Marty,
I put an Empire unit in my garage a few years ago and never regretted
it. I thought it was over-kill at the time. But rather than be
penny-wise and pound foolish I bit hard and went with the advice of the
heating/AC expert who was a friend and was trusted.
It heats the entire garage, getting its combustion air from the outside,
and exhausting to the outside. Inside air is drawn through the unit
mostly by convection, but sometimes with a blower fan assisting. The
heat is effortless and the unit has been trouble free. I light the
pilot in the fall and put it out in the spring. I also mounted the
furnace a bit higher on the wall than normal, to lessen the potential of
fumes from the car getting into the combustion chamber. (The port
opening to the pilot light does not seem to be well sealed, so this is a
slight concern.)
I just did a search for Empire Furnaces, and found several models from
this vendor (of whom I have absolutely no connection).
http://www.propaneproducts.com/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PLST&Store_C
ode=propprod
Mine is natural gas, but this site shows several propane models as well.
I kept my garage at 45 degrees, and bumped it up to 55-60 when I was
going to work out there. My new house has a very well insulated garage,
so I keep it at 60 all the time. Really nice environment to work in.
I believe most radiant heaters have a flame inside the garage, so I
would be reluctant to use them. Both for the fumes and the moisture
they would create.
If you are the same Marty Sukey of Loco Brits, come and see it.
Gary K.
Grafton, OH
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From: shop-talk-owner@autox.team.net
[mailto:shop-talk-owner@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of MJSUKEY@cs.com
Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 12:59 PM
To: shop-talk@autox.team.net
Subject: Heater request
First off, thanks for all the suggestions on wire size for my garage. I
am
looking at heaters now. My ideal would be one of those used motor oil
furnaces but they are way out of the budget so that leaves me with
propane or
electric and I'm leaning to propane. I like the sound of the ventless
wall
mounted because they don't take up much room. Looks like I have a
choice
between "radiant" heat or the regular hot air models. I am assuming the
radiant hear is more efficient, is this so? My concern is that if I
mount
one on the wall of my 32 x 32 garage and am working on a car on the far
side
of the garage and am on the side of the car opposite of the heater then
I
will be working "cold". Kind of a "line of sight" thing. Will this be
correct? Any thoughts out there on this one?
Thanks,
Marty
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