OT: garage heaters

[aion at sdf.lonestar.org (E.Noval)]

I dont know about heating a whole garage but the Presto Parabolic
heatdishes are really great in the amount of heat and heat radiation they
put out... Ive been using two of them for a year to heat a room.

-ed



On Tue, 25 Nov 2003, John C. Worden wrote:

> Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2003 13:42:44 -0500
> From: John C. Worden <scirocco@powerlink.net>
> To: Anson Clement <ansonivan@yahoo.com>, scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: OT: garage heaters
>
> At 08:23 AM 11/25/03 -0800, Anson Clement wrote:
>
> >I'm going to be spending an absolutely enormous amount of time in my
> >lovely new garage this winter (much to the chagrin of Shelly) I don't want
> >to freeze my balls off out there (that would make shelly quite happy) so I
> >need a decent heater. Those fucking salamander/jet engine pieces of shit
> >are out, don't even talk to me about them.
> >So yeah.. what's the best/cheapest/most nicest/bestust way to heat my garage.
> >
> >tia
> >
> >Anson
> >
> Don't blame you on the salamanders-too noisy.  I've got a normal kerosene
> heater that I start up a 1/2 hour or so before working in the garage in the
> winter that does great.  Propane heaters(kind of look like little silver
> trash cans)work pretty well from what I 've been told by customers that
> purchase them.  Hopefully your wall, ceiling and garage doors are insulated
> too or it won't hold that heat well.  And for any one considering building
> a garage in a colder climate, seriously consider radiant floor tubing in
> the slab.  You don't need to run a furnace as a water heater(oil or
> electric) and a circulator will heat it fine.  My father-in-law's seperate
> from the house garage is 28x 40 with 14' ceilings and is heated this way
> and it's great to work in.
>
>
> John C. Worden
> Bucksport, Maine
>
> '98 Dakota 4x4-
> '86 Scirocco 8V-
> '81 Scirocco 2.0 16V -
> '78 Scirocco Brazil Brown Metallic,  4 speed.
> '89 Polaris Indy Deluxe
>





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