Heating Your Shop

[BigFish]

My shop is a detached 1 car also....I have been using a propane bazooka heater, small one....works great! I will be installing a woodstove shortly!

[mikecc]

2 stall garage lower & Upper, I take the chill out with propane bazooka then use woodstove to maintain the heat

[Ake G]

Consider a Rinnai propane heater (permanent install that vents outside via pipe-in-a-pipe). Not cheap initially,but easy to install yourself. Get a small tank from the gas supplier and you're all set.

Very safe,efficient and cheap to run, it's WELL worth it. It's great to have real heat out there....I practically live out in my shop.

[Mugz]

Sounds great but pricey......but not economical at this time. Garage is not insulated. Just wouldn't make sense to spend a lot of $$ on this right now. Eventually the shop will be insulated and be upgraded.
Need safe, cheap, quick heat to last a couple hours, a couple days a week. My spinner is a heated box so the heat is for me, not the work!!

[nightprowler]

my parents have a house on the vineyard that isn't winterized, when i use it in the late fall and early spring i have been using a kerosene heater. i just got it last year, but it worked amazingly well. most of the fall wasn't that bad but that first weekend in november was super cold and that heater kept my girlfriend and i toasty...not that she didn't kee me warm enough
why are you afraid to use it?

[Young Salt]

mugz i use exactly what you are talking about. Been using it for about three years now and it works fine for me. I go through about 3-4 tanks over the winter.

[tattoobob]

THose work great I use one in the ice fishing shack, and it takes the chill out. I would invest in a couple of rolls of insulation, some staples,and some plastic that would be your best bet.

[Mugz]

Originally Posted by nightprowler

my parents have a house on the vineyard that isn't winterized, when i use it in the late fall and early spring i have been using a kerosene heater. i just got it last year, but it worked amazingly well. most of the fall wasn't that bad but that first weekend in november was super cold and that heater kept my girlfriend and i toasty...not that she didn't kee me warm enough
why are you afraid to use it?

I am worried about fumes with the kerosene heater. It's an older model...but the thing is big (bazooka type). Has wheels. Not sure of the BTU's or what size tank it is....looks like 5+ gallons to me.
Where the hell do I buy kerosene anyways? I think I've seen them in 1 gallon cans at the hardware store.
Maybe I'll clean it this weekend and try to fire it up. I'll bring out my carbon dioxide alarm just in case.

[nightprowler]

there is a gas station near me that has a k-1 kerosene pump. just go and fill-er up when i need. on mv it was $3/gallon, so im sure it is cheaper on the mainland. there is a place here in falmouth that fills them also, im not sure the name though.

[Backbeach Jake]

Originally Posted by Ake G

Consider a Rinnai propane heater (permanent install that vents outside via pipe-in-a-pipe). Not cheap initially,but easy to install yourself. Get a small tank from the gas supplier and you're all set.

Very safe,efficient and cheap to run, it's WELL worth it. It's great to have real heat out there....I practically live out in my shop.

I heat my home in Truro from April 1 to Thanksgiving weekend with Rinnai heaters. Worth every cent.