Which heater?!?! Infared/Propane/K1

[SlimCookie]

Wowwww am I glad I found this forum!

Except, I now have a to do list that is longer than a small army's grocery receipt.

My Garage:

• 2 car garage (standard size)
• 2 walls are insulated and drywall
• 1 wall is not which is the outside wall
  
  just purchased the house and will insulate and drywall this summer)
• ceiling is insulated and drywall
• concrete floor
• 10' ceilings

I normally do small woodworking (when I get the urge) but mainly reloading ammo.

I will get the readings off of a thermometer today. I have one placed in the front and back of my garage.

So far I have purchased a 35,000 BTU Mr. Heater forced air w/ a 20# propane tank. I received the heater on Tuesday and have already went through roughly a 1/2 tank. This can get quite expensive....

Cost of Mr. Heater forced air propane heater: $104.00 (with a 30 day return policy


The forced air heater has worked decent.....nothing that has me sold on it yet...most likely will return it for a larger if I cannot get another device to take its place.

I was on a call with a customer yesterday and somehow we were talking about heaters and what not....he uses a iHeater 1500 Max and swore up and down that it will have me working my underwear in under 2 hours. This heater is using infrared heat. It will be delivered tomorrow (Friday) and I will be putting it to the test that night.

Cost of iHeater 1500 Max: $279.00 with a 30 day return policy.

What are your opinions on how to heat the garage? I do not spend everyday in the garage. It is more of a hobby place for me...but when its cold I want it to be warm in the garage.

 

[mygarageone]

If you are a reloader and a wood worker , you want something with sealed combustion .
In other words , it gets it's combustion air from the outside of the garage not from inside or you may go . KaBoom.

 

[SlimCookie]

If you are a reloader and a wood worker , you want something with sealed combustion .
In other words , it gets it's combustion air from the outside of the garage not from inside or you may go . KaBoom.

Elaborate please...


I have also looked into a more sophisticated options such as ceiling mounted with natural gas hookup. Since this is not a forever home...i would like to keep it simple.

 

[mygarageone]

Elaborate please...


I have also looked into a more sophisticated options such as ceiling mounted with natural gas hookup. Since this is not a forever home...i would like to keep it simple.

Gun Powder and Sawdust are very explosive as you know and anytime you have flame thats not sealed you most likely will experience an Explosion

You need a heater that pulls are from outside the garage for the flame , because if it's pulled from the garage and you have gun powder or saw dust in the air and you will have ,.. You;ll have and explosion.

 

[SlimCookie]

I understand.

I WILL not be using the heater when cutting/sanding due to the air particles being 'lit' on fire. I understand that.

As far as gun powder goes....it is not in the air like saw dust would be. It is kept in a hopper and confined. But I would still prefer to not have it running during that process. But, I want the garage to be warm.

Would a infrared heater make a difference?

 

[SlimCookie]

I don't want to get too off topic with what I will be doing in my garage.

The questions at hand are what are your opinions on a quality heater with my particular structure for heating the room.

Do infrared heaters put out adequate heat?

If all other heaters such as forced air, k1 or infrared heaters are not going to produce the results that I am looking for then I will begin looking in another direction for heat.

 

[Travis28715]

I have a 20X32 workshop/ garage that is heated by a 43,000 BTU Monitor heater burning K-1 that I was lucky enough to pick up at a garage sale with the tank and stand thrown in for close to free. The previous owner had switched to electric heatpump and wanted the 275Gal tank gone. Last year I burned 70 gal of k-1 leaving it set at 70F all winter. I believe Monitors are sold under the name Rennai now. The combustion air is drawn and expelled to outside through a 2" tube in a tube, if you will, drilled through an external wall with a simple hole saw. The fan is run on 110V which is a drawback incase of power outage however the cost of k-1 was approx $4.10/gal/delivered = $287 for the season. The K-1 is delivered by gravity feed however pumps are avalable if topography is a problem. I live in AK and referred to the Dept of Energy and found heating oil to have the most potential energy per gallon than NG,propane,electricity etc. I guess that is why heavy load trucks are oil burners.

 

[mygarageone]

If you really want to be safe , get and outdoor unit and pipe heat into the garage.

 

[jdmae86]

Anyone tried one of these? From the reviews it sounds great. I can usually get my 100lb tank filled between $55-$65 and it says at 50k it will run for 29hrs. Also says it can heat 4700 sq ft... My building is only 1500 sq ft so this and a box fan should be enough... maybe?

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Dyna-Glo-50K-200K-LP-Convection-Heater-RMC-LPC200DG/202895383

 

[anthony666]

Anyone tried one of these? From the reviews it sounds great. I can usually get my 100lb tank filled between $55-$65 and it says at 50k it will run for 29hrs. Also says it can heat 4700 sq ft... My building is only 1500 sq ft so this and a box fan should be enough... maybe?

http://www.homedepot.com/p/Dyna-Glo-50K-200K-LP-Convection-Heater-RMC-LPC200DG/202895383

i have one i use in my ice fishing hut and small winter jobs where my schwank heater would get in the way/melt me .. it's ok if you're real close to it .. i can't imagine it'd warm 4700 sq ft unless it were sealed up so tight that the carbon monoxide would choke you out and/or it spring conditions outside

 

[PWC Repair]

The quartz bulb type heaters work absolutely great in an insulated area. The concrete floor will not help and you also didn't say anything about your overhead doors. I use one of those cylinder looking kerosene heaters when I need heat. It needs to run for about 5 minutes or so before it's putting out maximum heat AND it will run for about 8 hours wide open on a gallon. Common misconception about kerosene heaters is that they stink.....not so when they are working properly, If the wick is bad, they will stink.

I'm thinking you could use the propane heater to get it warm, then let the quartz heater take over and keep it warm while your working.

 

[TractorJeff]

I used an old Coleman kerosene heater for a couple of winters using home heating oil in it. Its burner chamber was rotting out from sitting in the summer.
I picked up on the side of the road a couple of little wick type radiant heaters that I use when I want it heated to stay warm (prevent metal from condensate rust)
Usually I use a propane radiant heater on a 20lb tank to stay warm for short periods (8hrs). My shop ceiling is low so consequently it doesn't take much to get up to 60 in there.
I do like this heater though!
http://www.warmthforless.com/monitor.kerosene.html