Looking for a heater

[Reit38]

Trying to decide on hanging heater for my 40x60x10. R19 in walls and r38 cellulose in attic. Located in iowa. Was leaning towards the big maxx 125k btu. Eventually I will add a mini split down the road.

 

[Bert_]

Definitely not 125,000 btu. I would guess more like 60,000 if you keep it heated.

10' ceiling pretty well limits you to forced air like you are planning.

 

[mike93lx]

How warm do you want it to be?

 

[Reit38]

Definitely not 125,000 btu. I would guess more like 60,000 if you keep it heated.

10' ceiling pretty well limits you to forced air like you are planning.

Google says 108k-132k ?

 

[Bert_]

Google says 108k-132k ?

Do a load calc if you want real information. Google is a wild guess

This is a decent calculator https://loadcalc.net/

At work I heat a 40x100x16 building with 100,000 tube heater. I fully believe I would be fine with an 80,000

 

[finn]

I can heat my 32x75x16’ shop work area with a 75k hanging heater. I use it until it gets cold enough to turn on the boiler for the floor heat for the winter, but I have another of the same heaters in the 32x54x 12’ garage and that’s enough to heat it from an ambient in the teens occasionally in the dead of winter

 

[Bert_]

I noticed user location doesn't show up on the phone unless you click the name.

My experience is based in NW Iowa

 

[mm08822]

Add a couple of ceiling fans or at least a floor fan to help even out the temps.

Fans will be nice in the summer too.

 

[Reit38]

Sorry. Yeah I'm in NE Iowa. I have 4 ceiling fans and a wall mount oscillating fan in the middle on one wall.

 

[dcg9381]

How warm do you want it to be?

/ how fast do you want to warm it up.. 125k sounds high to me, but makes sense in a situation whey you're only heating part time.

 

[PoorUB]

Trying to decide on hanging heater for my 40x60x10. R19 in walls and r38 cellulose in attic. Located in iowa. Was leaning towards the big maxx 125k btu. Eventually I will add a mini split down the road.

With a well insulated building 125,000 BTU is certainly too large. My experience in North Dakota says 30 BTU per square foot is plenty, so 72,000 BTU, slap in a 80,000 BTU and call it good. It probably will still be too large.

 

[PoorUB]

/ how fast do you want to warm it up.. 125k sounds high to me, but makes sense in a situation whey you're only heating part time.

Austin TX?? You could heat that size shop with 50,000 BTU in that area.

 

[fitter30]

How your going to be using the heat and the mass that is in it. Air is easy to heat but mass takes time to bring it back up to room temp.

 

[toolman96]

I can heat my 32x75x16’ shop work area with a 75k hanging heater. I use it until it gets cold enough to turn on the boiler for the floor heat for the winter, but I have another of the same heaters in the 32x54x 12’ garage and that’s enough to heat it from an ambient in the teens occasionally in the dead of winter

What 75k hanging heater do you have? Looking to get one

 

[finn]

What 75k hanging heater do you have? Looking to get one

Beacon Morris, which used to be sold by Menards. It was a private label product made by Sterling, somewhere on the East Coast.

I think Menards moved on to the Mr Heater and Dynaglo brands, both of which are imported, I suspect.

 

[Reit38]

So far this winter i have yet to drop below 40* knock on wood. Being unheated. I think when menwrds brings back the 11% rebate I will probably purchase the 80k btu big max heater unless someone talks me into a larger one

 

[Oatmealman]

Beacon Morris, which used to be sold by Menards. It was a private label product made by Sterling, somewhere on the East Coast.

I think Menards moved on to the Mr Heater and Dynaglo brands, both of which are imported, I suspect.

Correct, I recently installed a dynaglo 50k shop heater and it's been good so far with heating my shop. Only time will tell how reliable it is.