Heating the Garage

[riltri]

Does anyone put a small heater (thinking about a radiator heater) in their garage. We will be spending this winter in an area that regularly sees temps in the 20's. I don't want to drain the lines every time we are away for a few nights on short excursions and don't like leaving the propane furnace on.

Opinions/ideas??

[Grit_dog]

Nope but a $29.99 milkhouse heater or any of the 100 other little 1500W heaters from Walmart or Amazon will.
This was another question that I struggle to see how it is a question.

[nickthehunter]

Retired JSO wrote:
If your basement has a wet bay hole for hoses, television cords, plug it up and and just use a 40 watt lightbulb in there. We were in a NC campground during the winter of 20 while our home was under construction. Had many mornings 12-15 degrees not getting above freezing all day.

Referring to the clarification, and the several clarifications of the clarification - it's clear he is not talking about the basement, he is indeed talking about the garage; and surely, a 40W light bulb will not heat the garage.

[Pbutler97]

Grit dog wrote:

dedmiston wrote:

AJR wrote:
OP said....

To clarify, I'm referring to the garage in our 5th wheel.

Thanks for clarifying his clarification.

Thanks for clarifying the clarification of his clarification! :B

Thanks, it could not be more clear........could it? LOL

[Retired_JSO]

If your basement has a wet bay hole for hoses, television cords, plug it up and and just use a 40 watt lightbulb in there. We were in a NC campground during the winter of 20 while our home was under construction. Had many mornings 12-15 degrees not getting above freezing all day.

[Grit_dog]

dedmiston wrote:

AJR wrote:
OP said....

To clarify, I'm referring to the garage in our 5th wheel.

Thanks for clarifying his clarification.

Thanks for clarifying the clarification of his clarification! :B

[dedmiston]

AJR wrote:
OP said....

To clarify, I'm referring to the garage in our 5th wheel.

Thanks for clarifying his clarification.

[AJR]

OP said....

To clarify, I'm referring to the garage in our 5th wheel.

[dedmiston]

riltri wrote:
To clarify, I'm referring to the garage in our 5th wheel.

The garage is always the coldest spot in our toy hauler, even when we're running the furnace and/or the electric fireplace.

Have you thought about spreading a welder's blanket over your cases of drinks to help insulate them?

[riltri]

To clarify, I'm referring to the garage in our 5th wheel.

I purchased a small 700W radiator heater. Ran a test last night....temp dropped to 27. I just checked and the temp is well above freezing. The drinks are cold but not close to freezing. I forgot to put insulation where the water hose comes into the garage which is the only hole I can find that needs plugging. I will continue to drain the water lines, hot water heater, all tanks and add pink to drains. But this will take care of our drinks and other liquids, which is what I want to do.

[Grit_dog]

MFL wrote:

Grit dog wrote:
I'd heat my whole shop with a big IR gas fired heater....if it was insulated and finished inside and I had one of those heaters. Lol

Not really understanding the question...Yes many people heat their shops for different reasons, including keeping things from freezing.

My garage, with shop, is finished and fully insulated, including windows/doors. I have a Reznor overhead hanging 75K btu NG furnace. I keep stat set above freezing, all Winter.

Nothing freezes, and if I'm working in there, set temp to 60, which takes about 10 minutes to reach. 🙂

Jerry

Yeah buddy!

[C_Schomer]

10 W per square foot is what I used for an average house and that might also keep the temperature above freezing if the garage is not insulated but it needs to be airtight also. Insulation and eliminating air infiltration are the best things you can do to keep heating and cooling costs down.
My garages are well insulated but I had a wood finishing job to do a couple of years ago, in the winter, so I used shipping blankets and hung a curtain around my work area and used an electric heater inside that area and it did a nice job. Try to reduce the area that you need to heat. I’d even consider building some insulated portable partitions if you’re going to do that every winter. Craig

[MFL]

Grit dog wrote:
I'd heat my whole shop with a big IR gas fired heater....if it was insulated and finished inside and I had one of those heaters. Lol

Not really understanding the question...Yes many people heat their shops for different reasons, including keeping things from freezing.

My garage, with shop, is finished and fully insulated, including windows/doors. I have a Reznor overhead hanging 75K btu NG furnace. I keep stat set above freezing, all Winter.

Nothing freezes, and if I'm working in there, set temp to 60, which takes about 10 minutes to reach. 🙂

Jerry

[joebedford]

You talking about an RV garage (i.e. toy hauler) or a big room where you store the RV?

There aren't any water lines in my RV garage but I put a small heater in it because WE'RE in there in the winter.

[d1h]

How about a ductless mini split system.