How To Heat A Garage Workshop | Shop Heater Ideas
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- Опубліковано 22 лип 2024
- In this video I share with you how I heat my garage workshop. I will also give you ideas on how you can heat your shop in multiple ways. When it is cold in the workshop, I use a combination of electric heaters for and a propane heater. I only use the propane heater in the garage long enough to knock the chill out of the air. After that I use electric heaters in the woodworking shop to maintain the temperature. I have also insulated my garage door to help with the cold. This works well in my area where the climate is more mild and not as cold as more northern climates. There are lots of ideas on how to heat a garage. Electric, kerosene, and gas are some options for heating your workshop. Amazon and other affiliate links are used in this description and they help support this channel.
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0:00 Intro
1:15 How I Heat My Woodworking Shop
3:38 Propane Heater For Garage
7:38 Insulating Garage Door For Winter Cold
8:42 Circulating Heat In Garage
9:15 Electric Heat For Garage Workshop
9:39 Mini Split for Garage Heat
10:20 How Do You Heat Your Workshop
10:40 Kerosene Heat For Garage
10:44 Forced Air Heater For Garage
12:21 Outro
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I NEVER comment, but I had to comment.
I am a carpenter by trade, from Iowa. It's cold here. The other day, I was digging footings for a deck, through the frost line, in 17 degree weather. By 9, it was too hot in my jacket and coveralls, so it was sweatshirt and jeans time.
Manual labor. It heats up a body good. :)
Thanks for everything you do and God bless!
Yes it does! Thanks!
I was literally researching this last week! I've just started woodworking and setting up my garage while I work on my first furniture project - the farmhouse end table!
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Matt - I've watched 4-5 videos on heating your shop and this is by far the best one. I like how you run through a bunch of options really quickly. I'm in Denver and temperatures here aren't as cold as people think at least while the sun is up. So far I've had the best luck with an electric oil-based heater. These look like radiators and they are a sealed system so you don't need to worry about a fire hazard. I am going to take your advice though and move my patio heater out to my garage to use it as a temporary heat booster. Like you said, you need to be really careful about ventilation with those. I'll post a link to one of the oil-based heaters I like. I saw one at a second-hand store and my guess is that even used they will work great. Your channel is one of my favorites particularly because you're always giving advice about how to sell and price stuff. I heard that handmade goods are becoming increasingly popular. This makes sense with all of the supply issues. I mean - why not buy something from a neighbor and keep your money in your local economy. Be well and Merry Christmas!
I bought one of the 30000 btu heaters duel fuel natural gas/propane from lowes in Pine Bluff to hang on my wall in the garage. I am only about 50 miles north of you. Small world. Love what you do.
Thanks! Nice. You like the heater?
Straight wood heat for me! I’m heating a 25’x40’x10’ cement block building in MD. I’ve got an endless supply of free wood from a few local tree service companies, I have a sawmill and cut my own lumber. Leftover slab wood heats the shop, my greenhouse and my home. Don’t care how cold it is I work in a T shirt everyday. Did I mention for FREE!
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I have my shop in the basement, and Ohio winters make it feel like an icebox. I use a Mohave infrared heater, and within a few minutes, I can feel the difference. After about an hour, it reaches close to room temp. Great little heater!
Here in Chicago it gets BRUTALLY cold. I've used a bullet propane heater with good results. Well, good enough to take lumber out to my detached garage and mill it to the pieces I need then bring it in the house for glue up and such. I have a brick garage and eventually I'll get the 220 system but I'm only using project proceeds for it so it'll take some time. Thank you for the options in the video and keep the good stuff coming!
Thank you
Hey Matt, up until this year we shut down the shop in the winter. This past year we framed in the ceiling to lower the overall height to 8' insulated everything and installed a Senville Aura mini split. Now we're open year round. Couldn't be happier with climate control all year. And no worries over CO2 levels or rust on equipment from excess moisture due to heating with propane or kerosene. Love your videos, keep up the great work. Merry Christmas to you & your family!!!
Awesome. Merry Christmas
Reznor heater running on propane works great. my shop is 800 sqr. ft. and i keep it at 69 degrees when its below 40 degrees outside. Then in the summer i run a window a/c unit at about 70 degrees. Works gr8!!
Thanks for this! I'm having a shop built next spring and I'm 35 miles west of the "snowiest capital of the world" Ottawa, Canada. I can't wait for the how to cook your shop to get the other side too. Keep it coming!
Thanks. And thanks for the member support! 👊🏻
Of course I meant COOL! 🤣
From Chicago, in central Indiana now. Back in the day, I was just told that I wasn't hot or cold, so I just go with that.
Oorah! And Semper Fi!
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My shop is in Phoenix- no need for heaters here. Cooling in the summer is another matter.
I just returned from Buena Vista, CO. where the morning temp in my brother in laws shop was 17.... He heats with a wood stove and a large floor fan pointed up. Worked pretty good.
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I live in central Arkansas and I use a kerosene heater. You can get some smell good stuff to add to your kerosene too. It does get expensive if you use it regularly. I also use an electric space heater. Love your videos! Keep up the great work.
Thank you
Mainer here - got a heater on the way to prepare for my new shop!
I'm also in VA and I've been working in the garage all day building flags. Heat is needed! Send some my way.
lol 👊🏻
I live in Fargo, ND one of the coldest cities in the US. In January and February it is not uncommon for temps to be in the -30's for days and weeks on end. My shop is 12x24 with insulated walls and ceilings and an electric heater mounted to the ceiling in the back corner. It keeps my shop toasty and I can work in a t-shirt on the coldest days. My heater runs on 240. Keep up the great work and stay safe out there.
Wow. That’s cold!
I can vouch for his statement. Fargo is bone chilling cold. I used to live there and how about the winter of 97. :
Thank you for your content and your witness!! I have learned a lot from you!
Live in NE Indiana. Winter SUCKS up here. Just installed a 5000w electric garage heater on the ceiling. Overnight temps about 30 right now and I keep it at about 55. Before I go out to work I kick it up a notch and get her to about 60-65. Makes it super comfy. Had to run the 240v myself but we’ll see where the electric bill goes to.
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I live in northern Michigan it get cold and snowy. I work in my little garage which is also part of my basement so not to bad. We love the 40 degree winter days lol. Thanks for a great video
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In Minnesota. I am blessed to have been able to build my shop and I moved the furnace and A/C from the house at the time so I am very comfortable any time of year.
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Im in North GA now, I have lived in Adak Alaska and Keflavik Iceland! I still get cold. Good video man. As always. I would always point out to keep a fire extinguisher around at all times in a shop and not just during the winter when you are heating the shop.
Very good advice on the fire extinguisher
I actually have a used AC/heater unit from a hotel. Just installed a short time back and so far, it's great. I was using a kerosene heater before and it worked well too.
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Lol love the video. I'm in Northern Michigan where 40 is warm...lol it gets -20 here for weeks on end. I use a wood stove and lots of layers to not freeze. You notice I said not freeze not stay warm...lol
Oh wow! I don't think I would survive there lol
I heat and cool my shop with a mini- split system. I live in indiana and the A/C is great. You can get it cold in there even in the hottest most humid conditions. The heat is great down to zero degrees, but even below zero the temperature still remains 60 or above. I am very happy with the mini split system.
Very cool!
Here in Kentucky it gets cold so I just purchased a small electric heater for my garage! It’s a one car garage and it heats it up fine worked in there Saturday ant it was bout 38 degrees and it was warm ! Bought it at Home Depot!!
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My shop is in my basement so heating it is easy. I am going to build a bigger shop in the backyard next year. Thanks Matt.
I bet you're excited for that new shop!
Yes I am.
I moved from a high altitude mountain town to San Diego about 11 years ago.
It was the end of October and in the low 50s for my first visit to downtown, I was wearing shorts and a tee-shirt and the locals were wearing heavy coats...
I laughed and said "yep, that's about right " when you talked about that and showed the Christmas Story picture.
Ha ha
34 degrees in my shop garage the other day. A pair of gloves and a few trips inside did it for me come visit pittsburgh it’s only cloudy 320 days a year lol. But your video had my wife and I dying. We get kinda goofy in the south when it gets cold.
lol yes we do
You asked about heating "the shop" and I use a 120K BTU "salamander" (contractor job site) and it's awesome. My shop is in two parts, wood shop on one side and mechanical/storage on the other side. I put the salamander in the big side and if I'm working in the wood shop I just aim it towards the door. When I bought mine, I did A LOT of research and got the one I wanted with a thermostat! Works like a champ too! If it's really cold outside (NC) and I'll be back in the shop first thing in the morning, I put the thermostat on the lowest setting and the shop is about 45 when I roll in to get back to work. Yes, my shop is well ventilated....lol.
nice set up.
I use a forced air propane heater. My space is not tight and has lots of drafts. This is our second winter in this shop so we need to get it weatherized. We're in eastern Nebraska where it sometimes is below zero for weeks in January and February. I stay in the house if it's that cold lol! Love y'alls videos!! God bless!!
Thank you
I live in eastern-central Nebraska as well and I can attest to the fridgid winters 🥶 😂
Hahahaha man you don't know what you are missing in Maine! Ice Fishing, Snowmobiling, Skiing, etc. But yeah, everyday life is also comprised of dealing with the brutal cold day after day after day. Car won't start in the morning. Icy roads. Snowed in. God forbid if you lose power during an ice storm. Better have a wood stove and plenty of wood. Love the videos Matt!
Thanks for the info. I live in Saskatchewan Canada. We can get down to -30 to -40 Celsius here. I have a old house furnace in my shop. I keep it at +15 when I'm not in there and warm it up when I'm working on projects. I do burn more naturally gas than I like to but its nice always having a warm shop.
Wow. Cold.
I use a propane tank heater placed under my ceiling mounted DIY box fan air filter. The fan not only helps filter the air but it also helps spread out the heat. Cincinnati, OH.
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Excellent video, thank you!
And yes please make one on keeping your garage cool in that sometimes terrible southern heat!
Thanks. Might be a good summer video
I live in Alberta, Canada we get very cold here we can get to -40c and I do believe that is -40f. But we have a radiant heat installed in our garage. It works great!
Good info and enjoy the humor as well. I’m trying to keep my shop warm in IL, but wow, challenge! 👊
I bet it is a challenge there
I'm in central Florida, I installed a DIY Mr. Cool mini split with a heat pump. It works great. Keep the garage cool here in Florida and so far has taken out the chill when the temps dropped this winter. Its huge energy saver over space heaters and propane. Less dangerous too.
Nice. How does it do with the dust?
@@731Woodworks Well... you may need to spend some of that 3rd grade lunch money that has been saved and by a dust collection from Harbor freight. Best $200 I have spent. However, there is still dust and the mini split does fine. The Mr. Cool that I have has washable filters so I just shake them out about once a month and still them back in. There's not much dust on them when I do. It sits above and 3 feet to the right of my miter station in my two car garage.
Thank you
I use this:
“Mainstays 2-in-1 1500W 2-Speed Turbo Fan & 2-Speed Fan-Forced Heater, NF-18U, Black” from Walmart on sale last spring. Wish I could post a photo.
I bought it because I needed another fan during the summer and was searching for a portable A/C/heater unit ($$$). When I saw this, I was so glad it was also a heater so I grabbed it up for the few weeks in the winter it gets chilly. I’m in west/central FL. I grew up in Indiana until I was 13, so I can handle the cold pretty well.
My shop is a 2x4 framed, aluminum siding shed, in the back yard. It had paneling on the walls, thin carpet on the floor, and styrofoam ceiling panels. Originally, it was for storage and filled to almost bulging! Did I mention we have lizards, chameleons, etc???? They’d taken over and poo 💩 was EVERYWHERE! I all but gowned up (hazmat style) and gutted it down to studs and aluminum ceiling frame. I was given around 30 - 3/4” 4’x8’ OSB and put down a new layer on the original plywood floor, then replaced the wall paneling and ceiling with OSB, too. It’s ALL over!
So, my newly remodeled shop hold the heat/cool much better, but still needs help taking the chill off until I’ve worked so hard that I don’t need it any longer. (Before using it I always blast it thoroughly with compressed air to get the dust out. 👍🏼
PS-Love all your helpful info and videos, especially who you stand for❣️ Thanks!
That sounded like a lot of work for sure.
Thank you
Man, your timing of this video is on point! I’ve been working on figuring this out here in VA.
Awesome let me know what you come up with
Here in St. Louis I use a propane heater like the one below. It will heat my 20x30 garage to about 65-70° in the dead of winter.
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Seattle, WA. Just built my garage/shop, to accesory dwelling unit standards. That means wall, floor, and cieling are all insulated, as is the garage door. Plans are to install a split system, right now using a Big Buddy heater with fan to take the chill off.
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I was born in worcester,Mas. went in the millitary.I know live and have lived more many years in savannah Ga.and i have not shoveled snow.Thank you Lord.Merry Christmass to all.
I bet shoveling snow is a chore!
Here in south central Wi. I heat with a pellet stove. My garage/shop is 24 x 24 with 7' ceilings that are insulated with 1" fiberglass ceiling tiles. The walls are "mostly" insulated, and so are the doors. When I'm not in the shop I have an oil heater I leave on to take the edge off until the pellet stove can catch up (usually about an hour). Pellets are $5 a bag (40lbs.) which lasts me about 2 days if I'm in there for the whole day. Working great so far, we'll see when it's 10° outside.
Nice set up
Central Arkansas here! Keep up the good videos!
Hello neighbor
I have gas at my house so I installed a gas heater in my garage/shop. Works great.
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I grew up in Maine and the winters there are mostly mild. Lived there for 26 years yea it gets cold and sometimes gets a ton of snow but then I moved to north Dakota where it gets cold, snow and wind and yup maine isn't as bad anymore
Hey I love ur reference of Maine haha we just had a nice ice storm today last week -20 up here in Maine but I do a 12x16 shed shop and use a buddy heater
Ouch!
We currently are sitting at 22 Fahrenheit and that’s a warm day for us at this point in the season. Out in the non heated garage in a hoodie and pants, got pj pants underneath though. When we hit around 10 or lower then It’s time to get the insulated clothes on
I’m in northern Indiana and am using a natural gas radiant heater
Had gas already piped at the corner of the shop just ran it in and hooked it up
Thermostat controlled makes it nice
Did many years though with propane, pellets, and electric before switching to gas
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With the propane tanks here in Indiana we take ours to rural king and they will refill the tanks at the store it’s a lot cheaper than exchanging tanks and most of the tanks you exchange for aren’t completely full but when you get them refilled they fill them all the way up.
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Matt, I’m down in South Florida, so no heater needed. However, I’m doing a shop expansion this year and will DEFINITELY be adding in the Mini-split. I’m done with working out here with sweat literally pouring off my face.
For sure need AC there
Another great video! I definitely compared your ideas against the garage heater setup I created. Keep it up!
Thank you
Excellent video! Very informative! Nice job!
Thank you
My shop is a 2 and a half garage and use a wall heater.... works perfect... I live in Central IL
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I use a propane infrared 30k btu heater. Shop is well insulated & have fresh air intake & co detector. Shop is 20x24 & im in west central Indiana. It gets very cold here! ❄️
Nice setup
I just burn my latest mistake-filled project in an open pit in the middle of my garage.
Edit: I'm Canadian. It's cold here.
Ha
I'm actually looking at ways to heat my garage as we speak. It normally reaches on average between -4 to -22 farenheit (-20°c to -30°c) during the day for long stretches where I'm from. Because of this, I would need something that provides just a little more heat. Lol. Great video as always.
Thank you
Baseboard low temp hydronic radiators... try it and let me know how they work because I have a year or two before I'm ready and would much rather let other people find out the hard way. :D
I live in Canada and it's hard to keep working into the garage in the winter, I can work the wood(cut, sand, etc,) the hardest part is the finishing part, I have a heater that works fine but I put down a big tarp to have a smaller place to heat and it works alright I guess but definitely not optimal, it -20°C often (-4°F) . Thanks btw I love your channel
Oh wow. That is COLD!
Installed a 30000BTU Mr. Heater natural gas radiant ventless heater in 3 weeks ago for a 3 car garage 800sq ft. I can get the garage up over 70 deg when it's 30 outside. They have propane models. Easy to install. Has an oxygen sensor built in to manage air. Doesnt take up the space like your patio heater. Wall or floor mounted. I installed a heat sensor instead of a smoke detector which detects a rapid heat rise or a temp over 135F for safety. Has a thermostat to govern temp
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Good video, I liked the cadence of the the information. It wasn't too fast. I've been thinking about getting a 220 wall mounted heater, haven't sprung for the cash. Couple hundred dollars plus installation. Would be cheaper to run than the small 110 electric heaters.
True
Fairbanks, AK here. -8 right now. Have a heater in the garage plumbed right into the heating oil tank. I keep it at 40-50 depending on outside temps.
Would love to visit AK one day. But not when it’s - 8 below lol
@@731Woodworks I'm originally from Georgia. I look like a walking Carhartt ad off duty.
Lol
love your vids, so funny. you should be in SD, we sometimes see minus 40 during our winters.
whoa! No thanks lol
Couple of years ago, we were dealing with -30’s and -40’s for what seemed like months (Minot, North Dakota). My garage isn’t heated or fully insulated, so I moved my woodworking bench and gear to the basement instead, just easier that way.
oh wow.
I gave in and bought a mini split for my two-story garage heat and AC needs. I like to be comfortable 😄 For $1,000 from start to finish you could sell all those heaters and be halfway there 😋
I plan on getting one before summer
I'm up in NY and we have days on end under 0°. And I love it. Sounds echo different. The snow crunches different. But kerosene heaters are dirtier than propane and need more ventilation than propane. Don't burn kerosene by anything you want to paint or finish because it will be covered in oil residue and ruin pain work.
Good to know! Thanks.
I am in Michigan and it was 40 degrees in my shop today. I even started a fire in the wood stove to take the chill off. If it gets really cold I will use a kerosene "torpedo" heater.
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I’m im central Arkansas brother and I knock the cold out with a big kerosene forced air induction heater it will take my shop from 30 degrees to 76 degrees in about 3-4 minutes lol then I keep it warm with a couple small radiant heaters works great
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I'm out here in west Texas, but I spent seven years in Springdale AR. In the 90's. The "S" word happened every winter. 😁
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I grew up in Boston and the day I went to boot camp it was five below zero. I landed in San Diego and it was sixty degrees and I said California is where I belong. I lived there for the next thirty years then moved to Hawaii for ten years. I now live in Edmond Oklahoma and I use one of those forced air propane heaters to heat my shop. Like you I only run it for twenty minutes at a time. I did install a carbon monoxide sensor as a safety measure. I am considering getting an electric heater to supplement it.
How’d you end up in Ok from Hawaii?
@@731Woodworks I worked for the federal government at an organization called the Joint InterAgency Task Force West. We did counter drug operations. We used to be located at the Coast Guard base In Alameda California. In 2003 the Pacific Commander decided to move us out to Hawaii. In 2015, I retired and we moved back to California. In the ten years we were gone the state went to hell. I couldn’t stand the politics anymore so in 2019 we moved here. We love it. There are a lot more people who think like I do. God bless you brother and keep those videos coming.
He wanted a stay-cation lol
I use the 220 you shown mounted in the corner of my shop, in Alabama. It would work great in your shop.
Awesome. Thank you
I use propane to heat my shop in CT. To keep it inexpensive you can get your tanks filled at like a tractor supply. usually, a standard grill size is about $5-$7 to fill. I have a 40LBS tank and it cost roughly about $13 to fill.
That’s not bad at all
Being from California I can relate to not liking the cold. Although, it does get cold in the area I live so I will be ordering my shop doors with insulation in them 2 of them 10x9 and now will need to look at the mounted shop heaters you mention. The shop is yet to be finished inside so I will look at which would be the best fit gas or electric
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Couple of interesting notes. First, if you are burning a fuel of any type - wood, gasoline, propane, butane, kerosene - the act of burning creates Carbon Monoxide which is odorless and colorless. So, even if you can't smell it burning; it is still requires great caution - as you noted. Second, with eleven foot ceilings, you might want to consider installing ceiling fans. They will help cool you in the summer and will circulate the heat in winter without taking up floor, bench, etc. space. Finally, you might want to look around at ceiling fan lights (if you install one) and even ceiling lights as a number of years ago I worked for a company that marketed a ceiling fan light and a ceiling light that had a small heater built inside them. The heater would be the rough equivalent of your lasko hot air blower.
thanks for the info!
It’s gets real cold... “I can’t help you” 😂😂😂
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I think all your videos have been great, but when I heard you say 40 being cold, I could only chuckle. Being from Chicago, garage work is done until it gets down to single digits, inside temps remain in 40s.
However, now that I've got my own home (attached garage) 220v electric heater, 5000W, heats up 450 sq ft in 30 minutes from 50 to 75; I actually have to turn on fans to stay comfortable.
Summed up my thoughts exactly. Electric heater is goals, but I dont got no 240 outlets lol
I'm in Virginia. I have a 120V heater mounted on the back wall and a 220V "garage" or "milk house" heater similar to the one in your video. It works OK, but insulating my garage door would help. In the summer I have a 18k BTU window AC that makes it cool enough to work in. Seems like I can heat it better than cool it. My ceilings are also 10-11 feet. Space is insulated.
Those tall ceiling are hard to keep cool
Living in Texas i have the opposite problem. But great video, thank you!
Thanks for watching!
I have not read all the comments here, but in a facebook group I am in several folks use wood stoves to heat their shops. I have one I got from my grandmother’s estate. Just need to clean up some surface rust and repaint with high temp resistant paint... and make a chimney for it to send the CO2 and smoke outside.
That would work well
My current shop is an outside Shelterlogic tent that usually isn't heated but I do have a big ol contractor jet heater. The new shop will have radiant floors with geothermal , solar and sprayed insulation
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I’m in southern Ontario and it gets cold here -4F right now. I used to he my garage with a propane heater but got sick of the cost and the hazards (fumes and combustion risk) I just put a 10000 watt hanging electric heater in this fall. The cost of the unit was $550. The kicker was the wire I had to buy, my garage is not attached to my house and I required 125’ of number six wire, cost me $650. All in it cost me about 2k to install but it is way better then unventilated propane.
My shop is a 18x30 ft with 14ft tall roof with a 10x10 ft uninsulated roll up door metal building. I've installed insulation and sheet rock on the walls and sealed up any cracks. I have a 220v 21k bpu window ac/heater, but I barely use the heater since I'm in Florida. I have 4 cold days a year lol. I got 4 (one in each corner] of the oil filled heaters ($25 ea) with a few fans circulating the air. My shop is a wood/metal/vehicle/anything else shop and house hold storage. The radiators don't catch things on fire and doesn't hurt if it falls over. It hits the shop enough to spray finishes/paint and to be comfortable for me to work in. If its really cold I can kick on the window heater to warm the shop and then let the small heaters maintain.
That’s great.
This has been a really early and cold winter. We have seen overnight temps of 16 F when many years we might be in shirt sleeves at Thanksgiving and Christmas time. I am surprised you are so moderate in Southern Arkansas.
Uninsulated garage. Propane heater that looks like a cannon (can't think of a name, a canister tilted, down on the floor), when we really need to take the chill off. It will warm up that garage and take the chill off in a very few minutes. It really blows hard! Then we use oil-filled radiators to keep it warm. I feel safer without an open flame.
Sounds like a Nice set up
I installed a wood stove and I just feed it my scraps!! I'm in the KC MO area.
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Your insurance coverage is null and void in the event of a fire.
Matt I have a two car garage for my shop. I heat it with a Sterling GG Series gas heater. The gas company dug the line for me since I already had a gas fireplace in the house. My garage is separate from the house. The gas flame is enclosed in the heater and I use the one where it pulls air from the outside and pushes the vapors outside. It is so much cheaper than electricity and propane. The highest bill I had last winter was $120.00.
That’s nice
My "shop" is a shed. 15' X 12' I use an electric infrared heater I bought off Amazon for $200. The bad part is, it runs up my electric bill something fierce. If it's not below 20° I dont use it. I live in the northwest corner of Indiana. Under Armour cold gear is a blessing.
Our electric is already high enough. I don’t need more added to it lol
This is my first year woodworking in my garage in Virginia after moving from Connecticut. I have a kerosene heater that's too big for my garage (about 18,000 BTU) and it smells bad. I have been trying a Big Buddy propane heater the past two weeks and it seems to do the job and does not smell as bad. I do have the hose to connect it to the propane tank I use in the grill in the summer. I just need to take the chill off since it's not as cold here.
Good to know.
I'm in south Louisiana with a 30'x30'x12' tall all metal building. The peak of the roof is probably 14' I have a 12' x12' roll up door and another 8'x10' roll up. When bogey are closed it leaves a gap about 4" wide the length of the door for more cood air to enter. I cranknuo a propane bottle connected to a turkey fryer. It will only run 30 minutes cabd shut off. I through an old Hetalia pan on it with scrap steel to hold the heat. I also use a drum fan mounted in the attic to circulate the heat.
nice
Love your videos, I learn a lot from you. At 3:50 I believe you mean CO monitor and Carbon Monoxide, not CO2 and Carbon Dioxide. I have lived in cold winter climates for many years, Reno Nevada, Madison Wisconsin and now Colorado Springs Colorado. I use my garage as my shop as well. I use a ceiling mounted, natural gas heater. Brand named Hot Dawg. Contractor tried to sell me on the mini-split, but not sure if we are staying here much longer. I will get a mini-split when I retire and build a stand-alone shop. But for now, it works awesome. Merry Christmas to you and yours.
I did mean that. Sorry. Thank you. Merry Christmas.
Finishing building my shop this year. I have in floor heat and I haven’t decided if I’m going to supplement with a wood stove or gas blower/heater. In northern Minnesota where it hasn’t been above 0 degrees F this last week while I’m trying to insulate... 🥶
That's too cold for me! Ouch!
Live in Northern MN. -35 Air temp last week. Must use gas radiant heater. Or go to Florida January through March is a better plan.
I have a work shop 20'x 15' x 8 High I use a oscillating heater It's a decent size. It keeps it around low 70s in the winter. I live in Illinois it gets cold hear.. stay warm down there..
Nice. Must be a big one
I live in the great white north ( Windsor, Ontario Canada. I use a radiant heater hanging from the ceiling and a little ceramic heater . It gets cold here. If I can where a hoodie and a torque I'm fine.
I bet it is cold!
Live in northern Wisconsin and have a 30’ x 30’ shop (garage) with a second floor. Heat all of it with an outdoor wood burning forced air stove. When it’s zero outside it’s 65 inside.
nice
I insulated my garage and wired in a 220 volt electric heater. it works amazing! all in cost for wire, heater, and insulation was about $350.
When they poured the concrete between the house and my detached garage the contractor did not put in a conduit for my electrical wire going from the basement box to the garage and so that caused issues with the wire and only have 15amps electrical in the garage now. I was not interested in woodworking at the time so it wasn't that big of a deal but now I miss it and run extension cords to my tools.
That’s not bad at all!
Keenan Quick what heater are you using??
@@mrmyblessednest1722 it's a Dyna Glow electric heater. I love the feature to adjust the wattage between 3000, 4000, and 5000 on the unit. Its also accepta an external thermostat. It was $100 at Menards
@@kquick901 thanks!!!!!
Here in Oregon most folks burn wood to stay warm in the shop. Of course, we have lots of trees! And even the wood stoves can be low cost. Due to EPA regulations new installations require catalytic converters and you can find old, non-compliant woodstoves on Craigslist for free.
Yeah that’s a great option too.
I rent and my garage is not insulated so it gets cold quickly. There is only one outlet in my garage and if I run a space heater along with a power tool, it throws a breaker. So heating my shop is impossible. Usually, if I work on a project that requires a finish, I have to wait till the garage warms up and sometimes, I'll have a project waiting for a finish for several months. Drives me nuts. Great video.
Aww man. That’s rough
I have a Natural Gas Mr. Heater Big Maxx. It puts out 50,000 BTU’s, for my 2 1/2 car garage / wood shop. I live in WI.
Awesome
Thanks Matt!!!
You’re welcome
I put up a 220v electric heater in my one car garage and it works great. I am currently working on insulating the exterior walls to help keep the heat in. I have to cover the cinderblock with insulation. I hate that I am loosing some inches from my shop. It’s so small already.
Yeah that’s tough
its been in the 40s here in my part of Montana lately everybody keeps saying how warm it is lol. I use a woodstove in the shop/garage same as in the house.
lol