Heating garage questions

[Twogrn]

I'm fairly new to this forum and have learned a lot but still have some questions.

I have a 28 x32 garage with three garage doors. The common wall attached to the house is insulated, the two side walls are insulated [ not sure about a vapor barrier], and the ceiling height is 11' without insulation.

The garage temp will drop down to 38-40* in the dead of winter here in mid Nebraska and I would like to add some type of heat when I work in the garage. I would like to heat it to around to 50-55* if possible but have concerns about moisture etc. Can I use some type of portable heat or even a ceiling mounted unit set to 50* and not worry about ice dams and any other moisture problems?

Any suggestions or words of wisdom would be appreciated.

 

[flyingw]

I'm in OKC and I too work allot in my garage in the Winter. I tried several different methods for heat and the one I use is a 23K kerosene heater. Its silent and virtually no smell. The round 23K kerosene heaters are approved for temporary indoor heating. The heater heats my garage up fairly fast when the garage has cold soaked so its a thumbs up for me. Home Depot has the heaters for about 139.00.

 

[dave67fd]

Insulating the ceiling should be your first priority before the heater. If your at 38-40 deg. In the dead of winter it will increase just doing that and be much easier to heat once you get one.