Jim C Bradley
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Hi All,
I have a Rain Check for a HF infrared LP gas heater. The heater was $60 on sale for $38. It is 15,000 BTU. Is this adequate to use in mild winter weather in a 24 x 30 shop? The roof is on a slope from roughly 10' to 17' with no insulation. It has 2 one-car garage doors.
The garage is built in true So. Calif. style---or to put it another way, you could throw out the cat through the gaps by and under the garage doors. I am also built in the true So. Calif. style. I don't like hot weather but I do work in it. However when it gets cold I become totally useless.
I do work in the shop in cold weather wearing thermal underwear and it is almost OK. I hate the thermals. I feel like I am a bull-fighter spending an hour robing up for the big event. I would prefer heat and warm clothes.
I could run ducts off from the forced air unit that supplies the house (actually we use it about 10 minutes per year. We heat with efficient wood stoves). I have removed the fresh air input from the garage, but I hesitate to let the shop have any interaction with the house air, even on the exhaust side.
I assume that it would not be a great idea to do finishing with the IR heat. I am sure it would not be a good idea with blown air.
Enjoy,
Jim
I have a Rain Check for a HF infrared LP gas heater. The heater was $60 on sale for $38. It is 15,000 BTU. Is this adequate to use in mild winter weather in a 24 x 30 shop? The roof is on a slope from roughly 10' to 17' with no insulation. It has 2 one-car garage doors.
The garage is built in true So. Calif. style---or to put it another way, you could throw out the cat through the gaps by and under the garage doors. I am also built in the true So. Calif. style. I don't like hot weather but I do work in it. However when it gets cold I become totally useless.
I do work in the shop in cold weather wearing thermal underwear and it is almost OK. I hate the thermals. I feel like I am a bull-fighter spending an hour robing up for the big event. I would prefer heat and warm clothes.
I could run ducts off from the forced air unit that supplies the house (actually we use it about 10 minutes per year. We heat with efficient wood stoves). I have removed the fresh air input from the garage, but I hesitate to let the shop have any interaction with the house air, even on the exhaust side.
I assume that it would not be a great idea to do finishing with the IR heat. I am sure it would not be a good idea with blown air.
Enjoy,
Jim