What is with all the wood? Why don't the owners use the garage?
They use the garage for storing firewood. It's the most economical way to heat a home here in New England. $500 will heat this house for the winter (where oil is closer to $1250 and electric is around $3,000).
Try $6.08 for kero here in Houston - the place where we don't need much heat... 3 - 5 gallon jugs - $91.20. However, if everything works as planned, that'll get us thru the cold season. Next year, the shop will have central heat.
That definitely puts things into perspective for me. If I can get away with $100 for the whole winter, I'll be happy. Guess I'll have to check our local kerosene prices.
Kerosene heaters are cheap, and cheap to operate but I have got to warn you;
I spent 34 days in a burn ward, no my heater didn't burn me, but during my visit four other guys were fried (separately) in their garages by gasoline catching from kerosene heaters.
Everyone else got burned with gasoline and a match, starting fires, duh.
Kerosene heaters will ignite gasoline fumes faster than a blow torch.
Duly noted. I'm generally pretty careful.
before you go out and spend your money, have you cleared this with the owner yet? They might not like the idea of a potential fire hazard.
Also, what were your plans of using the garage for? If nothing major, I would say just suit up nicely if and when you need to do repairs.
I wish my garage at least look like that. It's got openings and cracks like you wouldn't believe. Someday, I will get my dream garage.
The owner was ok with installing a fireplace out there, and when I suggested the kerosene heater he mentioned that he had a spare we could use in his barn. He's an awesome guy, and I really lucked out with getting in here.
I'll be using the garage for composite fabrication and standard mechanical repairs, so it's worthwhile to put some money into keeping this warm for me.
Head to nearest army/navy surplus for some great coveralls. I work all the time in mine and they keep your clothes clean. A big plus.
Drop Zone on Rt 9 is closed now I think, but there was another one up your way.
OT but that's a Corolla GTS? Sold the BMW?
I have a flight jumpsuit that's pretty well insulated, but there's no getting around the fact that all the bolts are freezing and there's ice on most of the suspension. I got them pretty cheaply, and they're super-comfortable.
It's not a Toyota, but I can certainly understand the confusion. It's an Nissan 200sx (s12, the old rear-wheel drive predecessor to the 240sx). It's pretty much a Corolla, but with independent rear suspension and a slightly bigger-displacement (but equally anemic) engine. Once I have it buttoned up a bit, the plan is to plop a lighter, better engine in and call it done. I'll have more details about it on my site soon.
I hated the BMW with an unyielding passion, so I was happy to sell it. In its place, I got this Nissan and this v8 F150 4x4:
