I have a small 24X24 shop with 8′ ceiling. I would like to have some imput on what would be a good inexpensive natural gas heater to hang on the wall or from the ceiling.
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What kind of shop?
Paint fumes?
Sawdust?
Pretty nasty things when you have an open flame.
They do make wall heaters with sealed burners, I think would be a must for the safety conscious
“The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.” —Albert Einstein
It will be a woodworking shop. If or when I spray with lacquer I will do it outside. Sawdust is explosive around an open flame.
Sawdust is explosive around an open flame.
Was that a question?
“The world is a dangerous place, not because of those who do evil, but because of those who look on and do nothing.” —Albert Einstein
No.. I am very aware of airborne sawdust being explosive around an open flame.
in all the shops i have ever had i had a gas overhead heater,what i did for a living was paint and bodywork. if you can get that flame up 7'or so i would feel very confident of no problems,paint vapors settle to the floor so stay away from anything on the floor,including a hot water heater. i have a buddy that can testify to that.
i have just installed two of these low profile gas unit heaters in my current garage, i used the beacon morris unit. i am so dissapointed in it i'm thinking about taking it down and trying a different brand. niether one worked on start up,factory warranty was worthless [oh they told me i could take them down and return,yea like it was no work to put them up]they are so noisy that you can hear them run 20' away on the outside of garage,and finally the heat they put out is nowhere as good as a old stlye 60% unit heater. you might say i'm ticked off,huh?
i would look at a raynor or hot dawg low profile unit,you can find them on ebay for 400-600.00,if thats more than you want to spend i would look for one of those radiant heaters that hang on the wall,put out about 30k btu for 150.00. i would not paint around one of these as there flame is lower than a unit heater.larry
if a man speaks in the forest,and there's not a woman to hear him,is he still wrong?
My shop is a lower level garage type that is all concrete on all sides and ceiling. It has an entrance door and 9x7 garage door. Its under the garage from the street. The coldest it got this winter was 50 degrees F. I do not plan to do go back into business. I am completely retired. So its use will be limited. Its just that 50 degrees is too cool for wood glue to work well.
I just miss doing a little shop work and intend to only do small stuff for me and DW, kids and grand kids.
that should heat very easy,i would look for one of these http://cgi.ebay.com/30-000-BTU-NATURAL-GAS-INFRARED-RADIANT-HEATER_W0QQitemZ200194782614QQihZ010QQcategoryZ41987QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQ_trksidZp1638.m118.l1247QQcmdZViewItem since i ahve been so happy[?] with my unit heaters i have been using one of those radiant heaters that sit on top of a propane bottle,works good,quiet,i like it pretty well http://cgi.ebay.com/COLEMAN-POWERMATE-45-000-BTU-PROPANE-RADIANT-HEATER-NEW_W0QQitemZ360031685022QQihZ023QQcategoryZ115964QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem, sounds like a great place to work. larryif a man speaks in the forest,and there's not a woman to hear him,is he still wrong?
I use a Mr Heater unit similar to the Hot Dawg units in my 24x24 insulated 2 car garage shop. It is hanging from the ceiling. It keeps the room warm and I do spray in there, but I only use waterbase finishes. It is a 45K btu unit.
Here is the link http://www.mrheater.com/productdetails_extended.asp?catid=50&id=117
My biggest complaint is that it is noisy and I have living space upstairs so I need to hang it on some type of noise isolation. I really would like to upgrade it to a ceiling mounted radiant unit.
I would suggest an infra red radiant tube heater.(Heated by gas, about a 6 inch tube with reflective shield, 20-40 feet long)
We used to install those in shops because there was no open flame nor was there any fan to kick in and blow dust all over.
Apparently very safe.
roger