Best way to heat a garage???

[Guest]

green6767 wrote:
Well I have to rule out propane, due to some allergic reactions I get from the stuff. I am not going to rule out kerosene and diesel fuel as long as I can find one that doesn't stink too bad and wont burn my eyes. I thought about electric heaters, but I would only need it when I want to work. Are there any that dont take too long to heat up, and how long is "long"? How much higher will the electric bill be if I go with an electric heater?

Kerosene will always stink. The more you use it the more you get used to it. Like eating anchovies. You understand that you have too vent it. Having a triple garage means you better go big.

Kerosene is the same price as diesel fuel. I remember bitching at $1.70 a gallon. Hell its $2.80 now? unless someone knows where I can get it cheaper.

[green6767]

anybody heard of using Jet Fuel. I heard it doesn't stink as much and it costs about the same as kerosene?

[Turbo5Oh]

berg sells a blower that u can get a heatig element for which would heat the room quickly and there wont be any smells, i have their catalog at work ill look at it tommorow aqain to see what its cost, ive been thinking about buying it for a few years now but im kind of a cheap ass

fuel heaters suck my ass and im pretty sure its not good for u

if i knew a farmer or something i would go with the new corn heaters, suppose to be very cheap to run but i dont know where u can by feed corn

[integra_gsr98]

Are there any small scale oil heaters?

[Turbo5Oh]

integra_gsr98 wrote:
Are there any small scale oil heaters?

not that ive came across but it would be awsome if u could find a small used oil furnace, im pretty sure it would be pretty easy to find large quanities of free used oil

but heres the link to the blower heater ive been thinking about
its blows 300 cfm and u can get a 1500 watt heater attachment so i think it would do pretty good

http://www.atdtools.com/Tools.html

then the part numbers are (blower) atd-30001 (heater) atd-30002
just use the item search

[darkelvis]

I've decided that this year I'm just going to move my grill into my garage, that way any time I want to work on my car I'll just grill some burgers up first. Other than that, I have a little stanley electric heater that keeps the (1 stall) garage right around 50.

[Bookem]

How about a wood stove, they have some with fan attachments to move the hot air

[Turbo5Oh]

Bookem wrote:
How about a wood stove, they have some with fan attachments to move the hot air

wood stove and wood heaters are awsome but collecting enough wood to get u through the winter is a pain in the ass, and nearly impossible for some people

and the fact if ur insurance company finds out u have one ur premium will prolly double

[DelSlow]

burn dead babies.

[Colin]

Corn burner with a proper flue(sp): cheap to buy, cheap to run, smell fine, but you gotta keep corn husks somewhere...

[rustychevy]

I agree, get a corn stove, they put out tons of heat for little money. Too bad they're kind of expensive for temporary use.

[91nbtsi]

http://www.cleanburn.com/cb1400.cfm

I want that.

[dubbsy]

I've got a real small ceiling mounted electric that'll warm the 28x40 shop up to 50-55, maybe 60 depending how cold it is outside and how long I let it run. Cost something like $100 on sale at FreakFarm. However - the garage is insulated like a motherfucker so it hardly ever gets below freezing to begin with.

[KA-T_240]

^ I've got a small electic unit in my all my garages. You can always do two of them if you want it warmer