Anyone ever install a Hydronic Unit Heater in their garage?

[chrispyny]

Menards had a 35k btu hydronic heating unit on their website. I have hydronic hot water baseboard heat. I assume this is plumbed into my existing hot water boiler and a zone valve is added with its own zone, and the thermostat wired in to my existing service??
I ask because i have my boiler in my garage in its own closet on a raised concrete pad built up when the house was built.
I'm wondering if i could just plumb in another zone and heat my garage that way? It would certainly be easier, just dunno if as efficient as a beacon morris brt30.
Are my assumptions correct? Is that what this does?
Paste function isnt working on iphone now. Menards part number is hba136.

 

[mygarageone]

Actualy it would be a good fit , if your garage is well insulated it will be very efficient .

You may need a additional pump , depending on whole system demand.

 

[75gmck25]

Adding a zone to your existing system should be very efficient if the current boiler is large enough to handle the additional load. However, since you are using water in the boiler you would then have to keep the garage heated all the time to prevent pipes from freezing.

Bruce

 

[myredracer]

It's likely that the temp. of the water to the unit heater needs to be higher than the baseboards and you need another circ. pump, controls, more piping at boiler, etc. Baseboards run at a lower temp so that they aren't dangerously hot to touch or melt things and that's why they are as long as they are in a room to generate enough BTU.

Best to ask a contractor who specializes in hydronic heating systems before buying the heater. The hydronic system in our house runs at 3 different temps. - one for baseboards, one for underfloor radiant heating and one for the garage/shop floors.

 

[J king]

I have it in my garage- shop. I use outdoor wood furnace tho. Just redid the unit and it's working great. Uses a radiator. Have a squirt cage blower and a line voltage thermostat.never had an air filter before and rad was plugged up.had a couple auto rad fans and they were noisy.I couldn't be happier now.
Hot water runs thru that rad first then on to my machine shop where I have a smaller rad and little fans. Always warm! I hate the cold

 

[BadgerBoilerMN]

You should know the heat load before you invest. A radiator may be all you need and you could go without the blowing air and extra electricity, maintenance and ignition source.

 

[finn]

Only problem I see is that if installed, you are committed to heating the garage full time, all winter, for freeze protection.

 

[BadgerBoilerMN]

Full time pump and control the heat with the fan. No freezing.