Garage Heater needed! any suggestions?

[2010 SS RS]

Winter is coming and I got a ton of things I want to do to my car. I have a 2400 square foot garage, insulated metal building. Natural gas already ran to it. Anyone have any suggestions on a gas heater? where to get one? I dont like to work on the car in a coat...And I want to be able to live out there every night.

[Supercharged SS]

Grainger. Get the ones that hang from the ceiling. I heat all my garages this way. Very easy to install. Not sure on the btu for that particular size but it'll be on the site. I'm assuming that you have high ceilings. The building code in CT requires a certain height plus with this you don't want them to close to your head!

[Orange Krate]

Originally Posted by Supercharged SS

Grainger.

+1 Grainger rocks! It is like the real man's (and woman's) hardware and supply store. I love their warehouses. There is one a block from my work. I am working on a project with Grainger too. Good people.

Here's a link: http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/gas...ecatalog/N-8z5

[2010 SS RS]

bingo...perfect...I did not even think about them...just know HD and lowes dont have em...and I was having a mind blank...
14 ceilings concrete floor and R30 insulation pack...They will have the size calcs for me I am sure....Thanks guys...

[Big Brunsy]

well for the ultimate heating you should have thought ahead and put floor heat in b4 you poured your cement. Grainger has about everything a guy could think of. I think our cataloug at work has like 6000 pages of stuff in it.

In my 2.5 stall insulated garage I just run a medium sized natural gas heater that hangs on the wall, and that works alright. For REALLY cold days I also have an LB white heater hanging from the cealing that is fed by a 100lb propane cylinder.

[afireinside]

how do you buy from grainger online? Im not part of a group I wnt a heater for home but cant finish the account sign up

[67 Convertible]

My gagarge is 24'x26'. I have a Modine Hot Dawg. Runs on natural gas and hangs from the ceiling. About the size of a small a/c unit and direct vents straight out. I leave it at 45 degs all the time, and jack it up to 60-65 when I'm out there.....great investment, can't imagine my garage without heat.

[BOOGIE]

Good info!! I just started a 25x40 now and was wondering the same thing

[hotrodhoodrat]

Hay Boogie,
could you post what you had to go through to start your Shop (from beginning to end ?), I'm thinking of doing a shop in the back of my property & use my 2car/Garage to park my vert (only), but I need to look at what I should do and what I need to have to start mine.
Maybe do a new a new post Boogie ?, if you like to ?

Sorry guys, plz don't be mad @ me for me jacking this post..... , great info !

[chain777]

Like mentioned earlier, if you're just building a garage, radiant hydronic floor heating is the way to go. You rough in the pex tubing in the concrete slab.

Then attach to the controls and a heat source. It's more expensive than other methods, especially if you need a hot water heat source, but it's also going to save you money down the road in operating expense because it's more efficient.

But the real reason to go this way is comfort. Once you experience this, you'll want it everywhere. No noise, no fluctating tempertures, and because of the radiant effect, the heat's where you need it instead of on the ceiling.

[trm0002]

Only one place to get a REAL garage heater from my friend- ready to order one myself...

Obviously you'll need a bigger size but I've found they're the cheapest on the web for Reznor.

http://rockwellequipment.com/shop/pr...products_id=14

[Blue Bandit]

Menards has Garage heaters 30,000 btu heats 1000sq ft for $136 and a 45,000 BTU for $448

[BOOGIE]

Hay Boogie,
could you post what you had to go through to start your Shop (from beginning to end ?), I'm thinking of doing a shop in the back of my property & use my 2car/Garage to park my vert (only), but I need to look at what I should do and what I need to have to start mine.
Maybe do a new a new post Boogie ?, if you like to ?

I got a building permit then ordered the building the place that I got the building from got me a guy to do the slab and erect the building and that's as far as I got.

[motorhead]

twenty-five year heating and cooling pro here. I have a condensing gas furnace in my garage.
It's a lot more efficient than a Unit heater plus I have A/C on mine which you can't do with a Unit heater from Grainger. Radiant heat is okay as long as you plan on heating the garage all the time. It takes a long time for the slap to heat up plus if you don't maintain some heat it could freeze up unless you use antifreeze. I like being able to turn my heat off in the garage when I'm not using it and having it quickly heat up when I do. You can't do this with radiant heat.
For 2,400 Sq/ft where you live without knowing all the specifics on the building and not knowing what max temp you want to maintain I would say as a rough est. you need about 100mbh of output.