Looking at putting up 40x60x18 shed this summer. Will be part of new shed house. Have access to propane. Shed will be spray foamed with 3" closed cell and R50-60 blown in the attic along with 2" under floor and around the foundation. Originally I thought about doing geothermal infloor heat, as we are putting in geothermal for the house portion. I'm on the fence if its worth the added cost( would need to add water to water unit, and 4 additional wells). I'm leaning towards forced air or radiant tube heater. This will be used more so a garage than work shop. Any opinions.
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- Thread starter bwoody
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Geo in floor would be nice, but hard to justify for a garage. If money was not option in floor heat would be may preferred choice for pretty much all situations. Home of shop!
With a radiant tube heater keep in mind there are clearances under the heaters that need to be considered, often as much as 6-7 feet under the heater so it often doesn't work in a typical garage. I have seen blistered paint on tall vehicles parked under tube heaters.
Force air is cheap and easy although typcally only 80% efficiancy. Depending on the situation you can go with a 90%+ furnace for a garage area, but it takes some consideration, mostly with condensate removal.
With a radiant tube heater keep in mind there are clearances under the heaters that need to be considered, often as much as 6-7 feet under the heater so it often doesn't work in a typical garage. I have seen blistered paint on tall vehicles parked under tube heaters.
Force air is cheap and easy although typcally only 80% efficiancy. Depending on the situation you can go with a 90%+ furnace for a garage area, but it takes some consideration, mostly with condensate removal.
I dont think the clearance of the radiant tube heater will be an issue with 18 foot of height.Geo in floor would be nice, but hard to justify for a garage. If money was not option in floor heat would be may preferred choice for pretty much all situations. Home of shop!
With a radiant tube heater keep in mind there are clearances under the heaters that need to be considered, often as much as 6-7 feet under the heater so it often doesn't work in a typical garage. I have seen blistered paint on tall vehicles parked under tube heaters.
Force air is cheap and easy although typcally only 80% efficiancy. Depending on the situation you can go with a 90%+ furnace for a garage area, but it takes some consideration, mostly with condensate removal.
If you park a motor home under it, it will.I dont think the clearance of the radiant tube heater will be an issue with 18 foot of height.
HoosierBuddy
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To me, it would boil down to if you are going to heat it 24X7Xwinter.
If you are going to have the heat on all the time, then use the geo system for the lowest possible operating cost. The less expensive option would be to use some sort of unit heater, leave it off when you aren't working in the garage, and only turn it on when you are out there. In that case the heat load would be so small that the more-costly-to-operate system would make more sense.
If you are going to have the heat on all the time, then use the geo system for the lowest possible operating cost. The less expensive option would be to use some sort of unit heater, leave it off when you aren't working in the garage, and only turn it on when you are out there. In that case the heat load would be so small that the more-costly-to-operate system would make more sense.
cvairwerks
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Put the tubing in the floor and if you decide later, you can add the wells and hook it up.