How have you mounted your heater?

[sam_i02]

Just got this 230VAC heater this afternoon - preparing for the long cold winter months ahead.
Thinking of ideas to mount it to the ceiling/floor, so it is not taking up valuable floor space in my 10 x 20 garage.

I have a fully finished ceiling and walls so hanging from the trusses does not work.

The specs in the manual call for 8" of clearance on all sides and to put the attached pic in perspective, the heater is 12" in diameter.

Any pics of how you have done it appreciated.

 

[garboui]

even though it may have to be a compromise with down low down/ floor space i would suggest keeping it low as heat rises. Or at least augment with a ceiling fan to push the warm air back down.

how tall is your space?

 

[canuckian]

I use a 4800w 220v construction heater in my 24x24 and I simply lay it on the floor. Heats the place up nicely. I suppose you could put a couple of hooks into the rafters through the drywall and hang it with chains or something similar. Only issue then would be getting power to it.

 

[sam_i02]

even though it may have to be a compromise with down low down/ floor space i would suggest keeping it low as heat rises. Or at least augment with a ceiling fan to push the warm air back down.

how tall is your space?

9' ceiling in garage. I guess an idea is to make a shelf for it to put it on when not in use and just set on the floor when in use.... Have thought of this but was trying to get more creative and reducing that extra step in the winters.

I use a 4800w 220v construction heater in my 24x24 and I simply lay it on the floor. Heats the place up nicely. I suppose you could put a couple of hooks into the rafters through the drywall and hang it with chains or something similar. Only issue then would be getting power to it.

Yes, some screw in I-hooks and chains is an option. Power routing not a problem, because I am in the process of making the garage into a workshop this summer and may have to take some dryall out to run some other wires as well.

 

[sam_i02]

I use a 4800w 220v construction heater in my 24x24 and I simply lay it on the floor. Heats the place up nicely. I suppose you could put a couple of hooks into the rafters through the drywall and hang it with chains or something similar. Only issue then would be getting power to it.

Also, how does this heater work for you and how expensive is it to use? Mine is 4800w as well but my garage is 10 x 20, so it will warm up quicker. Well insulated new home (designed to R2000 specs)

 

[canuckian]

Also, how does this heater work for you and how expensive is it to use? Mine is 4800w as well but my garage is 10 x 20, so it will warm up quicker. Well insulated new home (designed to R2000 specs)

The heater does a decent job. Not as comfortable as in your living room on a cold night for the first 15-20 minutes but within the first hour, I have to turn the temperature down a little. The shop is a detached 24x24 with 10 ft ceilings and blown in insulation (r2000 and then some as long as the door seals well when it closes) As for what it adds to the power bill, I only use the shop a few nights a week in the winter and I also turn it on to defrost the tractor if I have to blow snow so not a whole lot. I'd say less than $75 a month.

 

[darkk]

Ours is hanging at about the 10 ft height, and it's hydronic.

 

[Keep]

I also have a finished ceiling, so what I did was cut a piece of 3/4 plywood that I could screw into the rafters.

Once I had that cut I used t-nuts to mount the heater to the plywood. Then I screwed the mount into the trusses. Solid mount and it can be removed with a few screws.

 

[Gary S]

I have two 240v heaters in my garage. One is a wallmount style and I have it mounted on the wall up about 8 feet. It blows out right under one of my ceiling fans which I use to distribute the heat.
The second heater is a portable style designed to sit on the floor, but that is too dangerous for me because I work there and don't want to bump into it. So, that one sits on top of my refrigerator and blows out under my second ceiling fan.

 

[5lima30]

I have a similar 13,500 BTU construction heater that I mounted on an old TV wall mount. I like it off the floor and out of the way. It works well for me.