>Listers:
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>Garage is 30' wide by 24' deep, and it's 9'4" from the bottom of the
>rafters to the floor....
>I plan on insulating all the walls and ceiling, and wonder at how big a
>furnace I should plan on. There was a used one in today's paper
>(allegedly 3 months old, hangs overhead, 50,000 BTU) for $495.00.
>
>Reasonable? Too big? Too small?
>
>Rich
>Council Bluffs, Iowa
Rich -
Not too big!! My garage is 36 X 24 with an 8' ceiling. It's all well
insulated. I have a 40,000 BTU propane "jet" type heater. On a typical
Appalachian winter day I'll find the temperature in the mid-20s (F) - it
takes the heater about 30 minutes to bring the temperature up to the
mid-50s. Wearing insulated coveralls, I find this pretty comfortable and
after awhile I can turn off the noisy propane job and hold the temperature
for several hours with a kerosene heater. But you're in Iowa, not
Virginia! I lived in Minnesota for 34 years, so I still have a vague idea
what you're up against.
You probably could get a 50-100,000 BTU jet-type heater from a supplier
like Northern Hydraulics for $200-300. If you leave your garage unheated
much of the time as I do, the extra BTUs would be handy to bring the temp
up quickly for limited work-time. But these heaters are not as convenient
as the unit you describe - and in fact I'd be tempted to pay $495 for a
furnace like that.
For what it's worth ...
Allen
Allen H. Bachelder =iii=<
Sinking Creek Home for Wayward MGs
New Castle, VA 24127
USA
540/544-7333
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