Garage Heat!

[rogue_ryder]

Is your garage insulated?

YES! If it weren't I'd probably would've had to step it up to a bigger heater or propane. Here in Colorado we don't get nearly as cold as MN either.

 

[Supercharged111]

You must not be up in the mountains I take it? I would think there it'd get similarly cold to MN.

 

[rogue_ryder]

You must not be up in the mountains I take it? I would think there it'd get similarly cold to MN.

I'm @ 7,000' near Estes Park; technically "foot hills" my place gets good sun and is South facing so I have it better than others in the area. The real cold places are mostly at 8K and above and some of those mountain towns have 9 months of winter! I grew up in New England and I'll take winters here over there any day of the week. Not uncommon to see a day or 2 in the 60s in Feb or even January here.

 

[Supercharged111]

I'm @ 7,000' near Estes Park; technically "foot hills" my place gets good sun and is South facing so I have it better than others in the area. The real cold places are mostly at 8K and above and some of those mountain towns have 9 months of winter! I grew up in New England and I'll take winters here over there any day of the week. Not uncommon to see a day or 2 in the 60s in Feb or even January here.

Pretty decent comparison to me at 6500' at my south facing house. My garage usually stays around 50 degrees unless it gets down 20 or below.

 

[olds307 and 403]

Yeah, I broke down this year as well. I use the budget monthly payment, now $200 surplus, natural gas is cheap here. Electricity is expensive here and I only have a single feed from the house on a 30 amp breaker. Pretty sure I will get rid of the surplus budget😁. It was -27C outside, -14C inside the garage, within an hour, it was 3 above freezing. I just have siding on my garage, no insulation.

 

[old80cs]

I picked up an old pellet stove to replace a wood stove in my three stall garage, I store three to four tons of pellets for the house out there anyhow so it's convenient. Only run it when I'm out there.

I do like the ceiling mount options you guys have, takes up no floor space.

 

[jlat]

Yeah, I broke down this year as well. I use the budget monthly payment, now $200 over, natural gas is cheap here. Electricity is expensive here and I only have a single feed from the house on a 30 amp breaker. Pretty sure I will get rid of the surplus budget😁. It was -27C outside, -14C inside the garage, within an hour, it was 3 above freezing. I just have siding on my garage, no insulation.

hello: You got some cold there Geezer. What do you think of the virus vaccine has to be kept at -94. That's in the U.S. that's cold.
IBBY

 

[Supercharged111]

Yeah, I broke down this year as well. I use the budget monthly payment, now $200 over, natural gas is cheap here. Electricity is expensive here and I only have a single feed from the house on a 30 amp breaker. Pretty sure I will get rid of the surplus budget😁. It was -27C outside, -14C inside the garage, within an hour, it was 3 above freezing. I just have siding on my garage, no insulation.

How big is that and how did you tie it into the house? And how did you vent it?

 

[wonderboy24]

i used to run a heater like that, had it for a few years. my garage is insulated. it would take alittle while to heat the garage up. but worked. the only thing i didnt like is the dead of winter the floor was cold. this year i ran 200 foot of gas pipe under ground and install a big max 60,000 btu gas furnace. i keep the garage at 55. the floor is not cold as it used be. i crank it up to 75 with in 1/2 the floor is warm.

 

[olds307 and 403]

hello: You got some cold there Geezer. What do you think of the virus vaccine has to be kept at -94. That's in the U.S. that's cold.
IBBY

I have lived on the Canadian Prairies all my life. 45 years is old, I guess. I had a relative who was an Arctic explorer, Dr John Rae. He spent Winter's up there with very few supplies, living off the land. His party saw -60 multiple times but -94 is insane.

How big is that and how did you tie it into the house? And how did you vent it?

I rented a trencher and had a plumber run line under ground. He moved the meter outside. I have it vented straight out the wall, 50,000 BTU.