Reccomendation for small electric heater

[cmb816]

I am working on upgrading electric and insulating a 16x24 (8'ceiling) detached garage. I will have 60a 220v at the sub panel, and am looking at options for a heater. Other tools are saw, vac, compressor, 110v welder... but usually no more than one at a time, or two if saw/vac. I'm in Virginia so it doesn't get too far below freezing most times when I'll be in the garage.

I have seen the hanging heaters that say they are 12-14" tall, but I assume they hang down a bit further with the hanging bracket and I need to make sure I have enough headroom. Portable heaters are an option, but with limited floor space, mounting on a wall or ceiling makes more sense for me.

What have people found to work well in a similar situation?

 

[rok_hunter]

Maybe a little more hardware and cost than you're after, but a 24-30k-ish mini split unit might be ideal for this.

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[larry_g]

https://king-electric.com/product/model-kbp/

I'm on my fourth year with the above heater in my machine area, 12x36' with less insulation than you have and I'm perfectly happy with it. The thermostat will control into the 40*f range and hold the room 60-65*f. It would go higher but that is a comfortable temp for me. I also have a regular 10" fan running at the other end of the room to keep air circulating and all seems to heat evenly. The Pic-a-watt feature is a series of separate heater cartridges that you can change individually and only wire in what you need for use. Me i'm running them all. Also understand this is running in a climate where it is mostly above freezing all the time and outside temps are in the 35-50*f range. If your in subfreezing area or what higher room temps then you might need more wattage.

Our local big box store had this on the shelf. https://www.lowes.com/pd/King-20-484-BTU-Electric-Space-Heater/3120547

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The above is from another thread of what I have and I am still happy with it.

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[Stuart in MN]

Here's a discussion from just the other day with some heater suggestions: https://www.garagejournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=467231