Winter Project... Shop Build Tread

[68C15]

Those Challenger versymettric lifts are nice. We have one at work we got from Napa almost 18 months ago. Something like $3500 plus $300 install.

What are you doing for heat? Also, what about floor drainage?

[esbstuff]

Originally Posted by 68C15

Those Challenger versymettric lifts are nice. We have one at work we got from Napa almost 18 months ago. Something like $3500 plus $300 install.

What are you doing for heat? Also, what about floor drainage?

Heats has been up in the air... The office and bathroom will have baseboard heat at least. I may just get a motel style heat/air unit, depending on what I come up with between now and then. Either way the shop is wired for 220 in both rooms. I have a oil burner traded for, I think, which may provide whole shop heat if I have a project going on. I won't have enough used oil to keep the shop heated all the time. Last winter, on the coldest day (here) it was -5 outside and it was 33 inside with just the 2 truck's block heaters going. I have propane spot heaters if I am working just on a truck or work bench and it seems to be fine.

I passed on the drainage. The floor is flat... Drains always seem to be in the wrong spot and sloping the floor one way or the other would have lead to vehicles rolling off.

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Well finally got the oil heater installed and going. 200,000 BTU heater heats the shop just fine. 30-32 degrees outside and a nice 62 degrees inside. It only runs 15 minutes an hour to maintain the set temperature.

The good news is with oil prices so low, waste oil collectors are charging to remove waste oil. One local shop I deal with, that does not use their waste oil for heat, has given me all of their old oil. So at least this winter, I heat for free!