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Coal is cheaper than anything else unless you have access to free firewood. Is there a coal delivery service near you? A company should deliver it just like propane or fuel oil.

No one ever mentions it but generally coal is the cheapest heat if it’s easily available in your area. Skiffbuilder’s chart above shows this too. Coal is the reason the the industrial revolution was possible. If I could reliably get coal where I am on the Wast coast I’d have a coal stoker stove...

Lots of propane stuff like floor buffers and forklifts are made to run inside. Install a CO detector and go for it.

Where are you located? It makes a huge difference.

I think double lugging the meter would depend on the size of his meter panel and wire size the POCO has running in to it. Lugging like that would add to the size of the service since it’s not running through the main breaker. I tried to do this on my house since my meter and main panel are not...

I have one like this in a double gang box. https://www.amazon.com/Leviton-MS302-DS-Disconnect-Industrial-Non-Grounding/dp/B002MPQ51O/ref=redir_mobile_desktop?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&ref=yo_pop_d_pd_title Otherwise I pick the side door model. Much easier if you are frequently cycling the switch.

I have a 36x48x14 shop with open rafters and am in the process of completing my insulation install. With roughly the level of insulation you describe I calculated my theoretical diesel usage in my torpedo heater to be roughly 5 gallons per day which would cost $450 per month at $3 per gallon. I...

Would this work? https://m.harborfreight.com/1-hp-electric-hydraulic-pressure-pump-46169.html

What brand and model? They had 12 foot extensions in stock? Home Depot had nothing for doors over 8 feet when I went and looked.

I have a 14 wide and 12 high door. The MT-50 will definitely work but I’m looking at $1500 plus just in parts for two doors. I was hoping to get in under $1000 as I bet I open the door less than five times in a week so a commercial door seemed like overkill. But I guess there’s no kill like...

Re: Opener recommendation for 14x12 garage doors I looked here and on the second to the last page it show the rails and chains in 7, 8, and 10 foot lengths...

The instructions show a 10 foot rail as the longest option for the 8587.

I understand that terminology matters. What I have is a standard lift sectional door. I see there is a Elite series T-50 opener what does the Elite get you? In garage door openers what amount is considered “a low cycle rating”? I won’t be opening them more than five times a week. It’s not...

Opener recommendation for 14x12 garage doors I have two 14x12 roll up doors on my garage and I’m looking for a trolley style opener for them. I’m looking for simple and reliable no apps or any fancy stuff needed. I don’t even need a light. What does everyone suggest?

New development on this. I heated my shop with a 135,000BTU diesel heater for the last four days as I was doing some electrical work. After the initial warm up the heater settled in at using right at 5 gallons of diesel per day. This is with half the wall insulation removed so I would expect...

Please confirm. Do you mean you have no ceiling? Open rafters? If so that’s what I have with insulation up top. If yours works then mine should be just fine.

What is your ceiling height? The part that makes me wonder is that mine is 22 feet at the peak and 14 at the walls.

There are six 48 foot trusses in the whole shop. One at the front wall, one at the back wall and two sandwiched together on each of the two poles in between. Maybe this shot of the blueprints will help. The steel roofing is long since installed and I don’t think pulling it off to insulate is...

I’m not sure how I can get more insulation into the roof. The purlins between the top truss chords are 2x8’s and R25 is already 8.5” compressed to 7 1/4”. See this chart. Edit: I have three 60” fans above the ceiling along the ridge line and they circulate pretty well even on low.

I used 0 degrees farenheight on the calculators that asked. Others asked for my heat zone from a map. I cannot put up a ceiling. Long story but there are only six trusses in the whole roof. They aren’t rated to be bottom loaded with a ceiling. Only option was to insulate directly to the...