Sluggo0018
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New member here. This question is not related to a garage, but I've seen some great insight offered on other topics beside garages, so thought I would ask. Sorry on advance for the length of the post.
I work from home at a desk job. My workspace is in the basement of our two story plus walkout basement home. House heat is natural gas, forced air. One furnace for the first floor and a separate unit for the second. Basement is unheated and unfinished with concrete floor and exposed wood I beam ceiling. Walls are poured concrete except for the walkout side which are frame. All walls are insulated. My company was replacing all of the cubicles in the office, throwing the old units away. So I grabbed one and constructed it in the basement and use it as my workspace. Not sure of the brand, but it is really well made and was probably expensive. The cubicle is roughly 6 ft by 8 ft by 52 inches tall, steel frame with padded, upholstered walls, built in drawers, overhead cabinets, lights, keyboard tray, etc.
My issue is the winter temperatures at my desk. Summer temps are perfect, no AC needed. But in the winter it gets pretty cold when you are sitting still, just typing away on the computer, talking on the phone, etc. The house heat is set back during the day since I am the only one at home, so I don't think extending the existing forced hot air system to the workspace is the most efficient way to go. Then I would also be heating the entire first floor of the house (roughly 2,000 sq ft). Last winter I bought a small Lasko 1,500 watt electric heater to put under the desk to at least keep my feet and legs warm. It was ineffective and I need to do something better this winter. Wearing a hat, jacket and snow boots at the desk gets pretty old.
I was thinking of installing a false ceiling above the cubicle, then extend the existing cubicle walls vertically up to the new ceiling using rigid insulation board. I would also fabricate some type of door at the cubicle opening to totally enclose the workspace.
What type of heater would be effective in a space like this? I would like to keep it somewhere around 70 degrees while I am working, then shut it down at the end of the day. I have electricity and natural gas available as a heat source. Also, would it make sense to provide some type of insulation between me and the floor? I currently have a remnant of standard carpeting, but no padding, covering most of the floor. Would rigid foam insulation board covered with plywood be worthwhile?
I am interested in hearing any and all reasonable ideas. Not interested in freezing again this winter.
Thanks in advance.
I work from home at a desk job. My workspace is in the basement of our two story plus walkout basement home. House heat is natural gas, forced air. One furnace for the first floor and a separate unit for the second. Basement is unheated and unfinished with concrete floor and exposed wood I beam ceiling. Walls are poured concrete except for the walkout side which are frame. All walls are insulated. My company was replacing all of the cubicles in the office, throwing the old units away. So I grabbed one and constructed it in the basement and use it as my workspace. Not sure of the brand, but it is really well made and was probably expensive. The cubicle is roughly 6 ft by 8 ft by 52 inches tall, steel frame with padded, upholstered walls, built in drawers, overhead cabinets, lights, keyboard tray, etc.
My issue is the winter temperatures at my desk. Summer temps are perfect, no AC needed. But in the winter it gets pretty cold when you are sitting still, just typing away on the computer, talking on the phone, etc. The house heat is set back during the day since I am the only one at home, so I don't think extending the existing forced hot air system to the workspace is the most efficient way to go. Then I would also be heating the entire first floor of the house (roughly 2,000 sq ft). Last winter I bought a small Lasko 1,500 watt electric heater to put under the desk to at least keep my feet and legs warm. It was ineffective and I need to do something better this winter. Wearing a hat, jacket and snow boots at the desk gets pretty old.
I was thinking of installing a false ceiling above the cubicle, then extend the existing cubicle walls vertically up to the new ceiling using rigid insulation board. I would also fabricate some type of door at the cubicle opening to totally enclose the workspace.
What type of heater would be effective in a space like this? I would like to keep it somewhere around 70 degrees while I am working, then shut it down at the end of the day. I have electricity and natural gas available as a heat source. Also, would it make sense to provide some type of insulation between me and the floor? I currently have a remnant of standard carpeting, but no padding, covering most of the floor. Would rigid foam insulation board covered with plywood be worthwhile?
I am interested in hearing any and all reasonable ideas. Not interested in freezing again this winter.
Thanks in advance.
