Heated Shop

[crmyers]

You guys with heated shops are lucky. It is just too cold to work on saws here now. I have almost got the wife talked into closing in the carport for a workshop. Doing that would be a lot cheaper than building a new shop from the ground up.

 

[mdavlee]

My garage has a wall heater like in the bathroom with a fan. It does a good job if I give it a couple hours head start. That sounds like a good idea to close in the carport instead of building another building.

 

[logging22]

Bring them into the house.

 

[mdavlee]

I put a new one the rest of the way together in the living room after the baby went to sleep. I haven't tried the kitchen table yet. My wife has had it covered with good candy and cookies.

 

[barnumb]

You guys with heated shops are lucky. It is just too cold to work on saws here now. I have almost got the wife talked into closing in the carport for a workshop. Doing that would be a lot cheaper than building a new shop from the ground up.

Come on up to MI were still outside workig in our underwear.

 

[oldsaw]

That's what MY side of the garage is for. I've got a couple of heat vents, so it stays tolerable year round. Built in garage can be a good thing sometimes, except it's right below our bedroom, so saws and powertools late at night are out of the question.

 

[ericjeeper]

My garage is attached to the house. 25x40 with radiant heat in the slab. I keep it mid seventies in there.. Nice to sharpen chain barefooted..

 

[MotorSeven]

Cr, an old wood burner is the only appropriate heat for a chansaw affectionaire like yourself.
My neighbor gave me one he had sitting in his barn...a big ole rusty iron beast. It cleaned up well and heats the shop great.
Just be carefull not to store flamables in there if you have an open flame. I move them all outside during the winter.

RD

 

[heimannm]

Building a new garage/workshop a few years ago was my wife's idea. She thought the old digs looked pretty shabby in comparison to what our neighbors had done all around.

We decided to go with radiant in floor heat, but she declared we had no place to put an OWB so the only other option was a gas boiler. We do burn wood to heat the house, but I have to carry enough in each week to carry her through until I am around again.

During the first winter of the new heated garage, my wife determined we would not visit anyone that didn't have a heated garage we could leave the car in.

Indeed I am really spoiled; if anyone ever has the chance, radiant in floor heat is the only way to go.

Mark

 

[ericjeeper]

Indeed I am really spoiled; if anyone ever has the chance, radiant in floor heat is the only way to go.

Mark

Amen brother Mark. My house is heated the same way.. Most comfortable heat I have ever witnessed firsthand.
My daughters room is currently 83.7° I have a remote thermometer in her room that I can monitor/laugh at in my office. She is skinny and likes to be warm,.When she spends the night at normal peoples houses.. she is always cold and does not understand how anyone could survive at 68°/ LOL

 

[Scooterbum]

I've gotta be wacked..............out in the pole barn this evening for about an hour fighting with an old Lombard....21 degrees.

 

[heimannm]

Brrrrrrrr Scooterbum

I think you may need to light a little bonfire or something if you keep that up.

I thought you were down in the valley, how did it get so cold?

Mark

 

[04ultra]

Modine Hot Dawg heat over here...........







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[crmyers]

Bring them into the house.

I did that once with a dirt bike engine, caught holy crap for a long time. Don't think I will try it again.

 

[Moss Man]

I am lucking in that my saw shop is right in the basement 10 feet from the woodstove. I putter down there all day, feed the woodstove and never skip a beat.

 

[jimdad07]

I have a small 16' by 20' woodshop that I heat with an old, very very old, round oak duplex stove. I live on the St. Lawernce river in the REAL NORTHERN NEW YORK where January likes to stay in single digits and colder. That stove drives me out most of the winter.

 

[Modifiedmark]

You guys with heated shops are lucky. It is just too cold to work on saws here now. I have almost got the wife talked into closing in the carport for a workshop. Doing that would be a lot cheaper than building a new shop from the ground up.

What makes me lucky to have a heated shop? I work hard for my money and have my prioritys in line.

 

[procarbine2k1]

My garage stays warm enough to work in, but would like it to be a bit warmer for those extended periods. I used a portable electric heater time to time last year, but would like to grab a forced air propane or some kind of kerosene heater in the future.
The house stays nice and warm with our woodstove, but since I have gas/hotwater baseboard heat, I don't have any duct work to blow in to. We have a somewhat open floor plan, and that is good enough for the hot air from the stove to circulate around in.

 

[wheelman]

My work bench is in the basement beside my ashley wood and coal stove. I can barely stand it in a t shirt and shorts when I have a fire going.

 

[blsnelling]

I have a blue flame natural gas heater on the wall in my 3 car garage. The ceilings are almost 13' so I have to use a ceiling fan on low to push the heat back down. After moving in here, I blew insulation in above the garage. The garage doors are insulated as well. It heats up pretty well.