learn me space heaters for a garage...

Klayfish wrote: I'm looking for a heater too. 3 bay garage with a door and windows. Anyone ever use one of these?

I use one of these in the g/f's garage, which is fairly large and not well sealed. One pointed at where I'm working works pretty well. Not "wearing a t-shirt" well. But well enough that my fingers aren't freezing. I've tried using two, but o2 became an issue.

ProDarwin wrote: As far as necessary power goes, I endure the exact same climate and use 2x 10,000 BTU Kero heaters in a 3.5 car uninsulated detached garage. 15,000 BTU should be more than enough to get your garage to a very comfortable temperature. Hell, as small as that looks, I think 2 $10 1000W heaters would do the trick (~6500 BTU)

man, you're making me feel bad calling it small. It is 25x20. Not huge, but not the smallest 2-car garage around

I've got a Big Buddy; 18k BTU propane with o2 sensor for auto shutoff (the sensor actually works....) and it heats mine pretty well in Arlington. I have a 16x20 two floor garage. Northern Tool has them for about $100, and you provide the propane tank or you can use two smaller campstove style tanks for compactness.

irish44j wrote: man, you're making me feel bad calling it small. It is 25x20. Not huge, but not the smallest 2-car garage around

You're right, it isn't that small. It does look cluttered though :)

My thoughts are... your garage is probably 50-60% the size of mine AND insulated AND attached... 6000-10000 BTU of electric heaters can be had for $20-$40 at target, the more expensive ones coming with anti-tipover, thermostats, etc. They plug into 110v wall outlets and are totally disposable. Cheap to run, and you don't have to run out and fill propane tanks, get kerosene, get a 240V outlet, etc. Your place should be downright toasty with that amount of heat.

In reply to Teh E36 M3:

How fast does it heat your space?

I've tried the 2 1500w plug in dealio and it takes FOREVER to heat my two car garage. On our coldest day last year . . . it took something like an 2 hours to raise the temp to work semi comfortably.

I think I need to search out some door garage insulation.

ProDarwin wrote:

irish44j wrote: man, you're making me feel bad calling it small. It is 25x20. Not huge, but not the smallest 2-car garage around

You're right, it isn't that small. It does look cluttered though :) My thoughts are... your garage is probably 50-60% the size of mine AND insulated AND attached... 6000-10000 BTU of electric heaters can be had for $20-$40 at target, the more expensive ones coming with anti-tipover, thermostats, etc. They plug into 110v wall outlets and are totally disposable. Cheap to run, and you don't have to run out and fill propane tanks, get kerosene, get a 240V outlet, etc. Your place should be downright toasty with that amount of heat.

lol....yeah sadly the wife gets half the garage to park her DD 4Runner in, so I have to cram my project-car-du-jour, all my tools, all my benches and all my race crap into one side. Thankfully the e30 and the GT6 are both pretty small so I still have some room to work.

Next year I will finish the backyard shed with insulation/drywall/power/heat and turn it into the project car bay, if finances and time allow. Then I can park the WRX in the main garage for once, and stop having to have bird crap on it every morning...