Shop Temperature

[aqr81]

This morning when I left for work it was 38 outside and the 57 inside garage. No heat in the garage, I have R39 in ceiling, R19 in walls and both garage doors are insulated doors. It's just getting finished up with construction now but the insulation seems to be performing as I intended. What I'm hoping for is that it performs equally well in the summer as heat is a bigger concern for me.

 

[anythingfastxxx]

Normally 60-65. Speaking of which, I turned the furnace off a few days ago........ It's been like single digits here.

 

[e-tek]

I keep it at 7C/45F when not in it and 10C/52F when working. I also crank it up to 15C/72F to prime or paint stuff. It's generally averages -20C/-8F here all winter, but the furnace still doesn't run much.

It'd also be REALLY INTERESTING to know how much guys pay for electricity and gas in the winter months.....see new thread!

 

[PaulR]

wow, I guess I'm the first in three pages:

I shut mine OFF during the day and go to my desk job. At night I turn it up to 55 degrees, any higher and I'm sweating. I can sweat in a freezer.

New England Temps 15-30 at night, garage is in the 40's at the lowest, R30 ceiling, unknown walls. 80 gallons of LP so far at most.

Is shutting it off bad? should I leave the pilot running??

 

[larryv]

About 55 at night, a heater would be nice.

 

[Steve in Mi]

63 to 65 degrees F 24/7 in the heating season.

 

[mikeyr]

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

send the heat up here, save me some gas trying to keep mine at 55 while I am not working in it.

55 when I am not in the garage, mid-high-60's when I am in there.

 

[usmc_noma]

My garage is insulated and has an insulated garage door but there are several holes which need to be plugged near the doors. I'd say on avg it's between 58-60 during the winter. I'd like to have it higher but if I have a jacket on I'm good. I'm not sure during the summer since I didn't have the thermometer out there.

 

[foss]

I have the thermostat between 55-60 when I am not out there and turn it up to 70 when I go out.

 

[MN4x4]

Mine has been at 65º the last couple of days so I could put some epoxy on the floor. Normally I keep it at 54º unless I am going to paint/finish a project and then I bump it up to around 68º or higher, depending on the finish I am using.

Since I insulated my slab (thread with lots of pictures HERE) I found that with the outside temp in single digits my shop will stay at 42º with no heat. My fluorescent lights don't like that temp very much, but it sure saves on the heat bill!

And I need new lights anyway...

 

[bill9860]

50 during the week when I am not in there. 60-65 (depends on how active I am) on the weekends when I am out there. R19 walls & R30 ceiling in my 26x28

 

[38Chevy454]

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.

Mine is basically similar: R19 walls and R38 ceiling, with temps typically in 30-40's daytime and teens at night, it stays around 50 degrees inside without any heat. At least no heat except a warm vehicle driving in. When I am in there I put the heat to about 62-64, any more and it is too hot to work.

I made sure to seal up the walls and anywhere cold can leak in real good, I am sure that helps a lot. Heating is only when I am working out there and is just a simple 30K BTU dual burner propane radiant set-up on a tank. Budget someday may get a nice forced air type garage heater, but I warm up about 5 degrees per hour with just the propane heater.

 

[Vethead]

53 degrees when not out there, low 60's when I am working out there. Temp depends on the work I am doing. I am sure it cost something to run the natural gas heater, but I haven't noticed any real difference in the gas bill.

 

[Kev442]

At 1728 sq feet, I'm too cheap to heat mine much in the dead of winter. I try to keep it above freezing, but when it drops to -10 outside and the garage is on the north side of the house with the wind blowing 25 mph, sometimes it gets down to the mid 20's.
I spent $30 to heat it up a few times in December, get it to 45 or so and then shut it down so I can do some work out there. Sweatshirt temps are the best!

 

[BlackSheepSpeedShop]

I have a 55x75 with 20' side walls insulated in the DFW area of Texas. It stays 55-65.

 

[KYGTP]

I keep my at around 60 all day and if I am out there I will bump it up to 66 or 67, which only takes about 5 min or so. This is the first winter with my new garage and the forced heat furnace, so I will see how much propane I go through this year.

I also have 3 ceiling fans running all the time to get the heat down out of the 11'8" ceiling.

 

[Flange]

e-tek, am I missing something or do you Canadians have a different Celsius scale to us Europeans?

7C/45F when not in it and 10C/52F when working. I also crank it up to 15C/72F to prime or paint stuff. It's generally averages -20C/-8F here all winter

Over here:

10C = 50F
-20C = -4F
OK, those 2 are not too far off, but
15C = 59F in Europe, not 72F ???

 

[Weedwaka]

1600 sq ft. 65 - 70 all the time. Radiant slab set at 65 but overshoots a bit.

( I have a us thermostat so I dont have to convert **** woots !! )

 

[EuroVt]

I find that when I'm working in the garage 56-58 is comfy. Over 60 and I am too hot. Lately it has been below zero so I turned the heat off. Just went and it is 38. It actually feels warm after snow blowing outside.

 

[66dave]

I have the thermostat at 56, and off at nigh, in the morning it is ~45 (I live in SW Idaho). I usually have a shop lab jacket that I wear while working.

 

[DaleK]

OK update, -33 C, -27 F this morning. Somehow I remember it feeling warmer the last time it got this cold.

 

[jshillin]

I'm in PA and it's been pretty cold lately. Garage is 24x32, walls/ceilings are insulated and sheet rocked. I have a small wall heater I turn on usually around Christmas once I see the inside temp hit 40. On the lowest setting it usually stays above 45 in the garage. If I'm going to be in the garage for a while I'll turn up the wall heater and fire up a torpedo for a bit to get it in the 60's.

 

[billcole]

R39 ceiling, R13 walls. Its been in the single digits at night and teens during the day here lately and my garage stays around 40 with no heat on. I do not heat it when I am not in it. The lowest I have ever seen it get is 36. I turn it up to 64 if I am working and about 68 when the wife comes out.

 

[jkeyser14]

It was 28F out today and I spent the day laying on my back on top of ice in the driveway replacing bushings on my new daily driver. It took about 10x as long as it should have because I had to keep going back inside to warm up my hands. I still have one trailing arm bushing to go but it's supposed to sleet tonight and rain tomorrow.

There's too much clutter in the garage to pull a car in right now because I have everything moved away from the walls while I finish framing and insulating. Once the garage is done I plan on setting the thermostat to 50 and turning it up when I'm out there. I can't handle another winter working on cars outside.

 

[jvitez]

-16C in the garage today, -24C outside with a fairly good wind. Walls are insulated, ceiling is still wide open.

 

[e-tek]

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!

Too cold to post much too!!

 

[e-tek]

It was 28F out today and I spent the day laying on my back on top of ice in the driveway replacing bushings on my new daily driver. It took about 10x as long as it should have because I had to keep going back inside to warm up my hands. I still have one trailing arm bushing to go but it's supposed to sleet tonight and rain tomorrow.

There's too much clutter in the garage to pull a car in right now because I have everything moved away from the walls while I finish framing and insulating. Once the garage is done I plan on setting the thermostat to 50 and turning it up when I'm out there. I can't handle another winter working on cars outside.

Bushings on a "new" DD....I'm guessing it's just "new to you"?

Why not put a space heater (propane preffered for outside) under there with you?

I once rebuilt a car in an unheated garage. I had one extension cord running from the house with a 3-outlet end for the light, heater and tool I was using at the time!!

 

[HTGTS350]

Its summer in Australia as you probably know and mine is a toasty 56 today, thats C not F, oh how I wish it was winter already.

 

[spongerich]

I was in my barn for about 45 min this afternoon. Even with my 150K BTU kerosene bullet blasting straight at me from 6 feet away it was too cold to stay out there any longer.

 

[Phuckin' Jim]

-5 in the garage (heat off)
-29 outside.
Insulated 24x24.

 

[darkk]

I leave mine at the lowest it will go....52 deg all the time. When I'm working, I get used to it in less than a half an hour

 

[Boyd Who]

Just came in from the shop. -28C outside, +12C inside the shop. My little 4800-watt construction heater is set on low to keep it at that temp.

 

[keithski122]

Too cold to post much too!!

. With being in the uk I find that this is a good site to learn from,but that I wouldn't have anything useful to contribute.On the computer I'm the same as in life, I like to listen to what other people have to say and if I've got something useful to say then I'll say it.
I will give you all a bit of background on myself though.I only work 3 days a week as I look after the kids the rest of the week.When I do work its at a company that imports the old vw vans, I do a bit of welding, a bit of servicing, whatever needs doing.I'm a trained mechanic the rest is all self learned, which is why I lurk sites like this.