Recent content by Chipster

Ya' got me there ;-)

Well, I posted some responses to a thread before I introduced myself, but here I am. I'm Chip from Southern Minnesota. Glad to have found this board. I don't have anything close to a "dream garage", but it does its job for me. My "shop" is a 34'x24' size, fully insulated and heated. It's...

RAYJAY also has a good point. If any of our garage doors are left open on a cold day, say for 5-10 minutes, it'll take about 10-20 minutes to recover the heat in our space. When we pull a vehicle in the space, it's only open for under a minute. When we park outside, we use the service door...

DaveL's great post warrants some specifics on my specs: * 2x6 walls * R28 wall insulation * R44 ceiling insulation * 5/8" drywall (walls & ceilings) * R14 insulated gar. doors We keep the temp during the day at 65-68 deg. At night, the programmable t-stat drops it to 55 deg. It's new...

Also Gordoo, is your garage (and doors) fully-insulated? If they are, 75k BTU seems a bit much. in my 34'x24', with 45k BTU, I'm able to maintain 68 deg. with no problem (it's -10 outside at the moment). If your space is uninsulated, get the 75k by all means.

I have a 45k BTU nat. gas Modine in my 34'x24' fully-ins. garage (10' ceilings), and the floor area (knee height and below) was cold - until I installed plain old white utilitarian ceiling fans (3 of em'). Made a big difference. Mine are 56" industrial fans from Global.