Here is the deal. My shop space right now for small projects is a 10x12 shed (NOPE, not a lot of room, thats why its for the small projects ) Last winter in there was a ROYAL PITA because it is too small an area for my Mr. Heater (80,000 BTU--that thing heats a 2-car garage just fine) and since power supply is a 50-foot extension cord to the deck, running an electric heater is out of the question unless I shut everything else off. I spent most of last winter running the Mr. Heater for 5-10 minutes, shutting it off, then re-lighting it in about 20 minutes when the temperature dropped below comfortable again. NOT fun after about the 3rd or 4th time around.
Any of you guys know of resources (maybe on a boat forum ? ) to build something similar ? I'm sure I could figure it out after some experimenting and thinking, but its a WHOLE lot easier (and cheaper ) to ask and look at somebody else's mistakes 1st instead of making them myself
I have 3 or 4 of those small propane bottle size heat units that don't need electricity I was going to sell at a yard sale this memorial day, if you want one just pay for shipping and ones yours.
YUP, I know where to get those as factory seconds (scratch ect) for under 10-15 bucks in-season .....and those bottles are worth almost 10 each up here to run it. Thats why I got excited when I saw the boat thing, 3 bags of charcoal for under $25 would do me all next season, and as we are only starting "warm" time right now I have plenty of time to get something built.
LOL, not much sense in being out there if I blew my parts budget on propane bottles to keep warm while there
A friend of mine does body and paint work in a 2 car garage all winter. He has a Salamander type kerosene heater that has a thermostat. He just sets it and leaves it for the day till hes done. They are noisy as hell though.
Insulate the shed and put in a small combo AC / Heat window unit -- Work year round!
he's in Canada, hell I bet he still has the heat on in his house still today, I know if we don't leave the heat set at 65 F we wake up in the morning to one dam cold house and I am south of him. So I really don't think he needs the AC part of that
Steve
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Mr Heater Big Buddy propane heater worked good for me during the winter. 4,000/9,000/18,000 btu setting with a battery or AC powered fan.
That may become an option next fall if I dont weld up something over the summer. I just googled it and it runs on a regular tank. Mine REALLY is too big for this little building. LOL, I was out there for about an hour this morning and the place went from 45 to holy-freaken-sweatlodge in about 2 minutes flat, but if you try turning down the flame on those you may as well shut it off, it wont put out a "maintaining" level of heat. It may have at one time, but its been well-used
Its one of these, which is GREAT in a garage http://www.mrheater.com/Pro....aspx?id=25&catid=45 I even did the whole house with it out on the farm when we ran out of propane and it took a day for the delivery to get thru the snow. We were toasty.
That may become an option next fall if I dont weld up something over the summer. I just googled it and it runs on a regular tank. Mine REALLY is too big for this little building. LOL, I was out there for about an hour this morning and the place went from 45 to holy-freaken-sweatlodge in about 2 minutes flat, but if you try turning down the flame on those you may as well shut it off, it wont put out a "maintaining" level of heat. It may have at one time, but its been well-used
Its one of these, which is GREAT in a garage http://www.mrheater.com/Pro....aspx?id=25&catid=45 I even did the whole house with it out on the farm when we ran out of propane and it took a day for the delivery to get thru the snow. We were toasty.
you know you can refill those little propane tanks from a big one like Ace is talking about right? I think Harbor Freight sells the adapter thing to do it with and you could use it with the smaller ones like I was talking about.
you know you can refill those little propane tanks from a big one like Ace is talking about right? I think Harbor Freight sells the adapter thing to do it with and you could use it with the smaller ones like I was talking about.
Steve
Those adapters are illegal here. You guys get ALLLL the cool toys, we dont !
LOL
) Last winter in there was a ROYAL PITA because it is too small an area for my Mr. Heater (80,000 BTU--that thing heats a 2-car garage just fine) and since power supply is a 50-foot extension cord to the deck, running an electric heater is out of the question unless I shut everything else off. I spent most of last winter running the Mr. Heater for 5-10 minutes, shutting it off, then re-lighting it in about 20 minutes when the temperature dropped below comfortable again. NOT fun after about the 3rd or 4th time around.
