I just crack the oven door on the electric stove FT talked me into buying
for powder coating and clamp a fan to the door. Get's my one stall garage
with insulation and a ceiling to 60 degrees from 38 degrees in about 45
minutes. It has a thermostat (which will go up to 500 degrees) and a nice
start/stop timer built in and the whole thing cost me $10 at a garage sale.
Oh and it works nice for PCing too!
And since the wife pays the electric bill I don't worry about the dials
spinning furiously on the meter.
Bud Rolofson
71TR6 CC57365 (Good 6)
66TR4A CTC57806 (The Wreck-Almost Parts)
66TR4A CTC57529 (The Project)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Hooper" <mhooper@pixelsystems.com>
To: "Triumphs Mailing List (E-mail)" <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 03, 2002 9:53 AM
Subject: Garage heating advice requested
> Well it's cold out here in Montreal. Today it's supposed to get to a high
of
> -14 degrees C (+7 degrees F). That's too cold to work comfortably.
> My TR6 is hiding shivering in my unheated garage. So the question that's
in
> my mind is can I arrange some warmth for short sessions of mechanical
work?
> Here is the physical situation:
>
> I have a 2-car boathouse-type garage. That is a wooden structure about 25
> feet square with a peak roof and no false ceiling. The rafters are about
10
> 1/2 feet above the gravel floor. I have been planning for a concrete floor
> for 3 years now, but money being what it is (i.e. scarce) it hasn't
happened
> yet. The main posts of the structure are on concrete pillars. I can always
> stuff wood and snow to block the gaps between the bottom of the walls and
> doors and the ground to stop draughts.
>
> So can I put in a kerosene heater or somesuch thing? I have seen things
like
> a big propane heater with a blower attached. I can buy one of those 220V
> industrial cubes for $100. Last year I ran a strong 220VAC line
underground
> to a full fuse panel and wired the garage and put in nice fluourescent
> lighting. However below freezing the lights don't like to start up easily.
I
> mean I don't want to heat the building as it is completely uninsulated and
> the cost would be insane. Not to mention that without insulation the roof
> would just become a total ice bed. But for short sessions perhaps just
> heating the air in the garage would be doable.
>
> So any experience from the list would be invaluable as well as serving to
> warm the cockles of my heart. :^)
>
> Mark Hooper
> 1972 TR6
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