Since many people asked for info on the cost of heating my shop, I
thought I would reply here...Hit that delete key if not interested...
I purchased a Hot-Dawg ( http://www.hot-dawg.com/Hot-Dawg.htm )
60,000BTU heater because it was the most highly recommended by this list (6
replies, 3 of which suggested this heater ) and also my contractor
recommended it. I had 4 quotes on the unit, first one was $722, 2 of them
in the $640 range and one at $474. Ridiculously huge range of prices in my
opinion.
Installation was pretty close for all 4 quotes, $250-300 mostly because
I had to run a gas line out to the garage. I ended up making a deal with
the contractor, where I climbed up in the attic and did all the measuring,
bought the pipe/parts ahead of time and he did the gas part of the
installation. I purchased everything in advance and he just came out and I
played the shop grunt doing the dirty work. He had a threading machine and
the knowledge for the gas part, which made me feel better. I did check for
leaks after he left but there were none and there would have been if I had
done it. He spent about 1 hour crawling around and cutting the old line,
threading, and putting in a T and running the line. I did all the other
installation, electrical, thermostat, hanging of the unit, etc.
So here is the cost.
$474.40 Heater
$ 63.12 Plumbing parts, lines, t's, elbows, etc.
$ 59.85 Venting pipes, flashing, etc.
$ 50.00 labor
Total, $647.37
Not bad and it works, I was out there until 1:30 AM this morning nice
and cozy at about 65degrees, the garage was in the mid to high 40's the 2
previous nights. With the outside temp in the high 40's, keeping the
garage at 65 the heater came on twice an hour for about 5 minutes each
time, during the day when it was 57 degrees outside the heater came on only
once an hour. 65degrees seems like a good temp, a light sweater/jacket
will keep me warm and the heater is not coming on too often keeping the gas
costs down.
Like my wife says, I sure am building myself a very nice doghouse :)
mike
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Mike Rambour ( ) ( )
Bug Writer er...Programmer \ ) ( /
mikey@b2systems.com \_) (_/
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