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I am looking for everyones opinion on a small garage heater. I have about $200 to spend. The garage is a one stall. I don't has gas or propane in my house. How ever a propane bottle would work. I was thinking torpedo heater. How noisy are they? Also, how about fumes? I was going to try a wood stove but it would have been a few hundred in stove pipe. I am not looking for something to get the temp to 70 deg. but warm enough to work in sweatshirt. Thanks in advance!
 
I screenprint in my 25'x25' garage all winter - I use a small torpedo style propane heater - It works Pretty well and the fumes are not extremely toxic - Propane combustion produces C02 and water vapor - So you still have to provide a source of fresh air to prevent oxygen depletion. I think I spent about $150.00 for the heater at Northen Tool & hydraulic

www.northerntool.com
 
Be very careful about CO2 build up, some times you only get one chance to play with that. Depending on how well sealed your garage is and how often you plan on working in it, you may want to consider electric. If your electric rates are not to terrible, and if your not going to "live" in the garage all winter, some electric heaters can be pretty cheap up front, however, I'd still stick with one that requires 220V. This may require some re-wiring which, could get expensive if you cannot do it yourself.
 
I agree with Steve about being cautious - I usually leave my door opened sufficiently to both provide the heater with air and where the action of the forced air from the heater draws in fresh air - I've been using this heater for a few years and have suffered no apparent ill effects - But caution and common sense are the words of the day.

Bob M.
 
I would use an electric infrared style heater that hangs from the ceiling. I am thinking about putting one of those in.
 
I've got a small torpedo heater that runs on kerosene. It is a little noisy and tends to smell kinda strong, but it puts out enough heat to run me out of my shop if I leave it on too long. It's also very cheap to run. It was the best way to go for me. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
 
I use a small wood stove that I got at a garage sale cheap. It actually works quite well and will heat my 1200 sq ft garage if I use a fan to circulate the hot air. Great way to get rid of scrapwood as well.
 
I agree, wood stoves are great, cost nothing to run and put out loads of heat. I thought of putting one in my garage and them checked with my insurance agent... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/eek.gif
 
I use a 25,000 btu kerosene heater in my attached & well insulated garage. The door to the house is left open with a fan blowing air from the house into the garage & a garage window partially open. Easy to get the temp up to 70 degrees with 20 degree outdoor temp, in a short time. I found that any type of unvented combustion puts literally tons of water vapor into the heated space. CO2 & water are the major combustion byproducts. Forced ventilation is a must to prevent everything in the garage from rusting, & rusting quickly.
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