Re: Heated Garage or not?
 

>> On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 11:30:51 -0700, "Kevin S"<ksperle@nospam.hotmail.com>
>> wrote:

>I just had the heater man out to fix my heat, and I talked to him about
adding a heat register for my garage. He said he could probably add it for
$200-$300 and it would just use hot water returning to the boiler from any
of the other zones, so it would essentially heat a bit anytime an of the
other zones got heated. My garage is drywalled and insulated. I have read
that people don't recommend heated garages in areas where you have high salt
use, because it will speed up rust. We don't use salt in my area and it
would sure be nice to have a heated garage to work in as I rebuild my CJ-7.
Once my CJ-7 is done it will be stored outdoors under a car cover during the
winter and my Cherokee and fiance's Camry will come back inside.<

A relatively inexpensive solution that works for me is to use a portable
radiator type oil filled A/C heater, available at Ace Hdw or Home Depot,
etc. They will heat a gagarge to comfy level in short order and make a good
backup should you have a furnace problem. I like it becuse it has no exposed
heating elements to ignite chemical fumes, etc., plus it throws heat like a
coal fire.

Re: Heated Garage or not?
 

On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 15:56:15 UTC "SoK66" <SoK66@frontier.net> wrote:

> A relatively inexpensive solution that works for me is to use a portable
> radiator type oil filled A/C heater, available at Ace Hdw or Home Depot,
> etc. They will heat a gagarge to comfy level in short order and make a good
> backup should you have a furnace problem. I like it becuse it has no exposed
> heating elements to ignite chemical fumes, etc., plus it throws heat like a
> coal fire.

When I had the misfortune of being stationed in Wisconsin I had to
change the crossshaft and spiders in a front end with temps in the
unspeakably cold range - well below zero at midday. I tried
everything to get that garage warm enough to work in and finally wound
up using one of those radiant electric heaters that use a reflector to
focus the infrared from the element. It never warmed the air but it
would warm anything in it's beam so it would keep my hands warm enough
to work and (finally) got the pumpkin up to where I could get all the
parts out.

I don't think I've ever experienced anything as painful as sticking my
hands into gear oil so cold it wouldn't even run out when I was
fishing for the busted parts! Needless to say, I don't live THERE
anymore!

--
Will Honea

Re: Heated Garage or not?
 

On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 15:56:15 UTC "SoK66" <SoK66@frontier.net> wrote:

> A relatively inexpensive solution that works for me is to use a portable
> radiator type oil filled A/C heater, available at Ace Hdw or Home Depot,
> etc. They will heat a gagarge to comfy level in short order and make a good
> backup should you have a furnace problem. I like it becuse it has no exposed
> heating elements to ignite chemical fumes, etc., plus it throws heat like a
> coal fire.

When I had the misfortune of being stationed in Wisconsin I had to
change the crossshaft and spiders in a front end with temps in the
unspeakably cold range - well below zero at midday. I tried
everything to get that garage warm enough to work in and finally wound
up using one of those radiant electric heaters that use a reflector to
focus the infrared from the element. It never warmed the air but it
would warm anything in it's beam so it would keep my hands warm enough
to work and (finally) got the pumpkin up to where I could get all the
parts out.

I don't think I've ever experienced anything as painful as sticking my
hands into gear oil so cold it wouldn't even run out when I was
fishing for the busted parts! Needless to say, I don't live THERE
anymore!

--
Will Honea

Re: Heated Garage or not?
 

On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 15:56:15 UTC "SoK66" <SoK66@frontier.net> wrote:

> A relatively inexpensive solution that works for me is to use a portable
> radiator type oil filled A/C heater, available at Ace Hdw or Home Depot,
> etc. They will heat a gagarge to comfy level in short order and make a good
> backup should you have a furnace problem. I like it becuse it has no exposed
> heating elements to ignite chemical fumes, etc., plus it throws heat like a
> coal fire.

When I had the misfortune of being stationed in Wisconsin I had to
change the crossshaft and spiders in a front end with temps in the
unspeakably cold range - well below zero at midday. I tried
everything to get that garage warm enough to work in and finally wound
up using one of those radiant electric heaters that use a reflector to
focus the infrared from the element. It never warmed the air but it
would warm anything in it's beam so it would keep my hands warm enough
to work and (finally) got the pumpkin up to where I could get all the
parts out.

I don't think I've ever experienced anything as painful as sticking my
hands into gear oil so cold it wouldn't even run out when I was
fishing for the busted parts! Needless to say, I don't live THERE
anymore!

--
Will Honea

Re: Heated Garage or not?
 

when you lived there did u try swimming in lake superior??? same affect

Will Honea wrote:

> On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 15:56:15 UTC "SoK66" <SoK66@frontier.net> wrote:
>
> > A relatively inexpensive solution that works for me is to use a portable
> > radiator type oil filled A/C heater, available at Ace Hdw or Home Depot,
> > etc. They will heat a gagarge to comfy level in short order and make a good
> > backup should you have a furnace problem. I like it becuse it has no exposed
> > heating elements to ignite chemical fumes, etc., plus it throws heat like a
> > coal fire.
>
> When I had the misfortune of being stationed in Wisconsin I had to
> change the crossshaft and spiders in a front end with temps in the
> unspeakably cold range - well below zero at midday. I tried
> everything to get that garage warm enough to work in and finally wound
> up using one of those radiant electric heaters that use a reflector to
> focus the infrared from the element. It never warmed the air but it
> would warm anything in it's beam so it would keep my hands warm enough
> to work and (finally) got the pumpkin up to where I could get all the
> parts out.
>
> I don't think I've ever experienced anything as painful as sticking my
> hands into gear oil so cold it wouldn't even run out when I was
> fishing for the busted parts! Needless to say, I don't live THERE
> anymore!
>
> --
> Will Honea

Re: Heated Garage or not?
 

when you lived there did u try swimming in lake superior??? same affect

Will Honea wrote:

> On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 15:56:15 UTC "SoK66" <SoK66@frontier.net> wrote:
>
> > A relatively inexpensive solution that works for me is to use a portable
> > radiator type oil filled A/C heater, available at Ace Hdw or Home Depot,
> > etc. They will heat a gagarge to comfy level in short order and make a good
> > backup should you have a furnace problem. I like it becuse it has no exposed
> > heating elements to ignite chemical fumes, etc., plus it throws heat like a
> > coal fire.
>
> When I had the misfortune of being stationed in Wisconsin I had to
> change the crossshaft and spiders in a front end with temps in the
> unspeakably cold range - well below zero at midday. I tried
> everything to get that garage warm enough to work in and finally wound
> up using one of those radiant electric heaters that use a reflector to
> focus the infrared from the element. It never warmed the air but it
> would warm anything in it's beam so it would keep my hands warm enough
> to work and (finally) got the pumpkin up to where I could get all the
> parts out.
>
> I don't think I've ever experienced anything as painful as sticking my
> hands into gear oil so cold it wouldn't even run out when I was
> fishing for the busted parts! Needless to say, I don't live THERE
> anymore!
>
> --
> Will Honea

Re: Heated Garage or not?
 

when you lived there did u try swimming in lake superior??? same affect

Will Honea wrote:

> On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 15:56:15 UTC "SoK66" <SoK66@frontier.net> wrote:
>
> > A relatively inexpensive solution that works for me is to use a portable
> > radiator type oil filled A/C heater, available at Ace Hdw or Home Depot,
> > etc. They will heat a gagarge to comfy level in short order and make a good
> > backup should you have a furnace problem. I like it becuse it has no exposed
> > heating elements to ignite chemical fumes, etc., plus it throws heat like a
> > coal fire.
>
> When I had the misfortune of being stationed in Wisconsin I had to
> change the crossshaft and spiders in a front end with temps in the
> unspeakably cold range - well below zero at midday. I tried
> everything to get that garage warm enough to work in and finally wound
> up using one of those radiant electric heaters that use a reflector to
> focus the infrared from the element. It never warmed the air but it
> would warm anything in it's beam so it would keep my hands warm enough
> to work and (finally) got the pumpkin up to where I could get all the
> parts out.
>
> I don't think I've ever experienced anything as painful as sticking my
> hands into gear oil so cold it wouldn't even run out when I was
> fishing for the busted parts! Needless to say, I don't live THERE
> anymore!
>
> --
> Will Honea

Re: Heated Garage or not?
 

"mic canic" <dbrider@cac.net> wrote in message
news:41B1931E.7454461B@cac.net...
> when you lived there did u try swimming in lake superior??? same affect
>
> Will Honea wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 15:56:15 UTC "SoK66" <SoK66@frontier.net> wrote:
>>
>> > A relatively inexpensive solution that works for me is to use a
>> > portable
>> > radiator type oil filled A/C heater, available at Ace Hdw or Home
>> > Depot,
>> > etc. They will heat a gagarge to comfy level in short order and make a
>> > good
>> > backup should you have a furnace problem. I like it becuse it has no
>> > exposed
>> > heating elements to ignite chemical fumes, etc., plus it throws heat
>> > like a
>> > coal fire.
>>
>> When I had the misfortune of being stationed in Wisconsin I had to
>> change the crossshaft and spiders in a front end with temps in the
>> unspeakably cold range - well below zero at midday. I tried
>> everything to get that garage warm enough to work in and finally wound
>> up using one of those radiant electric heaters that use a reflector to
>> focus the infrared from the element. It never warmed the air but it
>> would warm anything in it's beam so it would keep my hands warm enough
>> to work and (finally) got the pumpkin up to where I could get all the
>> parts out.
>>
>> I don't think I've ever experienced anything as painful as sticking my
>> hands into gear oil so cold it wouldn't even run out when I was
>> fishing for the busted parts! Needless to say, I don't live THERE
>> anymore!
>>
>> --
>> Will Honea

LMAO! I hear ya! My first jobs in the automotive field were working for an
import dealership in NW Indiana owned by some friends of my folks. Being a
high school kid schlep, I got all the crap winter jobs that gerally included
standing out in sub-zero cold with the wind whipping off the Lake jump
starting dead cars, starter fluid backfiring in your face, changing tires on
cars stuck in snow drifts around the lot, if it was ---- work outdoors in
winter, I had to do it. My Dad just laughed his ass off, figuring it'd keep
me from screwing around with cars for a living...WRONG!

Re: Heated Garage or not?
 

"mic canic" <dbrider@cac.net> wrote in message
news:41B1931E.7454461B@cac.net...
> when you lived there did u try swimming in lake superior??? same affect
>
> Will Honea wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 15:56:15 UTC "SoK66" <SoK66@frontier.net> wrote:
>>
>> > A relatively inexpensive solution that works for me is to use a
>> > portable
>> > radiator type oil filled A/C heater, available at Ace Hdw or Home
>> > Depot,
>> > etc. They will heat a gagarge to comfy level in short order and make a
>> > good
>> > backup should you have a furnace problem. I like it becuse it has no
>> > exposed
>> > heating elements to ignite chemical fumes, etc., plus it throws heat
>> > like a
>> > coal fire.
>>
>> When I had the misfortune of being stationed in Wisconsin I had to
>> change the crossshaft and spiders in a front end with temps in the
>> unspeakably cold range - well below zero at midday. I tried
>> everything to get that garage warm enough to work in and finally wound
>> up using one of those radiant electric heaters that use a reflector to
>> focus the infrared from the element. It never warmed the air but it
>> would warm anything in it's beam so it would keep my hands warm enough
>> to work and (finally) got the pumpkin up to where I could get all the
>> parts out.
>>
>> I don't think I've ever experienced anything as painful as sticking my
>> hands into gear oil so cold it wouldn't even run out when I was
>> fishing for the busted parts! Needless to say, I don't live THERE
>> anymore!
>>
>> --
>> Will Honea

LMAO! I hear ya! My first jobs in the automotive field were working for an
import dealership in NW Indiana owned by some friends of my folks. Being a
high school kid schlep, I got all the crap winter jobs that gerally included
standing out in sub-zero cold with the wind whipping off the Lake jump
starting dead cars, starter fluid backfiring in your face, changing tires on
cars stuck in snow drifts around the lot, if it was ---- work outdoors in
winter, I had to do it. My Dad just laughed his ass off, figuring it'd keep
me from screwing around with cars for a living...WRONG!

Re: Heated Garage or not?
 

"mic canic" <dbrider@cac.net> wrote in message
news:41B1931E.7454461B@cac.net...
> when you lived there did u try swimming in lake superior??? same affect
>
> Will Honea wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 15:56:15 UTC "SoK66" <SoK66@frontier.net> wrote:
>>
>> > A relatively inexpensive solution that works for me is to use a
>> > portable
>> > radiator type oil filled A/C heater, available at Ace Hdw or Home
>> > Depot,
>> > etc. They will heat a gagarge to comfy level in short order and make a
>> > good
>> > backup should you have a furnace problem. I like it becuse it has no
>> > exposed
>> > heating elements to ignite chemical fumes, etc., plus it throws heat
>> > like a
>> > coal fire.
>>
>> When I had the misfortune of being stationed in Wisconsin I had to
>> change the crossshaft and spiders in a front end with temps in the
>> unspeakably cold range - well below zero at midday. I tried
>> everything to get that garage warm enough to work in and finally wound
>> up using one of those radiant electric heaters that use a reflector to
>> focus the infrared from the element. It never warmed the air but it
>> would warm anything in it's beam so it would keep my hands warm enough
>> to work and (finally) got the pumpkin up to where I could get all the
>> parts out.
>>
>> I don't think I've ever experienced anything as painful as sticking my
>> hands into gear oil so cold it wouldn't even run out when I was
>> fishing for the busted parts! Needless to say, I don't live THERE
>> anymore!
>>
>> --
>> Will Honea

LMAO! I hear ya! My first jobs in the automotive field were working for an
import dealership in NW Indiana owned by some friends of my folks. Being a
high school kid schlep, I got all the crap winter jobs that gerally included
standing out in sub-zero cold with the wind whipping off the Lake jump
starting dead cars, starter fluid backfiring in your face, changing tires on
cars stuck in snow drifts around the lot, if it was ---- work outdoors in
winter, I had to do it. My Dad just laughed his ass off, figuring it'd keep
me from screwing around with cars for a living...WRONG!