Ready for winter?

[ArlyA]

I've got something done, but not all that much. Getting plow stuff ready.

 

[wolc123]

I have no problem with selected temp by degrees in newer vehicles.

I burned wood in my previous shop. I missed the romance of it the first Winter in my current shop. I got over that. Wouldn't want to go back.

I used a kerosene heater in my old shop and I didn’t like it much. I thought about wood with the new one but went with propane (one of those little burners that hooks to a bottle and has low, medium, and high settings) . That works ok on low, when it is real cold outside, but it quickly gets too hot in there if it above 30 or so degrees outside, even if set on low.

I moved a high efficiency portable electric heater with a thermostat out there this year. My plan is to warm the place up with the propane heater, then use that electric one to maintain on the warmer days.

I only heat a wood shop areas that is 20 ft long x 12ft wide x 7.5 ft high and it is insulated pretty good on top and the outside wall. I could not run the electric heat out there last year, because I only had a single 15 amp outlet for everything. I added another 30 amps out there this spring and put in LED lights and 20 amp outlets.

 

[ovrszd]

I used a kerosene heater in my old shop and I didn’t like it much. I thought about wood with the new one but went with propane (one of those little burners that hooks to a bottle and has low, medium, and high settings) . That works ok on low, when it is real cold outside, but it quickly gets too hot in there if it above 30 or so degrees outside, even if set on low.

I moved a high efficiency portable electric heater with a thermostat out there this year. My plan is to warm the place up with the propane heater, then use that electric one to maintain on the warmer days.

I only heat a wood shop areas that is 20 ft long x 12ft wide x 7.5 ft high and it is insulated pretty good on top and the outside wall. I could not run the electric heat out there last year, because I only had a single 15 amp outlet for everything. I added another 30 amps out there this spring and put in LED lights and 20 amp outlets.

I use floor heat in a 1900 sqft shop. I don't think it would be efficient in a shop your size. What you are doing sounds like a winner!!!

 

[wolc123]

I use floor heat in a 1900 sqft shop. I don't think it would be efficient in a shop your size. What you are doing sounds like a winner!!!

My whole shop is 2300 sqft, but I just insulated that small woodshop (2nd picture)under the loft. I also have an adjoining 10 x 12 x 7.5 ft high metal shop (1st picture) under that loft, that is not heated and open to the inside.

I can’t wait to see how that little electric heater works out there this winter. We use to keep it in our girls bathroom in the house, but they are now both off to college, so it isn’t needed there anymore.

 

[ovrszd]

My whole shop is 2300 sqft, but I just insulated that small woodshop (2nd picture)under the loft. I also have an adjoining 10 x 12 x 7.5 ft high metal shop (1st picture) under that loft, that is not heated and open to the inside.

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I can’t wait to see how that little electric heater works out there this winter. We use to keep it in our girls bathroom in the house, but they are now both off to college, so it isn’t needed there anymore.

Awesome. Cozy. Warms a man's heart and soul.

 

[coobie]

Propane tanks are filled so are the 87 octane and diesel tanks.

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[Jstpssng]

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My whole shop is 2300 sqft, but I just insulated that small woodshop (2nd picture)under the loft. I also have an adjoining 10 x 12 x 7.5 ft high metal shop (1st picture) under that loft, that is not heated and open to the inside.

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I can’t wait to see how that little electric heater works out there this winter. We use to keep it in our girls bathroom in the house, but they are now both off to college, so it isn’t needed there anymore.

Nice hand hewn beams!

 

[Citydude]

My whole shop is 2300 sqft, but I just insulated that small woodshop (2nd picture)under the loft. I also have an adjoining 10 x 12 x 7.5 ft high metal shop (1st picture) under that loft, that is not heated and open to the inside.

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I can’t wait to see how that little electric heater works out there this winter. We use to keep it in our girls bathroom in the house, but they are now both off to college, so it isn’t needed there anymore.

Nothing more beautiful than hand hewen logs.

 

[civilian]

Propane tanks are filled so are the 87 octane and diesel tanks.

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What is the bred of your pup? Face looks close to our English Cocker Spaniel, except he has a white and brown eye patches. Jon

 

[CloverKnollFarms]

Put my bees to bed