Andy recommended radiant heating for garages. I would be interested in
hearing from someone who uses this technique how long it takes to heat up
the garage. I suspect if you are starting with a cold building that it would
take a really long time, to the extent that you would almost need to leave
it on all the time. This could be very expensive in a structure of any size.
Comments?
Stephen
Date: Sat, 03 Feb 2001 09:19:15 -0600
From: "Andrew H. Litkowiak" <andylit@voyager.net>
Subject: Re: safe garage heating
I realize this post is about existing structures, but I have a
suggestion for those in the early stage of building a garage.
In floor radiant!
If you live in a cold climate, you can run the interior up to 90F and
still have an ice cold concrete slab under you. Working for any
extended period is very taxing as your body heat leaches out through
your feet.
Put in water tubing and run a small boiler. It is incredibly efficient
and nice to sleep on when the wife exiles you to the garage (they
still haven't figured out that this is a great favor. 4 hours sleep, 4
hours turning wrenches :-)
Andy Litkowiak
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