Garage heaters

[mreynolds4]

I live in Ontario Canada and I have a 400 sq foot insulated shop/garage with a natural gas line to my shop. Where can I buy a affordable natural gas heater for my workshop? I do woodworking in my shop.

[Marty Phee]

Any home depot type place should carry them.

I bought one last year and it was a great investment. Gets nice an toasty out there.

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[Chris Friesen]

What's "affordable"? You're probably looking at over a grand if you buy new.

Your first choice to make is whether to go forced-air or radiant.

You may want to go to an HVAC shop and get some advice.

Chris

[Clint]

The local Co-op (don't know if you have them out there; I'm in Edmonton, AB) had a "Mr. Heater" 45,000 btu natural gas heater for $500. Looked pretty tempting to me. Don't know what your definition of affordable is, though.

Alternatively, you could talk to a local HVAC place, see if they've got any leftovers from upgrades. The local newsgroups occasionally have furnaces available. But they would probably be overkill for what you need, and big, too. Plus you might have headaches getting them installed...

Clint

[arw01]

I bought my BlueFlame brand 15,000 BTU heater on Ebay for about $150.00 delievered. This is a ventless type and I have had no problems with moisture in the garage.

My space is about 1/2 your space, and on a pretty cool day, like 30's, it would take about an hour to make the space habitable. Therefore with 2x the space, I would go to a 45,000 btu unit and you should be pretty comfy in there.

15,000 btu's cost me about $0.50 an hour to run at $2.20us a gallon of propane.

Alan

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[Bill Stock]

Princess Auto has 35,000 BTU Mr. Heaters for $114 CDN. They're Propane though.

[CW]

Everything ever sold is affordable, to someone.

[Edwin Pawlowski]

Do a Google search for Hot Dawg Heaters. They seem to be very popular for garages and barns.

[Troy]

I can get a "multi-fuel" Reddy heater (forced air ) with the same BTU's from lowes for $150 US Troy

Cl> The local Co-op (don't know if you have them out there; I'm in Edmonton, AB)

[J. Clarke]

The ones listed on the Lowes web site are kerosene. Won't run on natural gas and aren't designed to be plumbed in.

Reddy also has heaters that work on natural gas. Several online vendors carry them.