visited a guys garage last week and he had a small tidy kerosene heater,very cheap to run , small and no odours....

what have ye all got

rob v

 

i have a small gareage, so a 2kw convector, suits my current needs, but had a propane space heater from machinemart in a bigger place and was ideal, but fumes get you you after a while

 

what make heater was it rob as im needing one also?

 

Don't know but I'll keep ya informed James, still havent met up....lol

 

delonghi 2kw convector heater keeps the chill off really well in my concrete sectional garage.

 

iv got a clarke diesel heater it is........ THE BOLLOCKS! lol cost a bit but it is actually excellent!it will last 11 hours on a full tank of diesel but i only have to leave it on for litraly 5 minutes and its cooking so a full tank ends up lasting weeks and weeks. iv actually just had it on as i have done some painting and want it to bake so left the heater on and checked the temperature after 15 mins and the garage is at 45degrees c!!
i really do recomment it its one of the best things i have bought.

 

I fit air con for a job and i came by a heat pump unit air con unit so in it went so nice and cool when we need it and nice and hot when its cold out side

 

what are they like on electric coley?

 

Ive got a small log burner in my garage....during that harsh winter we had I was in the garage at 1am building up an engine whilst wearing a t-shirt....spot on for the job





It sits in the corner, near the door, so the draught helps circulate the hot air. Its flued up straight out of the roof. Cost me just under Ł190 from Machine Mart with one of their vat free ticket days. And the flue a mate gave me.....wood can be found anywhere. Get no fumes off it due to the flue going straight out, get the nice crackling sound of burning wood, and its got a stove for doing the bacon butties on

 

That
Og burner looks good and got a great contact for logs but wanted something that I could set and leave runnin to keep garage dry and above 7/8 degrees in winter plus more for when working .

Rob v

 

The most I saw was 22degreesC, but no you couldnt leaving it going constant...unless you paid the wife to sit there keeping it fueled Good for working with though

 

I've bought a second hand thermobile 307 waste oil burner 3 years ago, got 8 barrels of waste oil along with, also get the waste oil from a couple of fishing boats,if you can get a supply of oil there worth while as its free heat

 

I am looking for something similar to you Rob. My central heating boiler is located in my garage so I'm contimplating installing a radiator, but I don't know how cost effective it would be.

I have also been thinking about some form of electric heater linked to a thermostat, but again I wonder how costly it would be to leave on thermostatic control .

Cheers,

Agar

 

air con/heat pumps are the way,cheapest form of heating and pretty fast to warm up.some 3kw models for about Ł300 plus fitting.not got one myself in the garage but have one in the house.love it.pretty poor as i run a AC/fridge company.

 

I have a kroll waste oil burner in the corner of my garage it's amazing and burns clean as a whistle only a little smoke from chimney on initial start up then nothing at all and chucks out loads of heat and since iam a garage I've loads of oil, saying that I ran out on Friday so had to go to my mates garage and get a couple of 45s. It's a little bit mucky to clean the oil pan on a morning but well worth it we even have a frying pan which we can sit on the top plate to cook our bacon in.

 

Anyone tryed tube heaters?

 

Why not reptile the exhaust around the garage before it leaves the building and don't lag, radiated heat would/should be plenty depending on garage size

 

Why not rerun the exhaust around the garage before it leaves the building and don't lag, radiated heat would/should be plenty depending on garage size

 

Now there's an idea. I wonder how effective it would be though - I guess it will depend on how much "exhaust gas" my central heating boiler creates.

 

They run very hot, fire it up and try and put your hand on front of it , all. Wasted heat too

Recover it lad



Free

 

Rob,

spoke to a colleague today about this. He said any alterations to my central heating system would have to be checked by a Gas Engineer who is "Gas Safety Certified". This is a new scheme in the UK, and it'll likely be expensive to call out an engineer to do this. He also mentioned that your idea might cause the outlet gas to condense as it flows and cools around the loop of tubing in the garage prior to being exhausted. This would obviously not be a good thing at all.

I'll did a bit more looking into it, but it might not be all that feasible

 

Volvo Owners Club

 

mate of mine has one of these in his garage / mot station and it runs on old engine oil
its never cold in there they are brilliant

 

I haven't got the slightest idea what you're talking about.

 

Kindest regards

 

waste oil is the way forward.. as it generates a lot of heat quiet cheaply.

 

I've got a couple of tube heaters in my workshop connected to thermostat sockets which keep the chill out when I'm working in there I've got a fan heater which I need to replace with an infra red heater when I can afford it