First time posting here but I've spent hours browsing through the forum in anticipation of having my new heater installed. The drywall is 99% done and the attic will be insulated before the end of the year. We bought our house last year and the garage was a nightmare so I gutted it to the studs, insulated the walls, ran new dedicated 20 amp outlets, added a 240 to "future proof" it and it's becoming my dream garage.
The last piece of the puzzle is a garage heater. We have an insulated door and I've already air sealed everything but we are in Minnesota and it gets very cold here.
Currently my meter (opposite side of the house from the garage, of course) is regulated down to 2 PSI (confirmed by calling our gas company) and once it enters our house it's reduced even further (~1/2 PSI) before it hits our manifold. The manifold supplies our furnace (furnace is right next to the manifold), water heater (right next to manifold) then there are two runs (1/2" type K copper I believe) that goes to our kitchen range and our gas dryer which is in a room right next to the kitchen.
While I'm having the gas hired out (I'm comfortable DIY'ing a LOT of things but not gas) I want to see if it's possible to tap into the existing 1/2" line right behind the dryer (dryer is 20,000 BTUs) and T it off for a run of another ~20 ft before it would then supply my soon to be 50,000 BTU Big Maxx.
That would put it at about 30' of 1/2" to the dryer and from there another 20' of 1/2" to the garage heater. It would be MUCH easier, and cheaper for me, to go this route as our basement is completely finished and there would have to be some major work to get a new, dedicated line from the manifold in the basement all the way out to the garage.
Just looking for anyone's advise before I go out and buy the heater. The plumber isn't even able to come out and quote yet for a few weeks so trying to see what would need to be done beforehand.
The last piece of the puzzle is a garage heater. We have an insulated door and I've already air sealed everything but we are in Minnesota and it gets very cold here.
Currently my meter (opposite side of the house from the garage, of course) is regulated down to 2 PSI (confirmed by calling our gas company) and once it enters our house it's reduced even further (~1/2 PSI) before it hits our manifold. The manifold supplies our furnace (furnace is right next to the manifold), water heater (right next to manifold) then there are two runs (1/2" type K copper I believe) that goes to our kitchen range and our gas dryer which is in a room right next to the kitchen.
While I'm having the gas hired out (I'm comfortable DIY'ing a LOT of things but not gas) I want to see if it's possible to tap into the existing 1/2" line right behind the dryer (dryer is 20,000 BTUs) and T it off for a run of another ~20 ft before it would then supply my soon to be 50,000 BTU Big Maxx.
That would put it at about 30' of 1/2" to the dryer and from there another 20' of 1/2" to the garage heater. It would be MUCH easier, and cheaper for me, to go this route as our basement is completely finished and there would have to be some major work to get a new, dedicated line from the manifold in the basement all the way out to the garage.
Just looking for anyone's advise before I go out and buy the heater. The plumber isn't even able to come out and quote yet for a few weeks so trying to see what would need to be done beforehand.