freudianfloyd
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For the past few years, I have been working in an uninsulated unheated garage. Here in Ohio it gets pretty cold. Cold enough that some of the water pipes running through the garage broke, even though they were wrapped in insulation. I know you northern guys are probably laughing at me when I say it gets cold, but to me it's too cold to even try to work in there.
Anyway, this past summer I decided to insulate.....the walls anyway. The ceiling has drywall, but there is so much stuff in the attic space, that I didn't get to insulating the attic yet. With that said, it still gets pretty cold. It helps but I still needed heat.
Last week I decided to finally get some type of heater. I have tried space heaters and if you are standing directly in front of them, you can feel them, but they just couldn't warm the garage. This time I decided to just go for it and invest a little more in a larger unit. The Hot Dawg's are way out of my budget, and I don't have gas at my house. The garage is roughly 400 square feet.
I decided after several good reviews to get the Comfort Zone CZ230e. And finally installed it last night.
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I was most worried about heat loss through the ceiling, but time will tell. I turned it on last night, and I must say I was impressed. It was too hot to work directly under it, and within an hour, it raised the temperature of my garage from the mid 40's to 70. I could even feel it in the farthest point of my garage from the heater, around the corner. I put two thermometers up on opposite sides of the garage just to make sure it wasn't getting a warm draft, and they both read the same. I have a seperate room in the garage that was closed off, and it's temperature was still in the 40's.
Before I left the garage for the night, I turned it way down just to see how well it maintains the temperature in there and when I went out first thing today it was in the mid-60's, and was not running any of the three times I went out there to check on it.
The heater cost roughly $150, and another $80 in materials, so I am happy.
Sorry for the long post, I just wanted to brag a little about this. Of course time will tell when I get my electric bill, but until then I'm going to enjoy working in the warm. And I will update on this when it gets below freezing outside to see how well it works.
Anyway, this past summer I decided to insulate.....the walls anyway. The ceiling has drywall, but there is so much stuff in the attic space, that I didn't get to insulating the attic yet. With that said, it still gets pretty cold. It helps but I still needed heat.
Last week I decided to finally get some type of heater. I have tried space heaters and if you are standing directly in front of them, you can feel them, but they just couldn't warm the garage. This time I decided to just go for it and invest a little more in a larger unit. The Hot Dawg's are way out of my budget, and I don't have gas at my house. The garage is roughly 400 square feet.
I decided after several good reviews to get the Comfort Zone CZ230e. And finally installed it last night.
I was most worried about heat loss through the ceiling, but time will tell. I turned it on last night, and I must say I was impressed. It was too hot to work directly under it, and within an hour, it raised the temperature of my garage from the mid 40's to 70. I could even feel it in the farthest point of my garage from the heater, around the corner. I put two thermometers up on opposite sides of the garage just to make sure it wasn't getting a warm draft, and they both read the same. I have a seperate room in the garage that was closed off, and it's temperature was still in the 40's.
Before I left the garage for the night, I turned it way down just to see how well it maintains the temperature in there and when I went out first thing today it was in the mid-60's, and was not running any of the three times I went out there to check on it.
The heater cost roughly $150, and another $80 in materials, so I am happy.
Sorry for the long post, I just wanted to brag a little about this. Of course time will tell when I get my electric bill, but until then I'm going to enjoy working in the warm. And I will update on this when it gets below freezing outside to see how well it works.
and the difference was incredible)