Garage Heaters

I suggest you read the manual before using this product. There are always some useful information that may be new to you. Take care of all the precautions and you will have a garage heater that will serve you for a long time.

Propane garage heaters are usually the simplest solution for heating your workshop, barn, or garage. Several important questions come to mind when someone is looking to buy one since there are many choices, fuel types, and features that are available on the market. If you are one of these people, continue reading, you will find out something new.

What types of heat come from propane heaters?

These shop heaters will either warm the air in the room or focus radiant heat on an object, depending on what you want. If you are moving around your garage or shop and want the whole thing feeling warm in the air get the former. If you are at a work station on one side of the garage, go for radiant heat. Most models will be explicit as to what types of heat they emit. You only have to figure out which one would suit you best.

It’s important to understand the total output of a propane heater, it is measured in BTU’s (British Thermal Units). You have to match the BTU with the size of the room you want to heat.

The size of the propane heater is determined by the total amount of air that in the room. Take your square footage of the room and multiply it by the height. Then take this number and multiply by 3 or 4 depending on how well insulated the room you are in the higher number if poorly insulated.

Lets say that you have a 750 square foot garage with 10 foot ceilings, you will need around 22,500 to 30,000 BTUs.

Also many models will give you an estimated square footage that they can adequately heat.

Why use propane versus another source of energy like electricity?

This all depends on your goals. Some like the convenience of just using electricity and never thinking about refilling their propane tanks while others like the idea of having heat in case the power isn’t on or available in their shop at the time.

With a propane heater, you can keep warm regardless of electricity being available.

There are diesel and kerosene heaters as well but these tend to be noisy compared to propane or electricity.

What about proper ventilation?

Always follow the instructions given from the manufacturer. Each propane model will have a vent or hose to get the emissions out of the air that must be followed explicitly for your safety. You have to take measures in order to prevent any accidents or damage to your propane garage heater at ll times.

There are many different types of electric garage heaters you can use to heat your garage or to supplement your current source of heating. There are small electric heaters that blow air into the garage and heat the room very quickly. These are small heaters that stand on the floor or even on a workbench. They are perfectly safe and controlled by a thermostat to regulate the heat. If you through a blanket over theses heaters or tip them over, there is no danger because they will automatically shut off. You won’t burn yourself if you touch the heater because a rounded grid protects the heat source. During the summer, you can operate this heater without the heat for general ventilation or to help keep you cool in the garage.

Another type of electric heater senses the heat in the room and adjusts the setting to warm the air. Unlike other models of heaters that have thermostat control, this model uses HI technology so that if the room is cold, the heater will use high output to bring up the temperature to a comfortable level, a medium output as the room heats up and a low output when it reaches the right temperature. This heater provides you with a more energy efficient heating system for your garage.

You can also choose to have electric heaters installed in your garage as baseboard heaters or overhead heaters. These are controlled by a thermostat on the wall and work the same way as the heaters in your home. You turn them up or down as your need for heat increases or decreases. You can get baseboard heaters that automatically shut off when there is something leaning against them. This is a great safety feature where the possibility always exists in a garage that you will accidentally lay something up against the heater.

How often have you wanted to work in your garage during the cold winter months, or even pulled the car into the garage, and wished it was much warmer? Perhaps it is time to look at a garage heater. Here’s a look at some of the things you’ll want to know about garage heaters.

For those of you who have an attached garage, adding a garage heater is not too difficult. You can have your home’s furnace heat it up. This can be accomplished by adding a heating duct into the garage. You may want to have this done by a pro in the heating industry.

Now, if you have a detached garage or you don’t want to run a duct into your attached garage, you have several options for heaters. Your main consideration will be with costs and how big of a garage you have.

You will find that the typical heater for any garage is designed to heat approximately 500 square feet.

Electric garage heaters are the most common as well as the easiest units to run. You will need to insure that you have enough power to run the heater without throwing breakers. As long as you have at least a 100 amp service you should be fine. Just keep an eye out for the power specs before buying any unit.

Other popular garage heaters run on gas, but these are not as popular for obvious safety reasons.

Speaking of safety, you always want to be cautious in using any type of heater in the garage. Be sure to keep gas cans and other flammables well away from the heater. I know it seems obvious to do, but you would be surprised at how many garages have burned down due to safety issues.

Electric garage heaters should always be unplugged from the outlet when not in use. While these units are incredibly easy to operate and warm up any garage, they should also be used responsibly and safely.