Heating The Shop

Middle,

If I hadn't cheated you would be reading about my trench adventures for the next five years. :congratulate:
 
Raven,

My dog liked it so much he decided to jump in this morning.
 
mcoak said:
I am in the process of finishing my shop. Finished size will be 15 ft x 30 ft with a 9 foot ceiling. Walls will be R29 and ceiling R42.
One of my open questions is how to heat. My options are propane or electric. Looking for a 500 gallon propane tank and not finding one locally.

The walls are open now but the electricians will be coming in a month. So I need to make a decision and get the hardware lined up.

Thanks,
Mitch


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Mitch
I am blessed with natural gas and after 10 years I sold my Monitor K-1 Kerosene since I cannot pay the price for kerosene any longer
Propane is about the most expensive fuel ( AFTER KEROSENE0 at least in South jersey.... I would look hard at electric in your area . of course electric can be a cost killer in some areas. Propane also causes Condensation unless you have fans circulating to avoid rust...but talk to a few experts (Not the chuckle-heads that give advice here ! just kidding...honest)
Good luck
 
Joe,

Thanks for responding!

I am out in the country so my choices are wood, propane and electric.

After a lot of research I decided to go with a Mitsubishi mini-split system for the shop.
 
Not only does this Franklin stove fire place heat my shop, but in this picture there is also a pile of files in the fire being annealed.
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I thought about installing a wood stove in the shop. Might do it eventually. We heat the house with a word stove.
 
Putting the wood stove in also gives a backup for any other system, My luck is if I don't have a backup it breaks, but if I have a backup of some type nothing fails.
 
I wish I had enough room in my (small) shop, because I would have a wood or pellet stove. I would probably lean toward the pellet stove. I have a wood stove in my woodshop and really like it, plenty of heat and very quickly I might add. If I used wood it would only be while I was in the shop. I don't like the idea of leaving something like that unattended.

Paul
 
I've got a small wood stove for my gay-raj, it's small but taking up a bunch of space I could use for tools. I've fired it up three times so far, if we keep with this decent weather I'd be a happy man. Just can't help but wonder where the snow and cold is.....
 
Well don't rush the cold and snow. Remember last year? We had a very mild December and the s--- hit the fan. I don't mind the cold so much since I am prepared for that, but the snow plowing and shoveling keeps me out of the shops ( all three), and that I don't like.

Paul
 
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