Any one got plans for Simple wood burning or Oil Burning heaters for a garage.

Looking for simple build options rather than BUY as this is the more the Locost way
Photos & and or plans please.

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[Edited on 29/11/10 by Daddylonglegs]

look up babbington oil burning heater. Designed in the 60's, the patient has expired. Very efficient, simple to build and puts out stupid amounts of heat. Designed for use by the US army. Only special tool needed for construction is a very small drill, available from maplin or model making shops.

Do a search, there was a post the other day about this

the problem is that it needs a compressed air supply to run and the fuel sumps on them are tricky to make safe.

Here's mine.....

Just make you sure you install some kind of CO alarm. The toasty warm feeling might just be the first signs of CO poisoning....

These topics always come round this time or year. I have tried gas burners and electric. I have had crap results from both.

Electricity just doesn't cut it. I have a oil filled radiator, a filament heater and a infrared heater. With all three going it takes the garage an hour to warm up and my electricity meter spins around like a whirling dervish.

I have tried gas heater both a space heater and a ceramic type fire. These are okay but they release H20 as a byproduct of the reaction making it literally rain in the garage. It's damp enough in there as it is.

I am now trying a a proper wood burning stove. I bought a pot bellied stove second hand for a hundred quid and I have literally just order some flexible chimney twin wall to go through the garage wall. I had a party at the weekend and I got the stove going with coal and pine 2x2 offcuts outside to warm smokers. It eventually got so hot I could almost chuck the offcuts in and they burn't through almost immediately. With the lid off it looked like a jet engine with the flames shooting out the open lid. It was minus eight but the stove literally was like a furnace. I am hoping that this will provide good dry garage heat.


I am mildly worried about have a wood burning stove in a garage where I have a carb'd V8. I'd like peoples opinions on this if possible.

Irony

We used to have a pot bellied wood burner in the garage when I were a lad, and were always doing something to a rover V8 in there. We never had a problem. Thats not to says its definately safe though! Also we didn't build it up to furnace heat - just a few bits of wood to keep the chill off (and keep the tea warm), and I suppose there was at least 3 or 4 feet of space between the stove and the car. Make sure the flue cant set fire to the shed walls/roof where it passes through. Don't use it to burn waste palstic etc as this can produce enormous heat, and also drip out the door as a burning liquid (ask how I know!).

Regards
Hugh

I'd be tempted to look at second hand stoves as a start.
- Nothing wrong with a 'pot belly' gad bottle typre diy stove but a nice cast iron unit with fire bricks in the back and air controls top and bottom would make it far more manageable in my mind.

Your not going to be trying to keep in for days runnning slow over night (well, actually, maybe not a bad idea...) but even if you just want heat while you manning it haf decent air control has got to be a good thing on a sopild fuel stove! Lquid fired you can do it on the fueling far more however.


Daniel

I am sure there are many plans for pot bellied inspired stoves on the web. I think that there even some plans on here if you do a search. With the amount of heat mine can kick out I'm sure it'll warm the garage in a few minutes once warmed up

With my potbelly (no pun intended) I intend to start it going when I come home from work with some nice 2x2 offcuts from the carpentry shop at work. I reckon a few bits will see the garage warmed up by the time I have had dinner. Then clamp the vents shut to essentially 'switch it off' at nighttime.

As for the health and safety I think that when working on the fuel system its just best to leave it off and then keep the heat down. Just common sense really. Not sure that common sense can be applied to a person who puts a V8 in a seven.

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Originally posted by owelly
Here's mine.....

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Does' that Oil burner (above) have a flame arrester etc on the oil feed line

This one leads around to a few good links
http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/ethanol_motherearth/me4.html
I think you have to pay for these plans but there are links to the orginal FREE one

[Edited on 29/11/10 by TPG]