Heater Advice

[mopacman]

when working in the cold put a heat lamp on the tools to keep them warm. when you pick one up it will warm your hand. Larry

 

[mrkool]

Well, strange you started this subject just as I was replacing my garage heater with a slightly larger model and moving the hot water coil from the return side to the supply side, and the cooling/heat pump coil from the supply
side to the return side.

The garage is 3 1/2 cars, 50' x 24 with an upstairs, shop down on one end,
been using heat pump for the mild weather, then a Hardy wood/water furnace when it's fired up, then if that goes out, the 90% propane gas furnace kicks in, a 100 lb bottle lasts all winter.

If I had your shop/garage, I'd probably use 2-100% eff wall heaters that run on propane, and get 2-100 lb tanks, one connected, one for backup.

I put a couple in the basement of a house about the same size, and on a 20 degree day, they'd run you out of there.

I'm also looking at some electric (110 volt) fireplaces, a fella said he's got one, it has a remote thermostat and looks real, and heats almost as good as gas, I'm going to look at a couple this week, might be interesting.

 

[Dusty]

It gets a lot colder in Canada than it does in Tennessee. He is going to need a lot of BTU's to keep everything toasty warm.

 

[Jerome]

Rule of thumb here in Ontario is 40,000 BTU PER 1000 feet. Slant fin makes a wall furnace that fits in between the wall studs (16 inch centers) and would vent through the roof. goes for about $2500 email me sidley@csolve if you need more information.

 

[Jerome]

Sorry Slant fin makes boilers who I ment was Empire wall furnaces the model I mentioned would fit in the inside wall and blow heat into both sides of the shop.

 

[LBrown59]

you could use electric baseboard heaters. they are fairly cheap to buy and if you have the skills they are easy to install.

And very expensive to operate.

 

[LBrown59]

Just make sure that if you purchase a propane heater that you install a propane gas leak detection device. A friend was telling me about a home in Ohio that blew up as a result of what is believed to have been a gas leak.

Does this mean if ya go with natural gas and ya don't hafta worry about an exposition.
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[LBrown59]

WHAT ! Nobody has suggested an outside heating & cooling unit:

 

[LBrown59]

Check Northern Tool for heaters. I assume that they will ship to Canada. I have a 75,000 ceiling heater that works well, and the cost was reasonable. I did the work myself, and the heater and all the plumbing and vent parts cost me under $500. I don't use it that often to worry about efficiency. Also, how well insulated is the building? The better insulated, the less BTU's you will need. Mine was made by Mr. Heater.
Dusty

I have had 3 MR HEATERS blow up and catch fire.
No more of them for me!

 

[thcri]

I have had 3 MR HEATERS blow up and catch fire.
No more of them for me!

3 of them??? I have heard nothing but good things about them. Is there a common denominator here or are they all different models?