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Ideas for heating a garage
DaOld Man:
Is the garage insulated (including any roll up doors)?
If not you may want to do that. You can do a little at a time, and be prepared for next winter, or if you can hire someone, do that and get it done now.
No matter what kind of heat you use, if the area is not insulated you are going to have a hard time keeping it warm.
harveybirdman:
two fifty gallon drums and some and some round hvac duct makes a killer wood stove.
EightBySix:
Hand tools instead of power tools do the trick.
wp34:
Thanks for the feedback guys. While I really like woodburning stoves they don't fit with what I'm trying to do in my garage. My garage is mostly insulated but will need some bolstering. I think really what I want is something like BobA suggested or natural gas forced air. I'm not likely to get that done this year though and like DaOldMan mentioned I need to do some insulating as well.
I'm leaning towards trying this propane heater for now and then based on how much I actually heat the garage I can decide whether upgrading next year makes sense.
http://www.amazon.com/Mr-Heater-MH18B-Portable-Propane/dp/B0002WRHE8/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1385314800&sr=8-2&keywords=mr.+heater
JDFan:
Since the garage is attached to the house - What type of duct work does the house have (perhaps you could reroute some duct work into the garage and just use your existing heating\air conditioning to add the garage space (assuming the current units have enough headroom to heat\cool the added space !) of course this option depends on the current system you are using and if it has enough capacity for the added area but since the garage is attached it may be a viable option.