insulate it first
Garage heater
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My garage isn't next to the house unfortunately so radiators aren't an option. I was going to say that insulating the garage doors wouldn't work either as they're sectional, but on looking closer I realise I could fit pieces of 1" thick in each section without affecting the working of the doors, so that's something I may look at. Insulating the loft attic is not going to happen though, there is so much stuff stored up there it would take me til summer to get it done, plus it's not properly boarded, it's mainly old doors with gaps inbetween. Think I'm just going to have to keep heating it while I'm in there and forget about the losses.
You must be joking, I'm often in there for hours at a time. I've tried the extra layers but my hands get too cold to move properly and I can't work in gloves unless I'm not working with anything small.
I've ordered one of the chinese diesel heaters so lets see how that works out.
Nothing to do with me - new 11Kw Webasto Webasto 12v HL95 11kw Air Heater Unit Only - Brand New Never Used! | eBay Needs the rest of the loom making up though ( I have the manuals )
In Norway primary school kids are taught that bad weather isn’t a problem, the wrong clothes are the problem.
We managed to work outside in minus 23 deg C for hours at a time over a 12 hour shift, I can’t say it was pleasant but it wasn’t uncomfortable.
I guess the Diesel heater is the best way for shorts and flip flop mode, even cheaper if you have domestic heating oil.
We used those space heaters that are advertised on the machine mart website. They were used to dry out hill kit when I was on Mountain Rescue. They were loud, but they kicked out some heat!
Yesterday I ordered a £97 8 Kw diesel heater at 4 pm and today at 7 am it was delivered. I’ve installed it in my garage taking the exhaust and air intake pipework through the external wall so no problems with petrol fumes from my 2 bikes being drawn in to the air intake. It was really easy to install I just had to raise the heater so the pipework was high enough above ground level, syphoned 5 litres of diesel from my Transporter and the heater fired up first time so now it’s really cosy to work in my garage.
John.
John.
Have you a link to the item please bud?
Here you are @Dannyb6467 8KW 12V Diesel Air Night Heater LCD Remote for Truck Boats Home Caravan 4L Tank | eBay
I’ve wired it up to 2 old motorbike batteries temporary and got a 240v to 12 volt 30 amp transformer on order.
John.
I’ve wired it up to 2 old motorbike batteries temporary and got a 240v to 12 volt 30 amp transformer on order.
John.
Cheers John
I believe an 8kw doesn't physically exist... assuming its the Chinese heater units. Its a 5kw in reality
Just had a Chinese one delivered from ebay that says 8kw...it also says on the instructions that it "does nice heat warm fast'
Love em!!
Love em!!
Hi @Dannyb6467 when I fitted mine through the garage wall my exhaust and air intake were side by side and the air intake could draw exhaust fumes in which could cause incomplete combustion, so what I did was bend a piece of 22mm copper pipe and fitted it to the end of the stainless exhaust pipe and put the silencer on the end of the copper pipe.
John
John
Cheers John, funnily enough my neighbour has done the same....I'm planning to run it externally outside the van but duct the hot air hose into the van. The van is leased so it's only set up as a day van and so the bed etc is temporary....for 4 years!! As long as it isn't too noisy, which my neighbours isn't.
Anyone else doing this??
Sorry Danny I’m at cross purposes I thought you were putting a heater in your garage not your van so you should have enough stainless exhaust and air intake with your kit.
John.
correct, even the 5kw are more like a 4kw.
no way on earth you can get 8kw from one though.
This is my setup. 5kw Diesel heater warms the place up the fastest but I maintain the temp with this cheep heat pump I got from Electriq. The claim 2.35 kW Heating using just 0.75kW power but I have no way of confirming that. On really cold days I use both. It is half way up the wall as my garage is dug into a slope and that is ground level.
No worries John, I'll use it in the garage too, hence another reason not to have a permanent fixed heater in the van.
