Right now i have a 2 car that sits under my condo and its starting to get really cold here in alaska. i was thinking about getting a reddy heater, either propane or diesel. my idea was to use it to initialy heat the garage then switch to my gas heat from the house. does anyone have any tips to heating a garage quick or any advise on a temporary heat source?
reddy heaters?
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I use a Reddy Heater in my garage all the time. As posted in another thread, I use the more expensive "odorless" fuel in mine to keep fights to a minimum in my household. I normally just heat it up and then shut it off. If I get cold again, I turn it back on. I don't want any "open flame" type of systems for fear of fire in the garage (when I am not out there). Make sure you have adequate space cleared out in front of the heater when it is fired up. I occasionally use a ceramic electric heater too.
Northstar9126
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I have a large oil / kerosene fired Reddy type heater that I use to warm up my shop when it gets really cold out. I can't remember how many BTU's the thing is rated for but it will heat up my shop in no time. I got the one that I have now because I didn't want to have to drag a propane bottle around whenever I moved the heater. I like the heater but if I had to do it over again I would get the propane heater, I don't think that it would stink as bad as the one that I have now.
ranger_dood
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I have a kero jet heater over at my dad's old detached that I use while working on the bike. It's an uninsulated block-wall garage with an open ceiling, so fumes aren't a horrible concern. I would not recommend a kero heater for a will-insulated, draftless garage. Fumes would build up in no time!
I cannot recomend one for an under the house garage.
The CO2 danger is just too high, and the moisture put out will drive the humidifier setup nuts.
Go with your duct from the house. Have it's output down low and use a drugstore osslating fan to spread the heat around.
It will not be fast, but it will be safe.
The CO2 danger is just too high, and the moisture put out will drive the humidifier setup nuts.
Go with your duct from the house. Have it's output down low and use a drugstore osslating fan to spread the heat around.
It will not be fast, but it will be safe.
dawg
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yeah dont use them in the house
even if the door is slightly open.
CO has a habit of filling the house before going outside.
I also have a reddi heater 68000 BTU
I bought a thermostat for it that shuts it off when desired temp is reached.
even if the door is slightly open.
CO has a habit of filling the house before going outside.
I also have a reddi heater 68000 BTU
I bought a thermostat for it that shuts it off when desired temp is reached.
the intimidator
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I have a 35 or 45 thousand btu reddy heater in my single car unisulated garage I run it on diesel fuel for the most part mainly because a gallon of diesel rings in around 4-5 dollars and a gallon of kerosene is up near 15 dollars a gallon 
The heater heats up the space in about 15 minutes and it will stay comforatable for a couple hours unless you are opening the door all the time. The main difference between kerosene and diesel is the odor when starting up and the warm up time of the heater you get more fumes with the diesel on startup and it takes a bit longer to get the heater running at it's peak after they are warmed up there is not much of a difference between the two.
I use the heater to get the garage up to temp then turn on the baseboard heater to maintain the temp and keep the noise down You may also want to look into the vented heaters if you are alloud to put them up in you're condo's garage they are quieter and they produce no fumes I would vote for kero or diesel over the propane model it is much easy'er to keep supplyed and you can go down to the gas station and get a gallon at anytime vs having to keep the propane tank full haul it around to the filling station and pay 20 bucks for them to fill it
The heater heats up the space in about 15 minutes and it will stay comforatable for a couple hours unless you are opening the door all the time. The main difference between kerosene and diesel is the odor when starting up and the warm up time of the heater you get more fumes with the diesel on startup and it takes a bit longer to get the heater running at it's peak after they are warmed up there is not much of a difference between the two. I use the heater to get the garage up to temp then turn on the baseboard heater to maintain the temp and keep the noise down You may also want to look into the vented heaters if you are alloud to put them up in you're condo's garage they are quieter and they produce no fumes I would vote for kero or diesel over the propane model it is much easy'er to keep supplyed and you can go down to the gas station and get a gallon at anytime vs having to keep the propane tank full haul it around to the filling station and pay 20 bucks for them to fill it