On Thu, Jan 07, 1999 at 07:41:18AM -0500, David Ligda wrote:
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> Hi All,
>
> Anyone have any advice on heating an attached two car garage? I have used
> a small electric heater (the Lakewood milk barn model) and it doesn't even
> come close to providing enough heat. Next I bought one of those forced air
> propane heaters which warmed the place up nicely but produced so many fumes
> that my eyes watered and you could hardly breathe in the place even with
> the windows open.
If your garage has poor insulation, consider fixing that first.
I have a 3-car (really 10 motorcycle and one lawn tractor) garage, with
a large attic. The attic wasn't finished and wasn't insulated, and the
floor/ceiling between the garage space and attic isn't completely closed
(especially with the pull-down staircase down). This last christmas
break I put up r19 and r13 insulation throughout the attic. I haven't
quite finished all of the attic, and I also need to put insulation in
the walls of the garage where they didn't put up sheetrock (inside the
built-in cabinets and a few other places). But already it's noticeably
warmer.
The insulation cost was about $350 and a few days of my time.
I could have done it in a day if I haden't had to move around the parts
that're stored in the attic.
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Eric Murray N*Able Technologies www.nabletech.com
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