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How cold is cold to you? Whats your budget?

I picked up a Sunstream style radiant kerosene heater that does a great job in my 24x30 garage. I am in Indy and it gets cold here.... The heater costs about $190-$200 and gets 6 hours of run time from a tank that looks to be around 3 gallons +/-. Bang for the buck it works good and keeps the...

Just google the VAL6...If I had a larger shop I would have one.

Those start at 135k btu....I heard it was the smaller 45-75k units that were coming out?

I just cant believe that a shop heater would have that kind of obvious design flaw.

Sweet, that sounds lot easier than going through the roof or the plastic siding with a hot metal pipe. Did the price go up any?

A buddy in the bizz mentioned that the new Hot Dawg uses a PVC exhaust and is a condensing unit...anyone here seen this or installed one?

But...your tools and you are all "Objects", thats the point. Weedwaka, what type of heater do you have thats IR and you cant feel if you are near it? Sealed room or not, it does not matter, it is not heating the air. Post it up because we really need to know so nobody buys one on accident. O...

I have a 110 salamander that can burn diesel also, but generally around here a horizontal tube with a fan that makes forced hot air is commonly known as a "Salamander". I have seen what you are describing, a friend has one in his barn. It is a pan with a pipe out the top that is about as tall...

Wait wait...you heat your work area when you are not in it? I dont. I only need heat when I am working, I have nothing in the garage that gets damaged by a freeze. If you want the cheapest possible way to heat (other than firewood) get a VAL6. The initial cost ***** but it sips fuel.

I would say that it does since it is burning fuel, how much I cant tell you.

I did not think it got that cold in south Mississippi to need heat? Anyway, I went with a kerosene radiant. I wanted a diesel radiant but it was overkill for a garage. Here is my thread. http://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=48014

These are the high end, but if you have a large shop its the way to go. Watch the video for some serious education. http://www.val6heater.com/moviefullscreen.htm http://www.val6heater.com/ I got a cheaper home owner version for $175 that is kind of a poor knock off, and it still rocks. The...

Menards has the Modine copy for $400 right now in 45k BTU FWIW.

Yeah, I have a wood pile that can keep me going for two years but I just cant have the wait time, with this I can flip a switch and have a small Sun next to the work area in no time flat.