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[087dave]

Hi all i am looking for a gas space heater for the garage for the winter
from looking at clarke heater like this one my garage is 12ft by 12ft
what type of heaters do you guys have
cherrs dave
http://www.clarkedis...&product_id=140

[minidave1991-89]

I went to B&Q and bought 2 of their 2,000 watt electric radiators only cost me £20 warm mine up nicely..I draft excluded the doors and put builders plastic on the rafters its nice and cozy now

[Jordie]

insulate first
stop drafts etc

we have a tiny gas space heater which we use for small spaces, in our container for example 20ft x 8ft. it is quite good on gas compared to our bigger one.

Jordie

[mingy]

Hi all i am looking for a gas space heater for the garage for the winter
from looking at clarke heater like this one my garage is 12ft by 12ft
what type of heaters do you guys have
cherrs dave
http://www.clarkedis...&product_id=140

As a heating engineer i would advise against using this type of heater in such a small area because this type of heater releases the products of combustion into the same area as it does not have a flue. The manufacturer will have enclosed specific instructions as to its safe use,ie in areas with adequate ventilation and a minimum area.
A good electric oil filled or fan type heater would be a much safer option. I use one with a plug-in timer so my garage is warm when i want to work in there and also it switches off if i forget to turn it off. Forget about gas fired heaters!!!!!!!

[AVV IT]

I just have a second hand indoor portable butane gas heater, it's cheap and cheerful, but does the job and only cost me £10! Plus they're an absolute godsend to have to hand if your central heating ever breaks down in the middle of winter.

[MIGLIACARS]

i pulled out my old calor gas fire the other day
have not used it since 2009. new for sure it wouldnt work.

fired up first go

heats my garage up in no time


http://www.ebay.co.u...d6ef5377&_uhb=1
6m long 3 meters wide

like this one

[daviedevil]

I used to have a gas heater but with the price getting higher rapidly I converted to diesel/kerosene burner much more effective

[MIGLIACARS]

I just have a second hand indoor portable butane gas heater, it's cheap and cheerful, but does the job and only cost me £10! Plus they're an absolute godsend to have to hand if your central heating ever breaks down in the middle of winter.

agree

[Bungle]

in the process of building a wood burner out of a gas bottle

[mini-luke]

Got an old Jotul in the workshop, does the trick nicely and all the sweeter with free wood

[racingbob]

bought a £10 fan heater off ebay seems fine

[Marcos Controls]

My garage heater is part of the central heating system from the house.

[ibrooks]

You can get indirect space heaters. Look very similar to the one linked to but generally bigger and they have a chimney on the top. That chimney is an exhaust from the combustion chamber so if you stick a suitable pipe on it and take that outside you don't get the combustion by-products inside the garage poisoning you and covering everything metal with condensation.

I've got a Clarke barrel stove because it came very cheap - if it hadn't I would have converted a gas bottle. My garage/workshop is around 40 feet long by 20 feet wide. I'm spoiled but still manage to run out of space.

Iain

[1275GTS]

I used electric convector heaters in my garage one year as my portable gas fire broke. I got a very big shock when the electricity bill came in. Never use one again. Ii now have a portable gas fire and it is very good.

[racingenglishcars]

DON'T get electric, for exactly that reason. Very expensive, even the high efficiency ones, with oil or whatever in them..
I'm fortunate I have remote heating, waste heat from the local powerplant. But when I had a broken water pipe, I used electric for a month. Big mistake.