Your Opinion

I'm thinking very seriously about putting electric heat in my garage. The garage measures 28' x 30' with 9' walls. I'm frantically putting in the insulation now.

I had a guy out this morning from the local heating and air conditioning store and he says that they build these heaters for folks all the time. It would be a 10K watt heater incorporating a furnace fan, would run off of 220v and be digitally controlled via a thermostat on the wall.

The local druggist here had one of these things put in a like-sized garage and he swears by it. He says it is very economical.

You guys ever hear of anyone doing something like this?

Thanks,

Allan

Mark Hill
Dearborn,MO

My thinking was to use this thing to bring the space up to temp and then just use the electric to 'maintain' the heat while I was working out there.

I'm probably not going to be putting in a large amount of time in the garage, just when I have a project of some kind going on.

I dunno,

Allan

Here in Minnesota we have fairly cheap electrical rates, but very cold, no one can afford electrical heat on a regular basis. If you only use it 1 day a week over winter, might pencil out. You'll have to dig out your local numbers, but as others say, be aware of the large bills you will get if you use it often.

--->Paul

steve