I have been thinking about the tube heaters for my garage. The problem is I only have a 10 ft.ceiling. One salesperson says to mount it in the corner and angle it out and the other guy says it won't work well with 10 ft ceilings. Anybody an expert?
i have one in my shop [2800 sq ft] . i love it! we work in shirt sleeves with no long handles all winter long. mine is mounted 14 feet in the air, guy who installed it said not to put a lift under it because it would burn the paint on the roof of the cars.
I have the tube heater in my shop and would not have any other type of heat. I have a12 foot ceiling so it works out just perfect with the required distance from the ceiling. The end of the tube with the burner will worm your head up pretty quick if you plant your self directly under it.The further you get from the burner the cooler the tube gets. Mine is run down the center of a 40 foot long shop.The first 15 feet gets very warm as it has the burner and its at the front of the shop where i do most of the close to the floor work and close to the garage door witch is 11 foot high and 12 foot wide. Once the building is warmed up and all of the objects in it absorb the heat, recovery is instant when the door is opened.It is a very quite system and the most comfortable heat available. You may be able to install a second layer of the reflector with a small air gap between your ceiling and the reflector, I.E. double reflector. This may allow for a closer to the ceiling installation of the tube. Installation of the hottest end of the tube may be installed at the opposite end of the work area you use most often. My tube is Approx. ten feet from the floor and very comfortable no matter where you are in the shop. There are many ways to install the tube systems, some use the outer perimeter of a shop and their are different sizes of burners etc.check with a distributor who is in the know and they can help you out. good luck.
I am building a 40x60 shop in the next couple of weeks. I never heard of that type of heat and have no idea what it is? Splane please? Will it melt the bubble type insulation? Anybody got any pics? is it natural gas powered? I'm a mushroom!
http://heatmygarage.com/ Check out this website, the one tube heater is 10' long and will work with a 10' tall ceiling.......its 45,000 btu...........I am going with this unit soon......Littleman
I'm getting one installed next week, had one at former employers shop. Coolest way to stay warm. Quiet, efficient, fast recovery and cheap to buy. The neatest thing is grabbing a chunk of metal off the shelf on a 25 degree day and its warm! Don't turn them off at night just turn it down. Doesn't hurt to have a small fan circulating the air, ceiling fans work perfectly.
Mske sure you have enuff height. If your car is parked under them and you open the hood or trunk lid, you could fry the paint. My buddy had one in his shop. Otherwise they are great. Pat.
Please take the time to play on Ryans other board as listed above www.garagejournal.com Lots of great info there.
Hi if it is a new shop and the floor is not poured yet look into radiant floor heat it may be a little more to start but the benifits out weights any other, cheaper to run more efficiant etc.the water in boiler only has to get up to 120 and the heat stays low does not rise to the ceiling. I had it in my old shop, and everyone loved it, to work on a warm floor is great. I and am putting up a new shop and it is the only choice. Radiant Tube ceiling heat is the next best. If you have any questions be glad to help.
I have a 40 footer in my shop, it's about 10 feet off the floor. I love it. I'm in Wisconsin and I can go into my shop turn on the heater and in 5 minutes still see my breath but it's warm. It's like being in the warm summer sun in the middle of winter. It heats objects, not the air. Eventually the air heats up from the radiant heat from the objects in the room.
I have a nice little wood burning stove in my garage on the wood shop side (there's a woodshop side and a car side). We just throw some scrap wood on it every so often, heats the place up well. We also have a wall-mounted propane heater that works ok, but I don't really like it. Then of course there's always those old things that look like jet engines that run off of propane and stink and make a fair amount of noise...those things always worked best
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