how do you heat your garage?

[oldschoolsdime92]

My lease states that I am not allowed to have kerosene heaters. Thats how I have always heated my garage to work in. I have a round convection style heater thats approved for indoor use. It heated my one car garage at mom and dads great. I have since moved out, and am now renting. I have a two car garage and no way to heat it. What do you guys have?

[JonS]

propane heater ... either radiant heat or one with a fan in the back

[MidgetTodd]

If your heating it I can only assume your door is closed and if said door is closed how will they know your useing kerosene ? That being said fire up the k1 heater and get warm.

[jporter12]

Used motor oil. Since I don't have a garage at home, I use the shop where I work.

[Reimbrandt]

Kerosene can be smelled easily..... I know cause it irrates my eyes something terrible. I use a little bullet heater w/a fan for propane. It has 3 settings and will roast you out of a isulated garage. On low you can get about 2 1/2 days heat out of a 20lb (grilling) tank

[oldschoolsdime92]

http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=11334386 heres what I have. You cant really smell it. Its approved for inside use. I've thought about just doing it, but my luck somthing will happen. I don't really want to get evicted or somthing over a heater.

[attackpainter]

I have a seperate natural gas wall mount furnace. I keep it at a cozy 65

[oldschoolsdime92]

^If I wern't renting, this is what I would have also.

[that dude]

i whittle wood

[scottb]

I have 2 heaters, detached garage. When I had electric power in the garage, I used a 70,000 BTU torpedo kerosene heater. I took about 10 minutes to warm up my 20X20 garage to around 65 degrees.

Now that I do not have electric in the garage any more ( upgrade not complete yet) I use a propane radiant heater with 2 heater heads on it. It resembles a sunflower. It is not as good as the kerosene heater, but will take the chill out of the air in the area you are working.

Edited January 1, 2010 by scottb

[jporter12]

  that dude said:

i stroke wood

Fixed

[c7fx]

woodburner

[max power]

this

and this

and when its really cold, this

[Likwid]

Your landlord probably has access to the garage, so that'd be the concern with "just run it anyway"

But even then, they'd warn you before they just evict you, it's a fire hazard, not like you're cooking meth in there.

[jporter12]

  Likwid said:

Your landlord probably has access to the garage, so that'd be the concern with "just run it anyway"

But even then, they'd warn you before they just evict you, it's a fire hazard, not like you're cooking meth in there.

If it's inthe lease, they don't HAVE to just warn though.... It all depends on how strict they are.....

[SAMBUSA]

Propane wall heater. The shop has it's own furnace but it's not very effecient in comparison. Also have a kerosene reddy heater if it gets too nippy

[ross]

70' radiant heater on the ceiling

[cmoosego]

I use electric heaters to keep the chill off... and blanket the walls and ceiling with insulation....

[Blitzburgh]

NEVER use a kerosene heater in a garage if you plan on putting vehicles in it. My friend lost 3 vehicles at his business by having those round heaters inside. The gas vapor will ignite.. Here is what i am talking about.. http://www.texas-fire.com/2009/12/03/gasoline-leak-ignited-by-kerosene-heater/

http://articles.mcall.com/2001-03-28/news/3339609_1_kerosene-heater-smoke-damage-john-smith

http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2008/11/man_escapes_fire_that_damages.html

Edited January 1, 2010 by Blitzburgh

[MattKatz]

You can get a propane version of almost every style of KErosene heater out there.

I just bought a Propane Torpedo from Lowes that had them at the dayton mall.

It was $89, I used a 10% coupon from the post office in the moving packet and OTD it cost me $85. It has the output of 35K (low) 40K (Med) and 50K(high) and heated my two car quickly.

I suggest just going with a Propane if your lease specifically says "No Kerosene" heaters...Its what we would call a loophole as the propane are just now getting regulalry availlable and widely used.

They dont Stink either.so its all around better.

[Whitey1]

Propane readdy heater and a round kerosene for the time being. I will have a radiant wall heater by next winter.

[Dweezel]

doesn't say a damn thing about an old 55 gallon drum and pallets does it?

[AOW]

  Likwid said:

Your landlord probably has access to the garage, so that'd be the concern with "just run it anyway"

But even then, they'd warn you before they just evict you, it's a fire hazard, not like you're cooking meth in there.

As a landlord myself, your LL must give you advanced notice of their intent to enter the premises for non emergency reasons. The eviction process is such a pain in the ass that most LLs only use it as a last resort.

  Blitzburgh said:

NEVER use a kerosene heater in a garage if you plan on putting vehicles in it. My friend lost 3 vehicles at his business by having those round heaters inside. The gas vapor will ignite.. Here is what i am talking about.. http://www.texas-fire.com/2009/12/03/gasoline-leak-ignited-by-kerosene-heater/

First line of this article states it ignited a gasoline leak

http://articles.mcall.com/2001-03-28/news/3339609_1_kerosene-heater-smoke-damage-john-smith

Wilson Fire Chief Michael Collins said he interviewed John Smith, who said he was replacing a fuel pump in a friend's car when the fire started.

"He was lowering the fuel tank into the car and one of the straps broke," Collins said. "The tank fell to the floor and the gasoline spilled out, and it was ignited by a kerosene heater."

http://www.mlive.com/news/muskegon/index.ssf/2008/11/man_escapes_fire_that_damages.html

Homeowner Ellery Chandler was changing the gas tank on his 1996 Oldsmobile with a portable kerosene heater operating nearby, Medendorp said. Chandler managed to call 911 after the fire started.

So in summary, if you're a redneck fucktard that likes to work with fuel lines and removing gas tanks from your car while in the presence of open flames, don't use kerosene. If you have ANY common sense, you will be fine.

[SJC1000rr]

Have read most of this, I am still in the air on what to buy to heat my garage(380ish sq/ft)

Between electric or propane. I was hesitant in using gas as it would closed inside and no real ventilation other then minor spots in the garage door.

[AOW]

I used a forced hot air propane heater for my garage in Pickerington. After working on the bike for couple hours I took a break in the house. When I went back to the garage about an hour later (heater was turned off) I could smell the exhaust fumes. That's when I took the jigsaw and installed an exhaust port into the garage door.

I used aluminum ducting to extend the exhaust from the back of the heater to the exhaust port (trap door) on the front of the garage door.

I know you're renting so this may not be an option. You could raise the garage up couple of inches and use some insulation along the edge of the garage door away from the heater to stop the draft, while leaving the area at propane forced air heater open.