Garage Heaters Unleashed
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.