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  • Anyone have a heater in their garage/shed?
  • Jase
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    I’m thinking of perhaps getting a heater for the garage this winter to make winter fettling more bearable.

    What have you got and what will be sufficient to heat a single garage?

    Cheers

    yodagoat
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    my mate uses something similar to this
    http://spaceheaters.co.uk/Product/Propane/SEALEY
    It seems to work quite well.

    uplink
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    a heater?

    hell, yes

    & a PC & Sky TV 🙂

    I have one of those standalone Calor heaters

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    organic355
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    a heater?

    hell, yes

    and a PC and Sky TV

    Now thats just showing off! 🙂

    IA
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    I use a little fan heater, turn it on for 10 mins or so and the garage stays warm enough for ages (unless someone opens the door). I think it’s reasonably well insulated though.

    Jase
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    Sky!!!!! I’m so behind the times

    DezB
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    Mine’s a bit like this

    No Sky, but got some PC speakers so I can plug in the iPod or minidisc 🙂

    spokebloke
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    Sofa, Music system, TV, and one of those oil filled radiators. 6″ of insulation and it’s toasty.

    Jase
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    I’ll look at fan heaters as I’d image that will be the cheapest option.

    Many thanks

    Three_Fish
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    What kind of garage door do you have?

    nicolaisam
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    I just put the tumble dryer on with no clothes in it,soon warms mine up. 🙂

    Jase
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    What kind of garage door do you have?

    ‘Normal’ up and over

    singletracksurfer
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    I have a maxol one, but its a proper job with flue, tapped off the gas from the house (totally corgi registered of course….not).

    remember bottled gas ones create condensation.

    fan is cheaper in short term and not being used too often.

    also use an electric tubular heater for the work shed, which is just set to come on when it is cold, to keep the frost out. plenty warm enough to work in.

    organic355
    Free Member

    I just put the tumble dryer on with no clothes in it,soon warms mine up.

    you can almost hear those polar ice caps melting 🙂

    project
    Free Member

    Tubular heater, or a fan heater on a thermostat.

    Ensure you have a working smoKe alarm fitted and ALWAYS SWITCH OFF AND UNPLUG THE HEATER BEFORE YOU LOCK UP.

    Bikes melt in hot sheds especially ones on fire as a result of leaving the heater on.

    Three_Fish
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    ‘Normal’ up and over

    Then I suggest that you insulate it. Apart from the risk of serious condensation, it’s much, much easier to keep a garage warm if the big metal door is insulated. I use this stuff on my to excellent effect.

    tonyd
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    I’ve got a spinning bike in the garage. An hour on that before fettling makes it (me?) nice and toasty!

    Nicknoxx
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    Ensure you have a working smoKe alarm fitted and ALWAYS SWITCH OFF AND UNPLUG THE HEATER BEFORE YOU LOCK UP.

    I used to think advice like this was scaremongering but having been subjected to two near miss house fires in the last three years I now take it very seriously

    Scienceofficer
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    Mine has the boiler in it, because its integral.

    Even so, in the winter it could get a bit nippy. I used the moisture barrier plastic for under laminate flooring and ‘double glazed’ the up and over – that and a draft skirt at the bottom made a huge difference. The bathroom above is also warmer too.

    Jase
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    Got a almost new twer fan heater off ebay for £10.

    Will aslo look at insulating the door – cheers.

    clubber
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    I have a pretty big double garage and have found that a cheapy fan heater from B&Q which cost about a tenner to be sufficient – takes about 10 mins to heat up but I don’t consider that excessive.

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