Shop Temperature

[John Dillinger]

What is the temperature in your shop this winter ? I have a KOZI pellet stove and I keep it on the lowest setting when I am not in the shop . Last week it was 52 in the morning when I would check it on my way to work. When I would come home I would set on 3 or 4 for about a hour and a half and it would be up in the mid 60's. With sweat shirt on it was comfortable.
Thanks JD

 

[pst496]

65deg when in use.

45deg when not

We still go through a tank of propane a season

should have done a better job of insulating, need an alternative source of heat. looking to build a waste oil heater

 

[Notch1988]

5-8C when not in use and 14C when in use.

 

[bobadame]

Mine cools down to about 50F over night. I run the furnace up to 62 for about an hour about every other evening.

 

[Gary S]

Mine goes wherever the outside temperature dictates when I'm not working in the garage. When I need to be out there, I turn on the heat and take it up to a workable temp. For me, winter workable temp is 40-50 degrees. That way, I don't spend hardly any money on heat I don't need.

 

[gsport]

the pilot light keeps it in the mid 40's.. when i'm out there i like it 68° to 70°....

 

[Zengineer]

Heater is set at 12°C (54°F) all year around.

R-13 walls and ceiling.

 

[fireguy]

Right now? +5°F, same as outside. When the stove is on, shirt sleeve temp.

 

[jomobco]

I'd be curious to know shop temp with insulation quantities on walls and ceiling and location. That would be awesome!

 

[fatboy99]

50 when im not out there and 65 when i am

 

[RAYJAY]

with the coal stoker just idling its at 68 degs will bump it up to 70 when working out there and in 24 hours only use 20 lb of coal = 1.40 a day

jeff

 

[Garys Garage]

Heated floors. 55 degrees all the time. Good working temps. It keeps you from sitting around. Dropped ceiling last year and 18 inches of blown in fiberglass makes it much more comfortable and saved me 1000 dollars last year. It used to cool off fast at sun set.

 

[Mike007]

I keep mine at 48F when I'm not in it an 60F when in.

 

[Improved700]

48 at night and not in there, 65 or so when I am working. If kids are in there, then I turn it up more. Last months' bill was a tick 0ver $60.00 to heat my shop for the month with natural gas.

 

[lowbucktruck]

My two-car is at a nice comfy 46 degrees (with no heat on). Shirt-sleeve weather! Spent a few hours last night out there, like I do most evenings.
The cooler it is, the less likely my wife will visit for very long.

Update: my garage is insulated except for the door, fiberglass insulation with sheetrock. No built-in heater (yet!).

 

[santagary]

When below zero is forecast, I build an oak log fire in the All Nighter and add more in the AM if I'm going to work in there...there's nothing like the heat a wood fire/stove produces...feels like the sun. I have lots of gambel oak on the ranch...great fuel!

 

[Rickochet]

Outside now is 21--in the shop is 60. When I'm not in the shop, it stays at 45.

 

[henrysgarage]

I have auto set for 60* from 9AM to 10PM and 45* during the night. When I go away for a few days I set it to hold at 40*. It cost about 200$ a month for propane, including all the taxes and hidden items. The 24 X 30 X 8' tall has 4" in the walls and 6" in the ceiling and the 20 X 20 addition is 12' tall with 6" in the walls and 8" in the ceiling. I have a ceiling fan running 24/7 all year long.

 

[Free Willie]

55 all winter, I might turn it up to 65 if i am just drinking beer but thats too warm to do any work in. Warm air furnace on oil. uses about 250 gallons a year so far.

 

[D KRAGER]

I have r-35-40 ceiling, r-25 walls. If outside temps are in the 30's for highs and teens at night, it stays 45 ish without any heat.

Kind of depends if I run the heat or not the day before. Sometimes it's around 50. The lowest I've seen it this winter was 43, and that was a week without having the heat on at all.

 

[robin1731]

Mine is at 60F all the time.

 

[meissen]

I've been mildly happy with my setup - first winter since I bought the house and the garage has been staying above freezing so far. We've been using it to store our pop and beer.

 

[Boyd Who]

Mine sits between 50-55*F all winter. I might bump it up to 60 when I'm working in there, but I prefer it a bit cooler.

 

[drmoonshine]

Southern California I'm still hoping I can get the heat out of my garage.

 

[Gary S]

I'd be curious to know shop temp with insulation quantities on walls and ceiling and location. That would be awesome!

My garage is well insulated. This morning the outside temp was -10 and inside temp was +22 with no heat. Ground heat is still rising from below to help out.

 

[Chris Adams]

Southern California I'm still hoping I can get the heat out of my garage.

Big state. I'm about 100 miles from you and yup, gets dang cold in there.

When mine started to hit the high 30's I turned on a couple incandescent spot lights and it hasn't dropped below 40 since. I'm watching it closely at night, if it heads back into the 30's I may run a small heater.
During the days when the sun is out it gets downright warm.

 

[keithski122]

You guys all have it too good.Here in my workshop in the uk its been -5 degree Celsius = 23 degree Fahrenheit to start the day, not getting much above 0 for the rest.No heating, just move faster!

 

[fflintstone]

I work great in the fall all the way down to 35-40 degrees outside. My shop is not heated and a little over half the walls are insulated, no ceiling. Now with temps in the 20’s, I can run my 70,000 BTU torpedo and 10 feet away it feels like it is blowing cold air (and I HATE the jet engine sound). I hate working in these temps. I can’t wait till I have a ceiling and a wood burner. I hate wearing insulated bibs and Pac boots, I am warm but climbing a ladder or being on scaffolding in Pac boots blows. Too bulky and restrictive.

 

[bobadame]

I turned the heat on last evening for about an hour and a half. It came up to 62F. I shut it off for the night. This morning the temperature in the shop was 49. Outside temp was -7F. Walls are R-19, ceiling is R-38. The garage door is R-18.5.

 

[d110pickup]

I was out there this afternoon and it was 38F!
I'm near Atlanta and we've had two days of snow and cold temps. The normal high this time of year is 51F.
I didn't include heat when I built the shop because I didn't want to commit to keeping it warm all winter. What can I say, I'm a cheap *******.
Mike

 

[John Dillinger]

Someone was asking about my insulation and this is what I have.
The building is masonry construction with Corefill500 in the block.
The Corefill is rated R 4.91/ inch at 32F
There is no insulation in the floor just a vapor barrier
In the ceiling it is 8" of R30 unfaced with silver bubble rap under it.
I do have a heat pump but it is not sized to carry the heating load but it does do a nice job cooling. That is the way I designed it.
JD

 

[DaleK]

Shop is unheated and uninsulated but I only have room for tools and parts inside anyway, work is all done outside, which was -18 Celsius this morning when I was working on the loader tractor. Working on the new shop which will have room to work inside at least, probably won't get it insulated and heated foranother year or two.

 

[jethro29]

50 degrees when not using and 68 when in use.also keep a/c at 68 in summer in there

 

[dougmac]

When the heat is off I have never seen it fall below about 45 degrees F (7 C). When I work I like it on the cooler side. I set the thermostat at 55 degrees F (13 C) when I am working in it.

 

[ambenz]

For about $2 a day for natural gas, I keep my garage around 55 F. Takes about an hour to get 660 square feet up to 65 F when I working out there..if the outside temp is above 0F. 1/2 foil faced foam sheeting on the ceiling and 1/2 foam panels between the studs on the walls...not too bad for such a wimpy convection heater and just so so insulation!!!!

 

[rlme36]

In floor heat set at 50. I just installed the weekend of Xmas. bldg is well insulated R20 in the walls, slab insulated vertical and horizontally with 1" and 2" respectively, the 2nd floor is dense pack in the rafters with some where around R30+ then the area at the collar ties is R40 or so. Just opened the elec bill and its $100 over last month. It does take quite a bit of juice to get it up and running. one pump wasn't on for 24 hrs (installer error opps), then once corrected slab was at temp in less than 12 hrs.

Hoping that the efficiency kicks in SOON!!

rob

 

[walrus]

My shops was in the low 50s when I check late this afternoon, solar only right now, had a fire in the stove this weekend but the last 2 days have been sunny so up the temp went. Lowest I've seen it this winter is 46. Can't wait till February when the suns has some power, hopefully it blows me out of there but we'll see

 

[Kevin54]

53 when not out there and 65 when I am out there

 

[NUTTSGT]

It'll be about 49-52 when I go out there in the morning. I'll fire up the wood burner and it'll get to 65-70 in no time.

 

[crewchief888]

it's about 25* outside right now

so the garage is about 25*


no insulation, no heat


i hate that place.