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Old 07-06-2013, 12:57 PM
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I have just installed an air conditioner with heat in my garage. It is a window unit, but I decided to cut the wall. Looks good. Not sure how it works yet as I need to run 220v to it. Prior to installing the a/c I have had my garage insulated, including ceiling and doors. Isulating garage has helped a lot already. So I hope a/c with heat will be enough. If not I will use wall mounted heater, like the one in the posts above.
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Old 07-06-2013, 01:52 PM
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Old 07-06-2013, 06:38 PM
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You didn't mention how long you will be building your RV, but if it's just a few years like most of us, you may not want to spend the big bucks to install a gas line and expensive heating equipment. I have found that a good kerosene heater works great for me, for very little cash outlay. If you keep the wick maintained properly and use high quality fuel, you won't have fumes or smoking problems. I love my little heater. It heats up my shop in less than 15 minutes to a comfortable working temperature on those cold evenings where I'm going out in the shop for a couple hours.



Here's a page on my site where I discussed this in more detail:

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Old 07-06-2013, 07:05 PM
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Wood burning would be great for the long shifts but not practical for the, "I just got home from work and want to do an hour or two of work."

Pretty sure I am going to just run that ventless heater linked above off a natural gas line unless anyone has any objections. Thanks for your help and guidance.
Love my wood stove. This is in my 30x40 pole barn shop with 1" of Cor-bond insulation and an uninsulated garage door. We get winter here, but a fire every day keeps the concrete floor warm. If the OAT is above 10*F it'll still be 35 in the shop or so the next afternoon. Build a fire, go grab a cup of coffee. When I go back out the shop will be approaching 50. Sweatshirt weather. 30 minutes later I'm down to my Tshirt. At the end of my work sessions, I would stoke it up, damper it down and do it all again the next day. Helps if you like chopping wood.
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Old 07-06-2013, 08:38 PM
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Lots of insulation and a 4 ton heat pump...70F winter and summer. Not real expensive if you buy the components and install it yourself, and unlike portable heat and window air it's a value bump for the building.
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Old 07-07-2013, 06:26 PM
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Just move to Georgia, don't have to worry that much about heat, maybe a small electric bathroom heater from HD aircraft supply on a few days during the winter.
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Old 07-07-2013, 07:36 PM
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Wood burning would be great for the long shifts but not practical for the, "I just got home from work and want to do an hour or two of work."
You'd be surprised. My shop is a 24x40 pole building with a medium sized wood stove in one end. Winter temps here are similar to what you get in Iowa and I often do short sessions in winter with no problems. It takes me about 5 minutes to get a fire started and another 10 minutes for the chimney temps to get in range. From that point on, its going to heat the space just as fast as any other heater.

I think insulating choices make far more of a difference than the type of heat source. The biggest and best heater in the world isn't going to do squat if the space isn't insulated enough. Likewise if you go overboard with the insulation, you could probably heat the space with a candle. Ok that's an exaggeration but you get the idea. Insulate as much as possible and you'll be fine no matter what type of heat you choose.

Interesting related note. When we moved here 3 years ago, I had no experience with wood stoves, but I'd used unvented propane heaters in the past and liked them. The shop was already insulated and had the wood stove when we bought the place. A month or two after moving in, I saw a propane fired ceiling mounted Reznor heater on craigslist for a song so I bought it because I figured it would do a better job than the wood stove. On project led to another over the course of the next summer and I never did get around to getting he heater installed by the time winter came. So I started using stove just until I could get around to getting the real heater installed and hooked up. The next spring I realized I'd never install the propane heater because the wood stove worked so well and was already up and running. I listed the Reznor on craigslist, sold it and never looked back.

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Old 07-08-2013, 06:42 AM
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I use a 90k btu coal stoker stove in the T hangar, 72 degrees even on a cold day. Cheap to run, easy to hook up and loads of heat.
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Old 07-08-2013, 07:33 AM
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I installed this last winter

about $120 from Northern tool. 2 hours and $65 later I had 220 in my ceiling. I would leave it on low and the 2 car garage would be in the 40's, turn it up and it was upper 50's in 15 min.
I really wish I would have installed it several years ago, quiet/no smell/always ready.
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Old 07-08-2013, 01:15 PM
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Our furnace is in the garage. So I simply cut a hole in the forced-air plenum and installed an adjustable vent. This is actually a red-tag offense from a code point of view because the air supply for combustion must be isolated from the air used to heat the house. However the CO detector came up clean, so my intent is to cover the hole prior to listing the house for sale.

I also had central air installed as part of preparing the garage for building. Cost something like $4200 from Costco. In Seattle central air is unusual; however it turned out to be a great investment in terms of reduced complaints about temp (by my wife).

Normalized temps in the factory really add to productivity: in both summer and winter!
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