Winter Time Garage....

[Poopie]

How are you guys staying warm? last couple winters I've just bundled up and jeans. I'm looking at home depot and Lowes, and there are a few 70,000 BTU kerosene heaters for under $200. Is this pretty decent for a 2 car garage?

[Insomniac]

We use a propane tank with a heater attachment in my friends garage. Take about 10min for the garage(2 car) to get toasty. We've introduced an oil radiator style space heater too. Basically the propane heats it up quick, and then the space heater keeps it warm for a while so we don't burn through the tank quick.
Biggest loss of heat would probably be the folding ladder opening for the attic/crawl space in the ceiling.
So maybe invest in some insulation before you heat it.

Oh, we also drink heavily. lol

[lowandslow4now]

I run my wifes car in the garage with the door closed and the exaust keeps me warm.

Im just kidding I dont use anything I just wear layers and peel them off as I start to warm up

[Militant-Grunt]

A 2.7t motor keeps my friends garage warm, if we're working on his car the heat coming off the motor is enough to warm up the entire garage to like 60F from low 40s.

[NK2007]

I bought a kerosene heater for $1 off craigslist, and it heats the 2 car garage in about an hour, and does a good job of keeping it warm.

[lowandslow4now]

I really hope that no one runs there car in a garage thats closed. It is really dangerous and someone could get hurt.

[D's Avant]

How are you guys staying warm? last couple winters I've just bundled up and jeans. I'm looking at home depot and Lowes, and there are a few 70,000 BTU kerosene heaters for under $200. Is this pretty decent for a 2 car garage?

Ya, the space heater I have just doesn't cut it. I got my garage up to only 30F today. I worked on the Stewart Warner to the new PODI gauge swap and some other little things and never got warm. 20'X20' two car garage without any insulation is hard to heat up when its 25F outside.

[djwimbo]

Definitely get one of the "turbine" heaters, the other ones suck. Sure they're loud and somewhat directional, but they're more efficient and a LOT better at heating than the other ones.

The house in OH (yea the one that burnt down) we had one of these, and it got owned by a the "turbine" style ones that claimed half as many BTU's.

That's my $.02 though, plus the "turbine" heaters can run on Kerosene instead of Propane. Depending on the cost of either in your area, might depend on what you buy though.

We went through a 20lb tank of Propane in 3.5 days, keeping a pretty leaky 2.5 stall at ~50-55*F.

[A4Rob]

I did my entire widebody project with this guy. It does 80,000 BTU/hr

I bought it at Menards for $120.

[Poopie]

this is what i'm looking at

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...KFA&lpage=none

[djwimbo]

this is what i'm looking at

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...KFA&lpage=none

That's the style you want. Whether you buy that one or any other one it really doesn't matter.

[Poopie]

should i got with something with more BTU or will that be good enough? Multi fuel tested is a plus since you can run diesel in it.

[djwimbo]

45K BTU's out of that style heater is > 80K BTU's out of the one we had. Look at Rob's pic.

Anything more than that will just decrease the amount of time it's on to bring the room up to temp.

[Poopie]

niceeee. I'll pick one up in a few days.

[fikes]

I got a pretty big size heater that hang from the roof and heats it up pretty well although I really don't do much in the winter months.

[Poopie]

I got a pretty big size heater that hang from the roof and heats it up pretty well although I really don't do much in the winter months.

hahaha is your audi allowed in your dads new garage yet?

[djwimbo]

Oh yea, don't forget to turn the heater off before opening a fuel system.

Otherwise your house can look like this...

Thank you to "Mr. Clean" my roommate.

[kovalevandrew]

My entire house is has aircon and heating, so i just tapped into that and it works great. Just the floor that gets really cold, and i often end up sick as a result.

[zerb]

ive got a 30,000btu 'turbine style heater that i hook up to a propane tank and that heats my two car nicely. i also wear thermals undeaneath, lol. thinking about some under armour perhaps for this winter.

my friend has that exact unit that you want to buy poopie, and it heat up his rather large two bay very fast. good unit.

[fikes]

hahaha is your audi allowed in your dads new garage yet?

Ya we finished it about 3 months ago and he hung the heater for the winter. He just gets real pissed when I work on my car and leave parts and tools lying around everywhere. Then again it usually takes me another month to put them away.

[Poopie]

Ya we finished it about 3 months ago and he hung the heater for the winter. He just gets real pissed when I work on my car and leave parts and tools lying around everywhere. Then again it usually takes me another month to put them away.

haha nice.

[bbkid43]

http://www.air-n-water.com/product/G73.html

I installed this in my garage last year. Keeps the temps perfect for working, even when its zero degrees out