Forced air heaters

[SabreKiller]

I'm looking to get one for my garage. Anyone use one? I'm looking at a 60000 BTU propane.

[bowhuntertex]

We use the ones from Home Depot in our open air fab shop and they guys can go warm up by them. I wouldn't use one in an enclosed garage. Taking a chance of carbon monoxide build up and depleting the oxygen. If you do use one in an enclosed area, make sure you have good ventilation.

[Aetheling]

Just do PT in there until it gets warm.

[Prairieboy]

Use a propane one in my shop(with good ventilation) and it is much better than the diesel or kerosene forced air heater we use in the open air shop due to the amount of fumes coming from the oil burners. It doesn't seem to generate as much heat as the same size oil burner tho.

[SabreKiller]

We use the ones from Home Depot in our open air fab shop and they guys can go warm up by them. I wouldn't use one in an enclosed garage. Taking a chance of carbon monoxide build up and depleting the oxygen. If you do use one in an enclosed area, make sure you have good ventilation.

Yeah, this one will be used in my garage. No one will be in there, I just want to keep the garage warmer so my pipes don't bust. Again. Like they did on Tuesday. What a mess.

[Arrowsmith]

Mr. Heater Maxx 125,000 BTU running on propane. I have had it for 5 years and it does a great job. 1600 sq ft shop with 16' high ceiling. I keep it on 45 degrees. If we have friends over to watch a game out in the shop I will kick in on and warm it it up to about 65-68. It will warm up the shop quickly. The ceiling fan is turning clockwise (winter rotation). The heater doesn't come on much unless the temps get down below zero. I have been out here pretty much all day shooting my bow and working on stuff and it has come on once. I bought it at Northern Tool.

The second round of arctic air is coming in tonight. Monday we are going to start warming up for the next ten days and have a massive snow melt.

[HubCityThumper]

I’m really happy with my Milwaukee forced air heater. Will run on battery or 120. Reviews are great on Home Depot

[kmack]

We have two kerosene convection heaters (15k & 23k BTUs) that I use in our home garage. This is the 15k BTU one.



The convection heaters can be used indoors and I've never had an issue with the big 23k BTU unit running in my closed garage while working on our cars. It will heat up the entire garage 30-40 degrees above outside temps in about 20-30 mins. running on the high setting. I usually have to turn it down afterwards.

We had a forced air kerosene unit years ago and they are noisy and smelly. The smell of kerosene from them is overpowering and noise from the blower is almost deafening over time. They produce a lot of heat quickly, but they are not as efficient as the convection heaters. The convection heaters are also typically cheaper than the forced air units.

Both of our convection heaters were bought used from previous owners that used them indoors. The big one was used by a guy & his wife up in Washington state to heat their winter cabin. The little one (pictured above) was bought from an Army Chaplin that used it inside his tent during services while overseas.

ETA: The 15k BTU small unit holds just under 2 gals of kerosene and at about a medium heat setting it will run for about 9 hrs.

[sharpstick35]

We have two kerosene convection heaters (15k & 23k BTUs) that I use in our home garage. This is the 15k BTU one.



The convection heaters can be used indoors and I've never had an issue with the big 23k BTU unit running in my closed garage while working on our cars. It will heat up the entire garage 30-40 degrees above outside temps in about 20-30 mins. running on the high setting. I usually have to turn it down afterwards.

We had a forced air kerosene unit years ago and they are noisy and smelly. The smell of kerosene from them is overpowering and noise from the blower is almost deafening over time. They produce a lot of heat quickly, but they are not as efficient as the convection heaters. The convection heaters are also typically cheaper than the forced air units.

Both of our convection heaters were bought used from previous owners that used them indoors. The big one was used by a guy & his wife up in Washington state to heat their winter cabin. The little one (pictured above) was bought from an Army Chaplin that used it inside his tent during services while overseas.

ETA: The 15k BTU small unit holds just under 2 gals of kerosene and at about a medium heat setting it will run for about 9 hrs.

Where do you find affordable kerosene?

[kmack]

Last time I bought some was from Tractor Supply - 5 gal cans - a couple years ago. They actually had it priced online (even though you can't ship it) at $39.99/5 gals. I went to three different stores, had them price-match the online price, and bought almost everything they had at each one! I still have 15 gals in reserve right now.

HD & Lowes sell it sometimes in the 2.5 gal containers, but it's usually in the $40-45 range for that size. Way too expensive.

I usually start looking for kerosene around September/October time frame. Sometimes you can find it at a fuel depot type place (where they sell farm diesel). Sometimes. If you find it that way (in bulk), then it'll be even cheaper, but you have to bring your own containers to fill. And they won't like you if you only bring 1 gal cans!

Looks like TSC is currently at $54.99 / 5 gal cans. But if you search pricing at the Helotes store, it comes up priced as $49.99, even though it is listed as "unavailable". Take your phone to the register with that pricing (at that store) pulled up and they will generally hold to that price. Saves at least a little bit.