What is the most economical (cheapest) method of keeping the chill off the air in a brieze-block built garage? Mine is like a morgue! Advice will be very much appreciated.
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15 years ago
Garage Heating advice please.
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I don't think you can at this time of the year especially if it has a garage door.
If you want to work in there at one spot an infra red heater that shines directly onto *you* is a possibility.
Derek
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all depends what temperature he needs to keep it at he might just need frost protection, it would help if the OP stated what he keeps or does in the garage and what temp he needs
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stop the draughts - a blanket at the door gap?
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I'd be inclined to arrange some old blankets (get them from a charity shop if you don't have any) as a "curtain" over the door. Make sure there are no draughts from the window (tape plastic over it, if necessary) and consider getting one of those heaters that runs on sump oil ...
(I once swapped the engine in a Mini, outdoors, in the blowing snow. Never again.)
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From a combination of personal experience and TV (Silent Witness, etc.), morgues really are not that cold these days. :-)
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Totally OT as far as the topic of this thread is concerned (apologies!!) but I once installed three Veluxes - the first (the 'learning one') in hard frost, the second in falling snow and the third as the snow thawed with rain !!
Rob
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We were somewhere around Barstow, on the edge of the desert, when the drugs began to take hold. I remember Jonathon saying something like:
Cheapest? Set fire to the garage.
Realistically: Switch on a fan heater an hour before you go out and arrange some infra-red spotlamps to shine on areas you work in, like the benchtop, toolbox and underbonnet, etc.
Much cheaper, if you plan on doing regular cold work in there, is to build a space heater and flue it out, burning old logs, scrap wood, etc, in an oil drum.
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The whole garage or a work area, Radiant propane or electric only heats objects not air so if its a work area get Radiant, if the whole area it will be expensive in an area not insulated. Cheapest whole area is unvented gas but moisture from gas rusts metal and I wouldnt trust the built in Oxygen sensor. Cheapest is a bottle of booze, better clothes, and or wood burner.
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A few of those tube-like greenhouse heaters would be OK.
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======================================== Pottering, minor DIY, hiding from the Missus, just the usual. It really is "just to take a chill off the air." Jon
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================================================ Tried draughtprevention, makes little difference. John
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================================== I've tried blankets and door seals without success. Jon
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===================================================== I'm beginning to feel poorly! Perhaps I should stay out of the garage?
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A log burner made from an old gas bottle. There are several folk selling them and they cost between £50 and £100 depending on how large they are and who did the conversion.
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I plasterboard partitioned a workshop area off (doing mainly electronics construction stuff & DIY - no car maintenance), made a false ceiling with storage above and stuffed rockwool & kingspan installation in both. I built an similary insulated sliding door between this and the rest of the garage. Put some carpet down, and a small 2KW electric heater, and it takes about 10 minutes to be comfortable in the cold weather that's out there at the moment.
In the summer due to the insulation it's also a cool room to hide in.
My next door car mechanic has a propane space burner that makes a racket and must be costing him a fortune...
Working with cold heavy metal tools is not pleasant. I feel I could do with wrapping then in an electric blanket for a few minutes before use.
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I would go for a radiant heat type of heater, forget heating the garage just heating you should work
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On Dec 6, 2:22=A0pm, Jonathon wrote: Get an insulated boiler suit. I have one bought for North American winters and it really does keep you warm with just a T-shirt and shorts on.
Has anyone tried the various electric heating gadgets that Maplins are selling? (gloves, socks, waistcoat etc)
Dave.
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Somebody gave me a portable induction hob, haven't used it much so it lives in the shed for the occasional heating of a saucepan of soup etc. Having a job to do yesterday morning which involved handling some cold spanners some experimentation proved it to work very well as a spanner warmer. G.Harman
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Many thanks. Sounds as though this may be just the job. Simple and - from what you say - effective.
Have a Nice Christmas.
Jon.