Anyone use a Mr Heater from Menards

[LJB55]

Hi everyone, I was thinking of buying a Mr Heater radiant tube heater from Menards like this one:

https://www.menards.com/main/heatin...t-garage-heater/f102652xl/p-1444441199826.htm

They do a free planner for you to suggest a size but I have not sent it in yet. I have a 32 by 40 by 12 garage with r19 walls and r30 ceiling. The inside is all lined with steel. Was wondering if anyone has any experience with this heater. Was thinking of running the tube directly in the middle running the long dimension. I have 2 10 by 10 overhead doors on the front short wall and was planning on putting the burner end of the tube closest to this end and running the exhaust out the back wall on the other end. Was hoping this would heat up the slab between the cars parked inside. I would have considered heating the slab with pex but the shop would be for intermittent use so 45 degrees unoccupied and 60 when working. Anyway any advice appreciated.

Thanks, Len

 

[Showkey]

Not a fan of radiant heat.
I would go with a MR Heater force air garage heater as the alternative, sized for your climate and building.

 

[SALIV8]

Radiant tube heaters work well.

However, the big drawback is they only heat what is directly below them.

 

[gmcgeo]

Radiant Heaters are great, They do exactly what they are built for to heat the objects in the room/space

Now if you want to heat the air that's when you go towards the mr heater/ modine setups
'forced air"


for the size of your space it calls for 72,192 BTUS for 60 deg, this is based on 45 deg weather.

I have never used the brand in question, I have used and installed radiant tube heaters for the right application

 

[Bert_]

Not a fan of radiant heat.
I would go with a MR Heater force air garage heater as the alternative, sized for your climate and building.

I love radiant tube heaters. Probably the best form of heat for a larger building. In my opinion the only reason to use forced air is if you don't have enough ceiling height for the tube heater

 

[Bert_]

80,000 is plenty big for that shed though. I have a 100,000 in a 40x100x16 shop for the business.

 

[LJB55]

I was hoping 60,000 would be big enough but I received their heat loss calculation and they recommend an 80,000btu with 30' of tube. Maybe because of the 3 overhead doors. Their calculated heat loss was 37,889.

 

[PWilks]

I was hoping 60,000 would be big enough but I received their heat loss calculation and they recommend an 80,000btu with 30' of tube. Maybe because of the 3 overhead doors. Their calculated heat loss was 37,889.

Something about that seems very high.

 

[davecz]

I have a Mr. heater forced air heater in my 1100 sq ft garage and its great, it can go from 35 to 60 in about 15 minutes. I usually keep thermostat at 50 and when we are in the garage just takes a few mins to get it comfortable. Its probably oversized for my garage but I never am needing more heat. I just built a 1300 barn and putting the same unit in.

 

[toyotadriver]

I have two Mr Heater units but I probably wouldn’t buy them from Menards. I bought mine from Northern Tool.

 

[vintageracer31]

I have a Mr. heater forced air heater in my 1100 sq ft garage and its great, it can go from 35 to 60 in about 15 minutes. I usually keep thermostat at 50 and when we are in the garage just takes a few mins to get it comfortable. Its probably oversized for my garage but I never am needing more heat. I just built a 1300 barn and putting the same unit in.

What size unit did you use?

 

[PoorUB]

One thing nobody has mentioned is clearance under to unit. I am not familiar with the heater you mention, the link does not work. I couldn't find it on Mr. Heater's web site either. But most radiant heaters need quite a bit of clearance below the heater to avoid "cooking" what ever is below them.

You have 12 foot ceilings, so the heater gets mounted at 11 feet. You park your brand new F-150 in the shop and leave it over night. The roof on the F-150 is about 6 feet, so about 5 feet from the heater. In he morning the paint on the roof may be blistered!

One unit I used to sell required 8 feet below it

 

[Bert_]

One thing nobody has mentioned is clearance under to unit. I am not familiar with the heater you mention, the link does not work. I couldn't find it on Mr. Heater's web site either. But most radiant heaters need quite a bit of clearance below the heater to avoid "cooking" what ever is below them.

You have 12 foot ceilings, so the heater gets mounted at 11 feet. You park your brand new F-150 in the shop and leave it over night. The roof on the F-150 is about 6 feet, so about 5 feet from the heater. In he morning the paint on the roof may be blistered!

One unit I used to sell required 8 feet below it

Sometimes on a shorter building like 12' it works best to mount the heater in the corner at a 45*