r1_pete
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| posted on 21/12/09 at 03:43 PM |
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What do you use to heat your garage?
Its that time of year when the garage is the least inviting, I've tried several heating methods:
Portable gas fire - condensation problems.
Fan heater - didn't last long before it got run over.
Wood burning stove - looked nice but useless.
What do you use and with what success??
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blakep82
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| posted on 21/12/09 at 03:47 PM |
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i've been looking at infra red/quartz heaters myself. no experience in them yet, but i think they'd be best.
you can get them on ebay for £30 all the way up to £130
don't know what the difference is though...
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whitestu
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| posted on 21/12/09 at 03:48 PM |
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Just wear a vest!
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big-vee-twin
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| posted on 21/12/09 at 03:55 PM |
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I use an electric door curtain, I permenantly borrowed from a Shop we refurbished - nice and warm and fan blows warm air all round garage - was in
there all weekend no problem
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steve m
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| posted on 21/12/09 at 04:08 PM |
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"Just wear a vest" and hard work
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wilkingj
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| posted on 21/12/09 at 04:10 PM |
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Again I havent finished my Mother Earth Nature heater.
It runs on Waste or Sump Oil, and we all should have plenty of that.
I have seen simmilar ones running and they almost glow red hot when they are running at full blat. (or you can even put a secondary duct around the
chimney and fan that hot air into the garage (leaving the chimney to exit thru the wall or roof)
Hope this is of use to someone:
Linky
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2. Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway.
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will121
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| posted on 21/12/09 at 04:17 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by blakep82
i've been looking at infra red/quartz heaters myself. no experience in them yet, but i think they'd be best.
you can get them on ebay for £30 all the way up to £130
don't know what the difference is though...
Infra red good in principal as heat you, only problem is the materials/tools etc will not absorb the infra red heat so will remain freezing to your
touch resulting in cold hands, i just got a cheap 2kw fan heater for £8.95.
A infra red and fan heater may supliment each other well.
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rgrs
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| posted on 21/12/09 at 04:22 PM |
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The quartz/ ir heaters will heat any solid object, what they don't heat is the air.
And no condensation issues either.
Roger
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MakeEverything
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| posted on 21/12/09 at 04:25 PM |
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I wear surgical gloves, an army fleece (tight fit as was originally for under smock), Overalls and thick socks and steelies.
Lovely and warm today. Even laid an old rug on the drive while i took the sump off the car.
Could have lived under it today, i was that comfortable.
Kindest Regards,
Richard.
...You can make it foolProof, but youll never make it Idiot Proof!...
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flak monkey
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| posted on 21/12/09 at 04:28 PM |
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As its locostbuilders and electricity is pricey....
Carpet the floor where you stand, saves your feet from the cold.
Wear another 2 layers under your jacket.
I spent all weekend out in the garage and when busy I didnt really notice it was cold TBH.
Sera
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tegwin
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| posted on 21/12/09 at 04:30 PM |
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I used a massive electric infrared patio heater from focus... looked like a big spotlight..
It just seemed to make my head very hot... but didnt give much comfort... Its the skin vs cold metal that seems to be the worst part!
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Slater
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| posted on 21/12/09 at 04:42 PM |
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I use thermal coveralls (padded) and a wooly hat if it's really cold! Sometimes I do a few star jumps to get the circulation going. Cheap and
envioronmentaly friendly.
Why do they call Port Harcourt "The Garden City"?...... Becauase they can't spell Stramash.
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mediabloke
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| posted on 21/12/09 at 04:44 PM |
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I use a cheap fan heater. Compared the buying costs (which are easy to overlook) and running costs of some alternatives and it made sense. The heat
is fairly directional, too, which is handy when you're working on something made of plastic... 
Francis
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speedyxjs
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| posted on 21/12/09 at 04:51 PM |
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I put a jacket on and try to keep moving
(not easy with the lack of space in there!)
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UncleFista
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| posted on 21/12/09 at 05:00 PM |
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Tony Bond / UncleFista
Love is like a snowmobile, speeding across the frozen tundra.
Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath.
At night the ice-weasels come...
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Irony
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| posted on 21/12/09 at 05:20 PM |
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I have the perfect solution in a solid fuel burning stove. But alas cutting a hole through my tiled garage roof scares me pantless I must say. I
thought that a gas fire might do the trick but today I got dripped on which worried me as I was unaware of the condensation problem.
What is the science behind this problem and why does it occur? Me noundestandy
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RK
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| posted on 21/12/09 at 05:24 PM |
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Carpet as flak suggested. Smart boy that chap.
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Benzine
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| posted on 21/12/09 at 05:25 PM |
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I'm interested in why gas heaters/hobs cause condensation.
I have a gas hob in my motorhome which causes bad condensation, and I have a woodburner which nukes the condensation  Wood burners pwn for drying
things out
The mental gymnastics a landlord will employ to justify immoral actions is clinically fascinating. Just because something is legal doesn't make
it moral.
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ironside
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| posted on 21/12/09 at 05:28 PM |
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Burning hydrocarbons converts them into CO2 and H2O. The H2O is your condensation.
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sebastiaan
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| posted on 21/12/09 at 05:36 PM |
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I use an 11kW space heater (gas powered). My garage is properly ventilated; no condensation issues thusfar.
Thought about electric heaters, but being limited to 3kW (fuse!) it didn't make much sense to me. The space heater gets it nice and toasty in 20
mins (300 sq.ft garage) and runs on (cheap!) LPG.
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coozer
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| posted on 21/12/09 at 05:54 PM |
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DOH!
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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Phil.J
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| posted on 21/12/09 at 06:00 PM |
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I have a 27Kw oil fired space heater, the sort with a heat exchanger and ducted to outside, runs on the heating oil and cycles on a wall thermostat
automatically.
One of my best buys at £260 from Ebay. Nice and warm with no condensation.
But as others have said if you dress for the cold you tend not to notice it.
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UncleFista
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| posted on 21/12/09 at 06:08 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Irony
I have the perfect solution in a solid fuel burning stove. But alas cutting a hole through my tiled garage roof scares me pantless I must
say.
Me too, so I cut the flue at an angle and rotated it 180 and welded it back together forming a 45 degree (ish) bend which goes through the hole
I've knocked in the wall
Tony Bond / UncleFista
Love is like a snowmobile, speeding across the frozen tundra.
Which suddenly flips, pinning you underneath.
At night the ice-weasels come...
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mr henderson
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| posted on 21/12/09 at 07:29 PM |
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Electric fan heater is all you need, as long as you get some insulation in there. that's the important part, not the heat. Get some good
insulation and you will hardly need any heat at all.
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blakep82
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| posted on 21/12/09 at 08:07 PM |
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i got an electric fan heater. all it did was blow warmed air at me, which then cooled down before it got to me 
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