I keep it 55 in there full time then when I'm working in the shop I can light a fire. They are ducted together through the building.

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They are controlled by individual thermostats. The thermostat for the wood furnace operates the damper on the door. It has its own fan limit switch in the plenum above so when the temperature set is reached it turns on the blower in the oil furnace.
And if the temperature gets too high it will drop out power to the burner in the oil furnace so that can't turn on and will close the damper while keeping the blower going to cool it down.

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The shop is spray foamed and the main room has 24" of blow in insulation in the attic. R18 insulated overheads. It's quite comfortable out there. Around 1275 ft sq heated space

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My heat is ducted through the ceiling so I put a couple fans in to help circulation. The return air is just the filter on the side of the oil furnace so it pulls everything back to there.

Jay

 

[Old Red]

Wow, that is one tight shop there! I bet you can heat that thing with a candle.

 

[jrepp44]

20' x 30' metal shop building, 2" spray foam on walls and ceiling, 8' insulated garage door, insulated steel entry door, un-insulated concrete slab. 36K BTU Mr. Cool mini split keeps it comfortable summer and winter. Only change - needs more spray foam.

 

[JerryK]

I want to put my 40x80' barn/slab on a trailer and move it North/South as the weather changes.... It's too cold up here in the winter and way too hot in the summer. I could live real good in my 40x80' trailer..... searching for my 65 degree paradise. I might even make it all the way to Texas to visit my Sister Brandi.... maybe help her play in the clay with one of my tractors...