Needing some suggestions

[tyback]

Here's what I'm working with...
2 car garage; Approximately 30x30. Side 1 is dry wall over a solid concrete wall, bricked on the outside, and is partially underground. Side 2 is dry wall over solid concrete and is completely underground. Side 3 is dry wall over a wood frame walls that divide a finished basement and the garage. Side 4 is the garage doors with about a 3-4 ft space between the doors and another 6 feet space where the electrical comes into the house. My ceiling is finished dry wall that is directly under my kitchen/living room area.

So with all of that going on, I would like to heat this said garage, just partially when I want to go in and work on something. I thought gas but I don't really have a place to put a tank or a way to vent it out. I thought electricity but I don't have a way to run the required wiring due to the way the ceiling is finished. I would love to just have a wood burner but the way the house is made, I'm not sure where I could pipe out the smoke. Just looking to see if anyone else has had a similar situation or if you would know what else is out there that I could do.

 

[jav]

How's your house heated? What region of the country? Any insulation/moisture barrier between drywall and concrete walls?

 

[tyback]

How's your house heated? What region of the country? Any insulation/moisture barrier between drywall and concrete walls?

House is heated with electric central heating unit. The garage has duct work but it's just not enough to keep up on cold winter days. I'm in Eastern Kentucky. Not sure on the vapor barrier. I didn't build the house.


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[gregtwojeeps]

If you cannot do a wood/coal stove or vent a gas fired heating unit (propane) then all is left is kerosene or tank type propane type heater. (torpedo style or pie plate heater style) and both of these heaters put out carbon monoxide not good under a living space...

If it were mine and your electrical service has the capacity for a 240 volt 30 amp two pole breaker, I would put in something like this 5000 watt ceiling suspended heater. I have never run in to a building that I could not get wiring through it, over it, under it or around it. If your not electrical savvy, you may have to hire a pro electrician though if you choose electric heat. Good Luck. JMO