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Old 09-30-2011 | 08:32 AM
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Candle.... maybe a few times in January....sometimes thats to much

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Old 09-30-2011 | 08:50 AM
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I have a 220 volt rafter mounted King electric heater (electricity is dirt cheap here)and a few feet away from that I have a box fan mounted in the rafters pointed downward (pushes the rising warm air downward out of the garage attic space). It would work much better if the area was insulated of course, but it all works pretty good until it gets to about 15F.
 
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Old 09-30-2011 | 08:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Iron lHorse
After 10 years of wanting to have heat in my garage. I will be calling it my shop very soon. I'm 80% done with running the gas pipe and the heater is on the wall !! I got a ProCom MN300 infrared vent-free unit. And Pictures will be comming soon.
I have the same unit 30,000 BTU in my 19' X 28' garage, does a great job. When I'm not out there I leave it set at 50 degrees. When I want it warmer I just turn it up and have a cup of coffee and 30 minutes it's toastie.
 
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Old 09-30-2011 | 09:25 AM
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I was lucky enough to buy a house with an already heated garage. It's a detached 30x40ft and has an oil fired forced air furnace. I set it for 50 degrees in the winter and if I'm going to be in there all day maybe I'll set it to 65.
 
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Old 09-30-2011 | 12:42 PM
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Also have a vent less 25000 btu mr garage heater in a 19x28 i an crank it up to 80 in below zero temps garage is also insulated
 
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Old 09-30-2011 | 01:16 PM
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Both of my last two houses had the gas furnace for the house in the garage.

With good insulation in the attic, walls and a good garage door that seals good they both have never gotten below 58* when shut up, even during our coldest winter weather here in IND.
Seldom use the wifes car that stays in garage during winter, almost always take the 4x4 truck that sits outside.
SO Usually it stays at least 65-70 till it gets in the teens or colder.
 
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Old 09-30-2011 | 03:03 PM
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I have a 1500 sq. ft. garage with nine-foot ceiling, and use an oil furnace (88,000 Btu output) running kerosene. I keep it at 60°F all winter and average about 250 gallons of kerosene usage per winter. It's extremely well insulated (because I did it myself), so the furnace doesn't run much.

There was no natural gas here when we bought the house 28 years ago, but it's available. I just don't know if running >400 feet of gas line and replacing two furnaces and probably other appliances would ever be cost-effective.
 
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Old 09-30-2011 | 06:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Apex Rider
Being in Texas I just open the garage door to warm it up.
Same here. I air condition mine, to hell with heat!
 
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