first snow hit in Nebraska 2 days ago. I have owned a couple garage heaters but no good ones. I am about to purchase a propane top 15k btu heater. Anyone have one? And how do u hear our garage, shop?
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first snow hit in Nebraska 2 days ago. I have owned a couple garage heaters but no good ones. I am about to purchase a propane top 15k btu heater. Anyone have one? And how do u hear our garage, shop?
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I'm to cheap to heat my shop. Cuts into too much profit. I just dress warmer and only go out there on days when it's a little more tolerable.
Money is not the root of all evil, the love of money is.
Keeper of the Cooler!
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If you need heat in your shop your not working hard enough.
I KID!
Joking aside no heat in mine. Just a lot of crap to break down. Keeps the wind an cold at bay. lol
Sirscrapalot - Sunny for now...rain is coming.
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Fully insulated garage here. Thanks to the previous owners and my furnace is in there so it stays toasty out there. Before this I had a kerosene heater in my old garage
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Agreed I just put on layers of clothes!!!Originally Posted by pjost
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I work in a rented office. Heat is included. If it wasn't, I wouldn't have it.
I did a brake job on an Impala last year. In December. Outside. It was snowing when I finished.
I'd love a heated shop, but I don't have that type of money (Or the need, really).
You just need to toughen up!
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My father worked for a feed store. They used to have a propane type heater in the back room where he was. He loved it, and sang its praises. It may have been the only good thing about the job!
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The one I want is on $45, and I can run on a tank of propane for weeks. The dual is $90, but it's too many btu. Way more than I need
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I always thought I was the toughest SOB who ever walked the earth (not the baddest just the toughest).........LOL.........As I get older and do more computer work I realize I'm just a *****
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No heater in the garage either. Keep moving around working on stuff. Cold never really bothered me. Its the humidity i dont like.
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I think your talking about the "clamp on style" of heater and yes they will work. Our lights (heat) went out a few years back and a neighbor brought over one of those and it was able to keep bearable heat in the whole house. I think the only drawback is, it's on or it's off, no turning up or down as needed. Here's what I use now, no real hot spot to touch against something and portable to boot. They use a hand sized propane bottle and you can get an adapter for the bigger tank.
http://www.farmandfleet.com/products/476431-mr-heater-big-buddy-indoor-safe-propane-heater.html?utm_source=bing&utm_medium=cpc&utm_cam paign=[roi]+home+improvement+%3E+plumbing,+heating+%26+coolin g&utm_content=big+buddy+heater&utm_term=%2Bbig%20% 2Bbuddy%20%2Bheater&utm_creative=b&promo=none#.VGT 0OWf1CdU
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I'm not tough.
My Audi wouldn't start (Frozen Fuel), and the Impala was what I had. I needed that car! And, I was not about to drive it without brakes!
I just do what I have to!
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
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Long sleeve shirts . ****ies jacket and workpants from walmart or a carhart. Theres your heated garage. Lol its already getting cold in jersey
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
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I use a small space heater when I really can't bare it, but I do quite a bit of outdoor winter sports, climbing/skiing, so I'm used to the cold and have a good stock of winter clothes.
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Usually warm enough here (Sarasota, Florida), but the wifey brought a 23K kero heater from Maine. It kicks butt so well I bought a yard sale 10K heater. When I want the garage warm, the kero heaters go to work.
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I use one of these works great. bought it mainly because our pipes freeze.
Heat Stream 60,000 BTU Forced-Air Propane Portable Heater-HS-60V-GFA at The Home Depot
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My biggest problem is my fingers. I can layer the rest of my body, but some(most things that you decide to do in the cold) things can't be done with gloves on.
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Well guys it is eighty degrees right now, low Humidity now is the time to be in South Florida, My Dolphins are playing Buffalo tonight go Dolphins!!!!!!!!!!!!
P.S. I could not work any more in the cold,
Metal Recycling Entrepreneur
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I had the same problem. Most of my work is outdoors in the winter and it's hard to do carpentry with gloves on. My knuckles always used to crack open and bleed when i worked bare handed. Found a good solution:
The 5 mil SAS Derma-Lite powdered Nitrile gloves ( from NAPA) are thin enough that you can easily pick up things like nails & screws. For some weird reason they help keep your hands warm too.
Those are good down to about 25 deg. When it get's below that i put on a pair of knitted wool gloves that are made with the fingertips missing. The combination of the nitrile with wool over top is good down to about zero.
(When it gets down below zero all of the power tools start to seize up and the wood splits when you drive a nail in it. No point in being out there anymore.)
Anyway .... no more bloody knuckles.
Sledgehammer Enthusiast
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Sweat is warm and moist.. those gloves won't let it out. also why they don't do well in really cold temps.
There ain't nothing wrong with an honest days work. Anyone who says otherwise is a fool.- Old Man
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I have a propane heater which I hardly use and a smaller electric heater that I never use...Currently my garage is staying above freezing so no real need for a heater. My main problem is also my hands, I have a hard enough time wearing protective gloves because I like to be able to feel what I am doing.
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