Buck531 Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 I have a heater in my garage now. It's older than I am. It's gas. It backfires 2 ft flames. And only the bottom half heats up. It works great, but it's just old and sitting on a pile of cinder blocks (yes.. blocks). What are my options (cheap preferrably) to get a heater out there that's run by gas (natural plumbed into my house) with a thermostat? I was thinking one of those industrial types. Can't think of the name right now. I was hoping to grab one for $100 bucks or less. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck531 Posted November 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 I saw this... Link Will that work decent enough for say a 700 ft block garage? What I have is almost like this: Link But it's twice the size. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinman Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 The one in your first link would not cut it, especially in a garage with any drafts. I would look for another Reznor, or have yours serviced, or pick up a regular residential forced air gas furnace. There are a lot of people stepping up to high efficiency furnaces in their homes and discarding there still working old units. That is where I got mine, 80,000btu heats up my 720sq.ft. garage quickly and for the cheap. If you do go with a house furnace make sure to keep the return air off the ground at least 12", maybe more check you local codes, to prevent gas fumes from entering it, and vent it to the outside with double wall flue pipe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 614Streets Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 That Renzor is a bad boy with a fan which will help , I have a renzor style unit in my shop in hillard, the first one though will definetly get the job done. I installed one of these about 5 years ago in a garage and it definately will do the job. Check out the pic of the one I installed. The Renzor style units with a fan will be much more efficent but the first one will work for sure. http://614streets.com/garageheater.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck531 Posted November 8, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 The one in your first link would not cut it, especially in a garage with any drafts. I would look for another Reznor, or have yours serviced, or pick up a regular residential forced air gas furnace. There are a lot of people stepping up to high efficiency furnaces in their homes and discarding there still working old units. That is where I got mine, 80,000btu heats up my 720sq.ft. garage quickly and for the cheap. If you do go with a house furnace make sure to keep the return air off the ground at least 12", maybe more check you local codes, to prevent gas fumes from entering it, and vent it to the outside with double wall flue pipe. Thanks. That also reminds me. If you stay in the garage for like more than an hour, you start to get light headed from the fumes..lol. Got knows this fucker isn't up to code. IF anyone came over You'd freak. Here's the pic of what I got. http://bucky.kicks-ass.net/stuff/garageheater.jpg It's a decent heater. If it's good enough to keep, I'd rather just move it in the corner and have the piping re-done and have it serviced. Anyone know of someone who can do this? (clean/whatever to the heater). It would probably be cheaper than buyinga new one. I'd like to pay to someone come in, clean it, and possibly move it to the left of that spot and hang it in the corner. That's what I wanted for the past 8 years I've lived here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kirks5oh Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 my garage in wisconsin will have a heated slab. check out garagejournal.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitrousbird Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 I'm also in the market for an inexpensive heater, but my garage is a bit different: - 576 sq/ft - Not insulated - Known to be drafty at times I have a wall A/C unit that keeps about 1/2 the garage semi-comfortable if it's under 90 (decent sized unit). There is gas plumbed out to the garage, but gas or electric would work. Any ideas of how big I'd need to get? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokin5s Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 Joe, I thought you had a big gas thing in the corner of your garage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ImUrOBGYN Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 What you need is something that gives off plenty of heat and can keep your tools warm. http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k58/ImUrOBGYN/FatLadyToolbox.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Jones Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 +1 for standard home furnace/HVAC unit. Works very well on a very large, but decently insulated garage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitrousbird Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 Joe, I thought you had a big gas thing in the corner of your garage? It hung off the rafters, and was a total POS. Major fire hazard and put off very little heat. Threw it out a while ago. But I still have the gas piping into the garage. Seeing how cheap those wall units are on e-bay, I may just buy one regardless, and see how well it does. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TimTaylor751647545500 Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 This little guy works wonders in my garage. Takes about 15 minutes to warm it up to 60 or so. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v289/TimTaylor75/misc/DSCN4592.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87GT Posted November 8, 2007 Report Share Posted November 8, 2007 I have something very similar to the picture that 614Streets posted. It is in my house though. It came with the house. I can't get the damn burners to light though. The pilot light works fine but it will not trigger the burners to light. I have taken apart the whole thing as the manual says to clean it out. It doesn't help matters. This thing is just taking up space. If you are certified to remove a gas line or know someone that is you can have it for free. I am just worried about removing it from the gas line myself. If we can cap the gas line I have running to it inside my wall that would work for me. I just want it gone. You can come over to my house if you want to see it yourself. Like I said I have the original manual it came with somewhere in my house. I will have to look for it. Let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck531 Posted November 9, 2007 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2007 Bump.. Anyone know someone who can clean mine and possibly move it in the corner and hang it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vander Posted November 10, 2007 Report Share Posted November 10, 2007 Are there any good heaters that run off 120V? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rally Pat Posted November 10, 2007 Report Share Posted November 10, 2007 My family has used Kerosene blower heaters for a long time. The really only work directionally, but they put off a good amount of heat. (They run off of 120v, Vander) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitrousbird Posted November 10, 2007 Report Share Posted November 10, 2007 I just ebayed a 20k BTU Natural Gas wall heater + a 1500W electric fan forced air heater, all new for $114 shipped. I think that should at least take the chill off, and didn't cost a lot to do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wnaplay1647545503 Posted November 10, 2007 Report Share Posted November 10, 2007 http://columbus.craigslist.org/bar/473838522.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grease monkey Posted November 10, 2007 Report Share Posted November 10, 2007 http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3Fei%3DUTF-8%26p%3Dburning%2Bbarn%2Bpictures%26qp_p%3Dburning%2Bbarn%26imgsz%3Dall%26fr%3Dyfp-t-501%26b%3D22%26ni%3D21&w=500&h=444&imgurl=static.flickr.com%2F12%2F15561403_001b01a7b7_m.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fsuperic%2F15561403%2F&size=47.8kB&name=15561403_001b01a7b7.jpg&p=burning+barn+pictures&type=jpeg&no=34&tt=2,018&oid=c2a3de375e9b0c6a&fusr=Eric+Willis+%28superic%29&tit=barn+collapsing&hurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fsuperic%2F&ei=UTF-8&src=p This should do the trick!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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