heating & cooling shop ????'s

[pocoloco71]

shop is 30x30. 2 turbines on top of roof, ceiling is open, have not insulated the walls either. Climate is east Texas. Jan-march cold march to may ok
may to septemberish hot, oct-jan back to cold to colder. I got to do
something. I got fans. for the summer. But nothing big. My buddy bought
an attic fan and built a frame around it for summer. And some have heat
pumps, window units, woodburning stoves and on and on. Lots of u have
made your decisions. What did yall do. I going to do something and I'm
leaning towards the heat pump. Factor in that the heat doesn't me like
the cold. I mean high 40's down and I just come on back inside(don't u
northern dudes start laughing). Thanks for any views.

[corn]

I have 2 electric heaters in my garage that struggle to keep things marm enough for my 24X30 garage. I have an LB White propane heater that will do it if it gets real cold. I have a big squirrel cage fan for the summer.

[lowrollin70gmc]

Fine, I won't start laughing.

We (now only my dad) heat the garage with a ceiling mounted natural gas furnace thingy. Turn it on 1/2 hour before working and we keep it at 50-55 deg while out there.

[cayoterun]

shop 30X56. Insulated walls and roof, no ceiling.
Heat: 100,000btu overhead gas catalytic heater, adequate for winter. Real efficient heat & fuel use.
Big Swamp cooler on wheels for summer. Swamp cooler probably no good for your area, tho.
Our winters are probably colder, summer about same, but low humidity.
Cayoterun

[Palf70Step]

I have a 24x30. Spray-in industrial insulation.

Small electric heater, but I hardly ever need it.
AC/ open up two doors and turn on the barrel fan.

Some day I may get a portable AC, but so far I have not seen the need for it.

[70 Suburban]

lol damn that knuckels hurt at 50 when u hit them. I use a ol wood burner for up close warmth. and for the shop I use propane an old deerborn keeps me hot in the shop.. what you didnt say is how tall is it. that can impact more than anything else

[Mickey_D]

Heh, my "shop" isn't even fully enclosed. Working out there when it's -40 outside means it's -40 inside as well. Only advantage to being inside is you're out of the wind and nothing has snow on it.

[pocoloco71]

Yeah the ceiling is where I'm losing it. If it was enclosed it would be 10 foot.
And I have no insulation in the rafters. ok. thanks for the info.

[JayG]

I've got a 24X38 with no insulation. I use two convection kerosene
heaters in the winter to maintain a reasonable temp. When it's really cold and I REALLY want to work in the shop, I'll fire-up one of those jet motor type kerosene heaters to bust the cold and then the convection type to maintain. In the Summer I've a couple of big fans. The shop faces north, but I've roll-up doors on both the front and back, so I can get a thru breeze. The kerosene convection heaters run about 4 hours on a gallon.

[zeeklu]

My garage is 18'x24'.I got a forced hot air furnace out of a mobile home for $20. I got an old diesel tank from a truck and fill it with diesel or home heating oil.It keeps it toasty no matter how cold it gets. (-10) I've been using it for 10 years now with no problems. Chris

[72BlckButy]

Propane heaters work wonders...

Check out the following forum, they are filled with all kinds of info...

GarageJournal.com

[EAST SIDE LOW LIFE]

I have a 1200 sq.ft. shop attached to my house. The house has forced air but the shop has hot water heat in the floor fired by a small boiler. Once the slab is warm the whole floor becomes a huge heat radiator. I set it at about 68 F. and leave it. I figure if I have to lay on the floor I might as well be warm. For summer the shop is always cool as I insulated it like crazy. Keeps things cool in the summer time and toasty in the winter. My shop door's are insulated as well and have a R16 rating as this is a place that a shop looses allot of heat through. Insulation is cheap and pays back dividends like crazy.

esll.

Picture of boiler, this sucker is cheap, cheap to use.

[sneakysnake]

Here's what I plan on using, a little smelly and loud but flat puts some heat out.



Mr. Heater Portable Kerosene Heater — 210,000 BTU, Model# MH210KT

[earl87gta]

I heat a 30x 30 section of my garage with this heater I turn it on for 10 min and Im sweeting. http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?actio...35A&lpage=none I bought it 2 years ago at the end of the winter they went on clearnce for $50.

[bad6772]

Originally Posted by 72BlckButy

Propane heaters work wonders...

Check out the following forum, they are filled with all kinds of info...

GarageJournal.com

i agree 100% i run one 20 gallon tank with two little heaters that go on top of the tank..they say 25,000 to 65,000 btu? thats just what say? anyways i can turn those on med for about 45 mins and walk away and come back and its about 70 degrees in there....my garage is a 30x30....and insulated well.....I also run just one 20 gallon tank with one heater...it says 8,000 to 15,000 btu. in my attached garage and it does the same if not better ...it is a 26x22.....i love them and the tanks will last about 5 weeks in my 2nd garage and about 8 in my first.....................tony