It would defiatley take a while to heat up I would think, and your right they work good in fishy houses.

I would look into the ceiling hanger with the blower

that heater should work fine for what you wanna do with it. buy the fan that goes with it. makes a difference

If you are only using it once in a while you may want something with a blower to heat up quickly and portable:


However if you want something a little more efficient that you can run of and on I would suggest and inferred heater

buy a 4500 btu reznor type unit.  theyre cheap, easy to put in and heat it up in ten min.

I use one of these, it keeps my garage at 40-45* all winter, if I need it warmer for doing a project I turn it up and within a couple of hours its nice and toasty. Cost me about $25 a month to run.

Like I said before,I got a mobile home counter fow furnace, cut a door in the bottom front put a hinge on it to direct heat has blower, thermostat and the works. (propane)

yelowjackt Said:
If you are only using it once in a while you may want something with a blower to heat up quickly and portable:


However if you want something a little more efficient that you can run of and on I would suggest and inferred heater

I used a Nibco style last year which did the trick. Garage is connected to the house so I was hoping this ventless wall mount would burn a little cleaner (fumes), and wouldnt have to keep any thing away from burner, trip over, etc.. But I might have to look into the inferred heaters..

johnr Said:


I use one of these, it keeps my garage at 40-45* all winter, if I need it warmer for doing a project I turn it up and within a couple of hours its nice and toasty. Cost me about $25 a month to run.

yep, thats what i planned on putting in My father-in-law has a like new one in one of his shops which now he put in a furnace in, it has maybe 20 hours on it. So maybe I will do little more reading up becuase this is my back-up plan if I dont Find anything other route to take

i would go this route. i plan on putting in one similar to this one 

johnr Said:


I use one of these, it keeps my garage at 40-45* all winter, if I need it warmer for doing a project I turn it up and within a couple of hours its nice and toasty. Cost me about $25 a month to run.

Ive been looking into some sort of garage heat myself, who sells that Dayton ?

Anyone have an old coal stove around?

johnr Said:


I use one of these, it keeps my garage at 40-45* all winter, if I need it warmer for doing a project I turn it up and within a couple of hours its nice and toasty. Cost me about $25 a month to run.

Absolutlely the way to go.  Set it at a steady temp and you will not regret it. All contents in the garage will absorb heat and help keep all warm

varmint Said:
Ive been looking into some sort of garage heat myself, who sells that Dayton ?

Had NW Electric in Minot put one in for me a couple years ago, about $550 installed.

When I want heat in the garage I use my Sunflower heater on the 20# propane.  The same one I have to heat the icefishing shelter.  I also have a Kerosene heater.   They also double up for emergency heat if there is a power outage. 

varmint Said:
Ive been looking into some sort of garage heat myself, who sells that Dayton ?

Dayton

Will one of those blowers burn a tampon or overheat a table saw?