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for you guys that have your own garages. how do you keep them warm during the winter? i've been looking forever for something for mine. i've looked at electric ones, it needs to be 120v (most good heaters are 240v). no luck finding one. if it does have to be, how hard is it to get 240v volt put in a garage?
i've came across alot of propane ones but looking a little further into the products i've found most of them need 100lb tanks!!!
i've been on damn near 30 sites now and i'm tired of looking and thought maybe someone here would know. it's way too cold it my garage at night to work in (30-40 degrees). any help at all would be appreciated. model numbers would be real cool too!! thanks

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1980 luv sport 4x4 Just a memory now
Frame rusted from the inside. Truck stripped and now looking for a new donor in southern ohio

I just use several of those heaters that hook up to BBQ grill propane tanks. seemed to work well to paint too

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thanks bud,
what do you think about this one ?
http://www.heater-home.com/product/392.aspx
it says it burns lpg. that means liquid propane gas doesn't it. how much more is this stuff compared to the stuff you put in grills????

my garage is 300 sq feet. how well does these work ? usually, how long does it take to empty out your bottle ? it says .66 lb a hour for this one. is that good ?

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1980 luv sport 4x4 Just a memory now
Frame rusted from the inside. Truck stripped and now looking for a new donor in southern ohio

That will work, kinda like the one I am using, and it puts out plenty!

What about radiant floor heat? My dad installed this in his garage when he built his new house couple three years ago. Basically you got a hot water heater, cement and and a bunch of hoses. Lay out all the hoses and zip tie them to the rebar, making sure they are even. Then run them all back to the hot water heater and a little circulating pump. (Theres a bit of plumbing involved with this) Then put some antifreeze type stuff in the hot water heater and start circulating. (bit more involved but thats the just of it) Fill with cement and your on your way to a nice warm floor and a toasty garage. Great thing is that the cement holds the heat, so you can open the garage door in frigid temps for like 10 minutes, close the door and the garage will be warm in a matter of minutes.

Only downfall with this is it has to be installed before cement is put into a garage. In your case, its too late, but if anybody is going to build a garage in the near future this is an excellent form of heat! Especially where it gets cold. It gets pretty extreme cold here and its a good system. Might be a little much then what anybody south of us would need though...

Other then that there are a few sources of heat. Propane, Natural gas, wood, oil, electric. I don't think it would take too much to get 220 put in your garage for electric. Then if you get ambitious you could install a wood furnace for when your working in the garage and then just have the electric running when your not in there.

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i used a kerosene heater i got from home depot. the kerosene is cheap and lasts quite awhile. it heated my 400 sf garage with no problem. bryan

that heater is almost exactly like the ones I use ( only mine are round). The one you show is nicer. The thing I like about these little propane bottle heaters Is, If I know I am going to be working in my girage I will go turn them on full blast, ahead of time (usually 20-30min before) and then the girage will be nice and warm, when I go out to work, I turn them down to the low setting and It keeps me warm all night. oh..it is usually 30ish out at night here, sometimes colder.

My buddie also uses one of these: ( not this exact one but very similar) http://www.heater-home.com/product/E49.aspx

That thing gets his girage so damn hot it is unbelieable


****EDIT The first one chadman listed is the exact same ones I use

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If everybody grows up with high self-esteem, who is going to dance in our strip clubs?
What's going to happen to our porno industry?
These women don't just grown on trees.

I feel your pain (or numbness) B, I was out in my garage last night till 12. I just put on a couple more layers but it still starts to get to you.

Here are a couple of more affordable items for those on a budget:

http://www.partsamerica.com/PartDetails ... Code=3354A

http://www.partsamerica.com/PartDetails ... Code=3354A

Chad

have a wood stove in my garage, works great

I also have that same type propane heater. It takes about 20 minutes to heat my 3 car garage. Works great, and is cheap to run. The propane tank runs my heater in the winter, and my barbecue in the summer.

I second that motion.......wood is the only way to go ....gives you an excuse to have the boys over(choppin wood) and it's pretty close to free.

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thanks for all the replys guys
man, i've looked at so many heaters in the last 2 months that i can't even look at another i was going to lay some carpet down but i rather have the white floor coat (thats being done as i speak , poor luv is out in the cold ).
whats the cheapest, kerosene, propane, or liquid propane ? does the normal gas stations and places carry liquid and the normal propane ?
i think i'm going to go with this one if that price is good. anybody think 50 is good ? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... RK:MEWA:IT
can anybody give me a idea of how much i'm going to pay for a propane tank ? i know when they fill them they swap you out for another one, i don't have a tank so i guess i'm going to get one. i do know of a place in town that fills them for 7.50

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1980 luv sport 4x4 Just a memory now
Frame rusted from the inside. Truck stripped and now looking for a new donor in southern ohio

that is kinda what I have BC.
they work really good in 30-40 degree weather as long as you are in front of it....lol
It will heat the garage if it is insulated well.
It worked for me when I felt like working in that cold of weather.
nice propane heat and two burners if needed.
I got mine at 50% off when Northern tools was having a sale a few years ago.

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Yes radiant floor heating. My dad and my brother inlaw both put it in when they built new houses a few years ago. Expensive to build but clean and awsome for ever after.

Try Camping world. They have some pretty nice propane heaters. I have one from them that uses the little green bottles or you can adapt a bigger tank if you want. It is made for use indoors and has a sensor that will shut it off if the oxygen is getting low so you don't fall asleep and die.

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I bought a $20.00 heater at the ol Wall mart and put it right beside an old heater motor blower off of one of my old luvs, hooked it to a battery charger and pumped forced air into my uninsulated garage, it works like a charm