Garage Heater Install ― How-to Get the Heater Twelve Feet Up (Tense Times!!!)
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- Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
- In this video I install a garage heater twelve feet up on the ceiling of our post frame woodshop! There are several ways to do this. One would be to rig-up a pulley system (if there's enough room). Another would be to have several people lift the heater into place (if the ceiling is low enough), but in this case, I used a scaffold and cribbing to raise the heater up to the twelve foot high ceiling. I used whatever was available as cribbing, and in the end the heater was about 1/2" below the drop-legs, and I lifted the unit the last little bit and inserted a bolt to secure it. It was real shaky up there, so it was a real relief to have at least one bolt in so I could be sure the unit would not fall. Then I got the last three bolts in place and adjusted things until everything was correct. I now have a furnace hanging from my 12' high woodshop ceiling! 😊😊😊
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It is two days later as I write this, and I'll be working on the flue today! As soon as I complete the install, I will be adding the layout/install videos for the boot and the propane line installation videos to the play list to give a complete picture of a garage heater install. There are links to the heater and other things used in the install below. Enjoy!
Propane/Heating
Mr. Heater 50,000 BTU Big Maxx - amzn.to/3G35gwH
Yellow Jacket Gas Pressure Test Kit, 0-35"Wc - amzn.to/3FXUzf3
Monster Thread Seal Tape - amzn.to/3EV24V2
ProFlex Gas Pipe (1/2" x 25 ft) - amzn.to/3gjIEis
ProFlex Gas Pipe (3/4 x 25 ft) - amzn.to/3VBL0cR
CSST Tubing Cutter, 1/4-inch - 1-1/4-inch - amzn.to/3SeuiNB
Pro-Flex 1/2" Brass Male Fitting - amzn.to/3yF9k3l
Pro-Flex 3/4" Brass Male Fitting - amzn.to/3D0gKRq
Pro-Flex 3/4" Union (Coupling) - amzn.to/3ezIWRP
Pro-Flex 1/2" x 1/2" x 1/2" Tee - amzn.to/3EGq2U1
Pro-Flex 3/4" x 3/4" x 3/4" Tee - amzn.to/3TcQqcI
Pro-Flex 1/2in Termination Plate 1/2MIP 3/8FIP CSST Male Adapter Fitting - amzn.to/3T3MkDq
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I was holding my breath for awhile there when you had the furnace on an angle!!! 😮
A great New Years gift for yourself! Congratulations Mojo!
Thanks Dick! I have the flue to install and some testing, but I'm nearly there 😊
Yea! Glad to see the furnace in place! Still more to do, but that was a big milestone! Also, Happy New Years!
Happy New Years to you as well Robert! It sure is a big milestone! Only a couple more days until I have an actual functioning furnace! Now I just need to finish-up trapping all of that heat with a ceiling 😉 Happy New Years to you as well!
I was guessing you would crib the heater into place, I just wasn't sure of the details. Great job Mojo!
Yea, without exposed framing to attach to, I would have had to attach to the furnace brackets which are only 14 ga.. It would have bent them up pretty badly. Cribbing is quick and easy 😊
watched ur heater video's and all great , but saw how much trouble you had, looked a bit scary , so I tried a single wheel pulley and a rope , was pretty easy that way.
Hi Mojo, great video,even though I'd seen the heater in place on your other channel I still watched with bated breath while you were installing the heater. do you think a block and tackle would have been a lot safer, that's of course if you were able to use one.
Thanks Larry, and a Happy New Year to you! I had pondered using a block & tackle but in the end it was too much fuss. I would have had to beef-up the brackets to handle the lateral load, and I would have had to purchase a block & tackle. I have a snatch block, but no block & tackle. 😐
@@PlanetMojo ok happy new year to you and your family.
I spent about $30 years ago on making several block & tackles for lifting these sorts of things. They lifted my table saw when it arrived recently.
I've definitely thought about making the investment. I don't want cheap equipment, but I could really use a decent block & tackle - especially if I get the new table saw I've been wanting 😉 $30.00 seems very cheap. I don't think I seen rope that cheap. Where did you get yours?
@@PlanetMojo I got my pullies and rope at Tractor Supply Company, maybe 15 years ago. I made 2 to start, and over the years, have added another 4 sets. They lived in my garage for years, and when I built my shop, I put in anchors in the rafters. I have a 3:1 weight reduction with each one of them, and I and a friend used 4 of them to lift a Sawstop Professional table saw a couple of weeks ago to put it on a mobile base without much effort.
Looking at their website today, it would be more expensive, but for less that $100, you could get two double and two single pullies and a couple of 50' rope bales and be in good shape.
Touch and go for a few moments there but you pulled it off. Great job. Been waiting to see this video. Darn screw head in the tire anyway. Can't believe you got this done by yourself. Excellent
Thanks Dave! It really feels nice to have it done. There was a bit more to it that I got done yesterday, but that video should be out soon as well 😊
HINT! to raise the heater up into position , borrow or rent a sheet rock lift! Lay some boards across it and put the heater on top and crank it up into position! Can be done easily solo!
How about that sheetrock jack? I can spot no less than three ways to get that thing in position just from this video.
And?
@@PlanetMojo And nothing.
@@sylkelster OK 🤔
I used a sheet rock jack to put mine up, took a sheet of 1/2 osb made cribing out of 2x4 to hold the unit in place. worked nicely.
This video is OSHA approved 😁.
Looks like the projects I get myself involved in.
This goes under the heading of "Necessity is the mother of invention"
Absolutely 😊
How is that Mr Heater working out for you? Did you consider in floor radiant heat at all? Im looking into it but the price for the entire install is nuts. $4-$5K. For $400 the Mr Heater sounds like a good option. Not sure of their quality. I have a couple of their Buddy heaters for ice fishing but they don’t have much for electronics or moving parts in those so it’s not a good comparison. Thanks for taking the time to explain everything with the install. You must have been an Engineer. A good eye for detail😀
Thanks Bruce ! i have had it installed and running continuously (when needed of course) for over a month now, and it has run flawlessly. I have it set to 40℉ at night, and 50℉ during the day, and I override that to 62℉ when I first get in there if I'm feeling chilly. Zero problems so-far. I did the cost analysis as well, and it made zero sense to go with radiant heating - at least for me. Also, I like a cool floor in the summer, and I'll get that naturally without an insulated slab. We used about 20 gallons of propane on a pretty cold month, but that was with only R-19 in the attic (it will be R-50 soon), the ceiling unfinished a lot of the time, and two doors missing (covered with XPS, but leaky as hell). Keep in mind that I will also be installing a mini-split, and those heat very efficiently as well. So, yes, I'm quite happy with the unit so-far 😊
THIS IS GONNA BE PRETTY HAIRY . Bahahaha! Awesome job dude!
Thank you Joe! 😊
great video and nice work. I am about to do the same installation -what is that L shaped bracket material called? (the long stuff with the holes in it that you cut with a wheel? ) thank you!
I believe its called perforated L-channel. If you have a Menards nearby, they have it there. The ones on the unit itself come with the unit, and everything else came from Menards. Good luck!
Why didn’t you use your drywall lift to raise it into place?
what are your garage dimensions ? Looks pretty big.
The entire building is 36' x 48', but the heated shop part is 32' x 36'.