Garage heating options - 2.5 car

[turbotalon1g]

After almost killing myself the other day with my old heater, I'm ready to buy a new one I think.

I'm leaning more toward another torpedo heater, these days they have a hi-lo setting and more BTU than mine, I usually start it up let it run for 10 mins then shut it off anyway.

The fact they are small means I can shove them on a shelf in the summer and not worry about losing space.

[turbotalon1g]

I think I might of found it.

Infrared heater
http://www.heatersunlimited.com/item29040.ctlg

[D_Venable]

If you aren't gonna move much...

http://www.leevalley.com/US/wood/page.aspx?p=44590&cat=1,43456,43465,44590

I have 2 of them in the corner of the garage where my current project is, and it stays pretty comfortable there (wearing a hoodie)

[TheBlizzard]

I think I might of found it.

Infrared heater
http://www.heatersunlimited.com/item29040.ctlg

That might work ok, but you are still going to have a fan going to move the air if you want the heat to be even. I just have a wall mount gas heater in my 2 car garage; then above it I have a fan that blows the heat around, it will cook you out of my garage in a matter of an hour even when below zero. My garage is insulated good though, I think that is the main thing you need to look at, drafty non-insulated garages will cost you a fortune to heat no matter what system you go with.

[s1ngletracker]

Anyone have any experience with these 'big buddy' heaters that you just hook a propane tank to? Do they just rip through propane? I need to heat my garage, and my little space heater running constantly is neither practical nor cheap.

[CornFed2.4]

Anyone have experience running natural gas line?
I'm getting more convinced to run a natural gas unit, like first proposed but I have no experience or clue how to do so.
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I can run a gas line for ya! I just had to redo my dryer line and rewire the 75000btu unit in my garage. I havent blown up yet:woohoo1:

[LingLing]

Well I picked up a forced air torpedo heater the other day and am already pleasently surprised as to how well it works. I turned it on a med/high setting and left it for about 10 mins and when I came back I could already feel it starting to warm up. I think today I'll give it a real test run.

[twack]

i use a small propane torpedo that puts out 30,000btu. It only takes me about 10 min to do most the work to heat up my 2 car insulated garage. very happy with it