so whats everyone doing to keep your shop warm?

**RCglass** · 02-07-2007, 07:52 PM

Built the shop last year with electric heat, I keep the thermostat at 60+ when I'm working.

Put my incoming air on the bench to keep the ventilation from pulling the temp down too far.

heres a pic.

**somberbear** · 02-07-2007, 08:04 PM

ummm... is that on the front of your bench... so it draws air from where the combustion and nasties come from? i just dont see it pulling properly....and bypassing the majority of what you want to ventlate?

peace
rob

**Primathon** · 02-07-2007, 08:07 PM

Anyone ever tried these?

Random google search turned up this.

**RCglass** · 02-07-2007, 08:21 PM

it draws fresh air from outside -through insulated ducting from a roof mounted fan.

**UmaJulz** · 02-07-2007, 08:22 PM

wow, the "interconnect suit"- if it were cold enough for me to feel the need for an electric suit, I don't know that my first choice of activiity would be blowing glass.

RC- So that's your make up air, not a cold air return? Is your heat electric baseboard then?

**RCglass** · 02-07-2007, 08:23 PM

It is behind the torch,under the flame so it pushes the nasties up and out the main exhaust vent.

**RCglass** · 02-07-2007, 08:35 PM

Yes - 2 , 1500 watt baseboard heaters. I turn it down to 40 when I'm not there.
Then It takes a hour or so to warm up. shop half of the garage is 26x14 with fairly tall ceiling.

**Firekist** · 02-07-2007, 09:45 PM

i've been tempted several times to tear apart my electric blankets, and sew the heating element into a suit.. a heated suit would use less than 500 watts. that's less than 1/5th of the electric i use now.

mmmmmm z--seth

**ShttrdSpctrm** · 02-07-2007, 10:02 PM

i agree, colorado is great in the winter.

**ShttrdSpctrm** · 02-07-2007, 10:11 PM

oh, i have a wood stove in the basement, i bring the coals up into the garage in a small metal bucket and dump intoa large metal bucket. kinda like another stove in the garage.

**Harry Paratesteez** · 02-07-2007, 10:15 PM

Jer.....dude,
Chop down a couple fuckinn trees ya pussy.......you live in Iowa for fucks sake...the fuckin things are everywhere......

"I ran out of wood"....sounds like a job for viagra.
shit man...yer not even married yet.

poor bastard.

**Pilgrim** · 02-07-2007, 10:31 PM

i just suffer threw the cold.......

**Jerry Gash** · 02-08-2007, 06:50 AM

ahahahaha

bring yer chainsaw....

Originally Posted by Harry Paratesteez

Jer.....dude,
Chop down a couple fuckinn trees ya pussy.......you live in Iowa for fucks sake...the fuckin things are everywhere......

"I ran out of wood"....sounds like a job for viagra.
shit man...yer not even married yet.

poor bastard.

**steven p selchow** · 02-08-2007, 07:17 AM

Nice thing about basements, warm in winter, cool in summer. Since its a stone foundation, I built a 2x4 frame around the whole thing, insulated that, put up paneling, I don't open a window or door anymore, as the drafts under the sidewalls make up for the same amount of air exhausting out the turbine vent in the window well, which is ducted to a hood over my bench, plus my upstairs door is left open for more air passage. I still need a little fan forced heater by my feet, all this is dependant on it being at least 10 degrees or lower outside anyway, so thats my set up, How people can work in a storage shed outside in this below zero weather, I don't know.

Before I bought a house, I worked in one of those metal 10x10 utility sheds, for a month while I was moving, it was fall so the temps weren't that cold, but the older you get, I see why people retire in Florida.

steve

**Meerkat** · 02-08-2007, 07:28 PM

Originally Posted by canaan

Meerkat, forgive my ignorance, but where do you live that its 104 degrees now. Its about 2 here tonight.
Im coming to your house dude..

I am in Australia and sure, come on by !!!

**smutboy420** · 02-09-2007, 08:41 AM

If its cold in my shop I turn the thermostate up to the temp I want it and I work in a t shirt if I want.
A friend in the heating and air condishiing biz gave us a free forced hot air oil furnace. Like what goes in your basment to heat your house. (you can find them free if you take it away or cheap if some one goes over to gas heat. and has one they want to get rid of.)

We even got 180 free gallons of fule this winter from a job our friend was doing and he needed to "DUMP" oil from jobs were they where removing some ones old oil tank. I told him He can "dump" all the oil in our tank if he wants.
So every time i went to check the oil gauge on the tank I thought some thing was broke cause every time I'd go out there it would be more and more higer on the gauge each time.
So i asked dude if he could take a look a my gauge. and he was like are you sure???? turnes out he was coming up after work most nights and dumping oil in the tank. 20-30 gallons at a time.

Now if only I can find someone that has lots of gasoline they want to throw away so they can dispose of it in my car. and some one that has lots of throw away propane they can dump in to my torch. and I'll be set.

**AWhiskeyDrunk** · 02-09-2007, 09:08 AM

For me woodstove is the way to go...I got a small 10x10. The stove will burn coal as well, though i've only used wood. Also I cook alot of soup on the top of the woodstove and eat that between pieces. I also have a propane heater, but two people have already had their pants catch on fire. One of whom burnt himself pretty badly. The woodstove always seems to work for me. .

**HumanLathe** · 02-09-2007, 12:11 PM

I have one of these and if you have a big shop it takes about 30 minutes to get the shop warm{ were talking 800 sqft. or bigger. If you have a garage like me I timed it and it took 6 minutes to warm my shop. Mine only pushes 80,000 btu's and these things are small, this one is 200,000 btu's and about 120.00 at home depot.

http://www.websalesusa.com/store/cat...onvection.html

**AWhiskeyDrunk** · 02-09-2007, 03:31 PM

I'm really just looking forward to being able to leave things in my shed overnight and not having them freeze one me...ie my bucket o' water, bead release, beer...