How Do You Heat Your Shop? Poll

[BKind2Anmls]

How do you stay warm in your shop?

 

[Len]

Maybe it's the low ceiling, but one of those oil filled electric heaters that looks like a radiator warms my garage/workshop up quite nicely in an hour or so.

Len

 

[Gotcha6]

Welding. :gar-Bi

 

[junquecol]

I use a wall mounted infa-red LP gas heater. It has a thermostat, but when I'm not in the shop, I turn it off. I like working in a light sweatshirt, so I keep temp around 60. That way, when I have to go outdoors (my shop doesn't have any plumbing), I don't freeze. If I were doing new, radiant hot water in the slab would be the way to go.

 

[minddust]

I burn my mistakes....I stay very warm!!!!

 

[Bigdog72]

I burn my mistakes....I stay very warm!!!!

If I ever build another shop......I will have a wood stove.

For now a ceramic cube and a Mr Heater Big Buddy propane heater

 

[NCTurner]

Kero, and a quartz radiant overhead by the lathe.

 

[decibel]

220V Electric heater mounted from ceiling. It's a bit of a power hog but it has a thermostat and works well for me. If I had the room a wood stove would be great though.

 

[ScottM]

I used a Kerosene heater in the old shop that I will be using in the new. Long term I plan to add a ventless LP heater.

 

[Glennbear]

I have a fan forced 220V heater that is mounted between wall studs. I bought it at one of the BORGs and it does a good job of keeping my 24 x 24 shop warm. It currently is adjusted by a knob controlled thermostat on the unit but I intend to add a real programmable thermostat.:wsmile:

 

[Rob]

My shops in the basement, heated off the downstairs heat pump that heats the lower level of the house. I sometimes light up a propane heater to take the edge off, because it does stay quite a bit cooler then the house, but most times that's not an issue.

 

[ehpoole]

My shop (about 550 sq/ft with 10-1/2ft ceilings) is heated primarily by a 12,000 BTU Window Unit (combo A/C and electric strip heat). On the very rare evenings (coldest winter nights with high wind) when that is not enough, I can add an extra 1,000 watts (about 3,000 BTUs) with an old space heater.

If I am in a big hurry to get it warmed up for whatever reason, I also have available a Mr. Heater Big Buddy portable propane unit which offers 4000, 9000 or 18000 BTUs. I use it primarily for backup heating during extended power outtages so I don't have to run the generator continously, but it is available for shop use when needed.

One of the first things I did when I setup heating in my shop was insulate our steel garage door, which helps a great deal. I also weather stripped the attic access door to keep heat from escaping through the ceiling.

 

[MarkE]

I use an electric heat/ac unit mounted in the wall. 16,000 btu heat, 18,500 a/c.

 

[eyekode]

I just bit the bullet and picked up a 5000W electric heater from northerntool. Still have to run the 30A circuit but I have really good access to the panel. I hope it will work for the couple of nights a week I make it into the garage .

Next on the list (or is it first?) Is to insulate those garage doors!
Salem

 

[scsmith42]

As a matter of fact, I'm in the process of hooking up my radiant heating system TODAY!

 

[PChristy]

Alot of body heat generated from a tobogan(stocking cap) and afew layers of clothes

 

[SubGuy]

It rarely gets cold enough in Florida to need heat:rotflm:, beside I couldn't heat my shop if I wanted. It has a roll-up door for entry and a hole in the side (which I need to fix) from a tornado two years ago. It'sm not so big that everything gets wet, just some scraps in the corner. All I need down here is some good hot coffee and light working gloves when it's really cold.:gar-La;

 

[Trent Mason]

It rarely gets cold enough in Florida to need heat:rotflm:, beside I couldn't heat my shop if I wanted. It has a roll-up door for entry and a hole in the side (which I need to fix) from a tornado two years ago. It'sm not so big that everything gets wet, just some scraps in the corner. All I need down here is some good hot coffee and light working gloves when it's really cold.:gar-La;

:eusa_booh :eusa_booh:eusa_booh :rotflm:

Zach, I'll be thinking about you when I'm putting on my eskimo outfit to go down to the shop. :gar-La;

 

[DonDeJ]

By the time I've moved enough junk out of the way to do anything, I don't need a heater. Besides, it hardly gets cold around here. I spent 30 years in the higher elevations of Vermont, so winters in NC seem pretty balmy.

 

[FlyingRon]

I have radiant floor heat driven by an geothermal heat pump.