The Good and The Bad in Garage Door heaters

539332e1-9c41-49a7-9e43-3c639f01cb1f_HHD-460x464_300x285Do you work on the car or get in a good weight lifting session in the garage but don’t want to in the winter because it’s too Gas furnace Heatercold. We are going to go over a few of the best garage heater on the market today and also tell you which heater to stay away from.

The best garage heater on the market is one that is forced air and is gas powered. The best position of this type of garage heater is on the ceiling. The ceiling is the best place because the heat will come down covering the entire garage so it will make not only the garage but also you and your guest warm. The system uses air ducts, vents and plenums to carry the air into and out of the garage but you can install a much simpler systems. A garage system will have just one unity blowing air into the garage and not mechanical vent carrying air out to be re-circulated.

950This would be the most cost effective way to have this type of system because it cost down on installation cost. The only thing that you have to evaluate is if you need air to be carried outside of the garage if you’re using some types of chemicals. If you do use chemicals inside the garage than is best to make sure that the ventilation systems is pulling the air to the outside. The forced air garage heaters come in for different types:

  • Natural gas/propane/oil
    Basically runs on some type of combustion fuel
  • Electric
    Runs on the electricity form your home
  • Heat pump
    Takes heat from the outside, which means that it is not suitable for cold climates
  • Hydronic coil
    Combine the method of forced air and hot water heater system.

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One of the most cost effective methods of heating the garage will be to use a kerosene heater. Or you can use a propane heater if you prefer. The garage door or a window would have to be open at all times, reason being that I would guess you’re not ready to die. There are better ways to go than from the fumes of a kerosene heater while getting ripped. Besides the killer fumes you would have to deal with the fact that the window or door being open is creating a cold draft as your eyes get watery and you start to cough and dry hack from the fumes. Yah, this is not the best option but it is very cost effective until you have to spend more on medical care.
The wood workshop guys or those using paint sprays should use a different type of heater. The best heater to get in this situation would be heater with a separate combustion chamber so that the outside air is blown in and the air inside is not used to heat the garage.
This should give you a good overview of the garage heating systems on the market and what you will need to get your garage warm. Please follow a few of the links below if you want a few online merchants that sale heating systems are just click on the pictures above. That’s for reading.