Garage door is now insulated (cost me less than $200) and I bought a new programmable T-stat that can be programmed for each day. Seems like I'll save money by programming it to switch on an hour before I start and turn off after 8 hours, allowing the garage cool with no maintenance heating...
Thanks for the replies so far, but I'm still confused.
A pellet stove sounds like a good idea if I had one ... I think it would cut down of fuel costs and doesn't take much space.
The heater runs for approx. half an hour in the morning now (+5 C), but I think it will be on much longer when...
I live in Northern Canada and have to heat my 22' x 24' unfinished detached garage that has a 12' ceiling with closed rafters. It has a 16' aluminum door that I'm planning to insulate with foam panels, otherwise it has standard insulation (r20 walls, r40 roof). I need it above +18 C (64 F)...
I went to help a guy from work in his garage. All he had was this foam stuff that's in a shaving cream sort of can. When you use it, it's not what I expected. It caused dry rubbery pellets to form when rubbing my hands together and they fell to the floor. No idea what it was called but it...
You can order something similar from the UK (legally), but the original "Jarts" (by Regent) / "Javelin Darts" (by Hasbro) / "Lawn Darts" (by Franklin) are prohibited. You can buy Hasbro flights on eBay but you'd have to get creative to make a knock-off set for yourself ... but this picture...
Snowball's chance in Hades? I think I'd get kicked out of the store (it's 18 years old)! I've done a lifetime's worth of work with it and it's never let me down.