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Heating for Prefab Shed/Grage
- Thread starter BearDruid
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What are you looking to accomplish out there? Are you doing work out there while watching a game or just trying to keep it above freezing? Is it insulated in any way? If its just a bare metal building, even keeping it above freezing is going to be quite a hurdle.
No insulation. I work out there for maybe an hour at a time in the evenings, so I wanted to find something to keep me warm. I also will be tracking in a lot of snow, which melts off and makes a mess, so I'm curious if something like some heavy-duty poly tarps to lay down for that but works well.What are you looking to accomplish out there? Are you doing work out there while watching a game or just trying to keep it above freezing? Is it insulated in any way? If its just a bare metal building, even keeping it above freezing is going to be quite a hurdle.
Galaxywide
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Your options for keeping an uninsulated structure warm when it's 5 degrees outside are going to be fairly limited, since that's a LOT of heat being lost.
Electric resistive heat is easy and clean, but not cheap to install or run.
A diesel/kerosene torpedo heater is cheap to install and run, but smells terrible and is loud.
If you have a gas line, you could install a small furnace/unit heater of some sort, but that's pretty involved.
It's unlikely that anything else will keep up with the heat loss, especially if you want to heat it from ambient temp to comfortable working temp in a reasonably short time.
Electric resistive heat is easy and clean, but not cheap to install or run.
A diesel/kerosene torpedo heater is cheap to install and run, but smells terrible and is loud.
If you have a gas line, you could install a small furnace/unit heater of some sort, but that's pretty involved.
It's unlikely that anything else will keep up with the heat loss, especially if you want to heat it from ambient temp to comfortable working temp in a reasonably short time.
Hmmm yeah, I was trying to avoid putting in some insolation, but I might have to go that route then.Your options for keeping an uninsulated structure warm when it's 5 degrees outside are going to be fairly limited, since that's a LOT of heat being lost.
Electric resistive heat is easy and clean, but not cheap to install or run.
A diesel/kerosene torpedo heater is cheap to install and run, but smells terrible and is loud.
If you have a gas line, you could install a small furnace/unit heater of some sort, but that's pretty involved.
It's unlikely that anything else will keep up with the heat loss, especially if you want to heat it from ambient temp to comfortable working temp in a reasonably short time.
billconner
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Let's say an hour or 2 three times a week. You want some insulation, especially on top - ceiling or roof. Putting rigid foam on roof before shingles/metal would have been easy, but maybe too late. Even R11 Batts on walls will do a lot. Put a rug or old carpet in the floor. (OSB, concrete, other?)
Then a 1500 watt electric heater would make it tenable.
Then a 1500 watt electric heater would make it tenable.
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I have a metal building myself and was unable to heat it whatsoever without insulation. I think your best option is a torpedo heater pointed directly atr you while you work. While not ideal, it would serve the purpose of making it somewhat tolerable while working.