The BEST Heater for your garage...and why it's probably ELECTRIC!

Welcome to Dad Deals! Winter is here, and working in a cold garage is no fun! In this video, we’re exploring the best ways to heat your garage so you can stay warm and keep working all season long. From electric heaters to wood-burning stoves, we’ll cover all the options so you can choose the right one for you.

Thank you for watching!

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[RobertSmith-nhuu]

I have this exact heater with a fan in my garage now for 2 years. Love it. Great choice for the garage.

[Samlol_drrich]

I already had hydronic heat with an oil fired boiler in my house when I moved in, so I added a zone myself the first summer, and installed a modine hydronic heater. Easy to do if you’re not afraid to get your hands dirty. 3 outside walls, 2.5 car garage and I keep it at 68 all winter. Keeps our cars toasty, and I even overwinter plants. Best thing I ever did in the house.

[EnthusiasticTruck-xhss]

I think you gave a great demonstration I don't have no heater in my shed thank you for the video

[venom]

I have used my torpedo heater several times in my garage with the doors closed with a CO monitor and never had anything register at all. Also the torpedo heats it up so fast you don't have to run it for long and then you can shut it off anyway.

[hojo]

I use a torpedo heater for 5-10 mins to quickly bring the garage to warm temp then shut it off. I use a kerosene heater thereafter to keep it nice and warm, it's very cheap to operate and is completely silent. The garage door only needs to be up an inch or two to keep fresh air in.

[mikewatson]

I have a torpedo style propane heater from Menards. It will run on a 20v battery or 110. It was advertised as "Ultra quiet". I use it in a detached garage 36' x 32' or in a workshop that is 45' x 36'. The workshop has 1/2" foam board insulation. It will heat either up to a comfortable temperature in a reasonable time. It really is much quieter than the normal torpedo heater. You can have a conversation at normal volume about 10' away from the heater. Our temp commonly will be around 0° to 20° F overnight and warm up to around freezing during the day. If I start the heater about 30 minutes before I go out to work it saves being cold to start working. I really don't smell any propane smell and haven't had an CO alerts

I would be surprised if Menards is the only one with "Ultra quiet" or some labeling that is similiar. I haven't looked at any other brands to see what they might have, Menards is my local "go to" store

[STV-HH]

This is a really helpful video.
Though someone else mentioned in a similar video, any wood burning or flame type heater would negate the insurance coverage.

In the garage I had in the 90s when I was working on cars all the time, the heat was a wood burning potbelly stove.
Seattle. So it was not especially cold (I thought 30F was cold back then, now I’m in Wisconsin, and 30something is a rather warm day, at least following a week in the teens or sub-zero temps) and I’d have to open the garage door to equalize the temp often.
Thx for your advice along this subject.

[aaronsexton]

I have an oil field radiant heater in my garage. It runs from October to April and puts off just enough heat that things don’t freeze.

[gregmannos]

I got a used fuel oil (diesel) furnace. $100 used. Only uses 110v

[johnversluis]

when I remolded my gauge I installed a 12 k Mini Spit system its not heats and but has AC too you can pick up for less then $1000 today and install not to hard and its good on the heat pump -13 F I wish installed years ago great unit

[robertdknight]

Good stuff!! My shop is detached with gaping holes along the ridge and top of the walls. Good in the summer, but OUCH in the winter! My goal is to build a nice shop with heat being a part of the design.

[shedworkshop]

I use a diesel heater for my workshop shed

[weswes]

How is the electricity efficiency.
How much will it add to your bill

[STV-HH]

I’m trying to find a more efficient solution for my garage workspace. 25x30 approximately.
One adjoining shared wall to the house, the other 3 were uninsulated. Instead of gutting it, I built the three walls from 2x4s, wired it with several 20amp outlets, (2-20amp circuits, 8or10 outlets along the rear and far walls.) a dedicated 30amp circuit with OS type cable for the table saw and other higher power tools. All the original (one originally) lighting source was changed to 5 well placed fixtures with LED light fixtures, all on one 15circuit, but they are using remote controlled sockets to help with energy efficiency. All or one alone, area lighting as needed. But being LED I can have all of them on and still be not much more than a couple 100W incandescent lights. Max output minimum consumption.

fiberglass insulation, double thick (2-3/4” drywall) (including the shared living room wall) so it’s extremely sound proof. Aluminum garage door, I added 1” foam panels. With my surface planer (or table saw) in operation running while the dust collector is also powered up it’s around 110dB inside. 72dB standing 10-15’ on the outside with garage door closed.

Inside the living room, because of the added density drywall, you can watch TV and not notice the roaring noise coming from the other side of that wall.

It a great working space.
The unbearable cold winters of Wisconsin were the reason I did this. The previous winter, the refrigerator had beer, soda and other things one winter (2016) that got so cold, they exploded, and froze the door shut. When it thawed, all that beer eventually flowed out onto the floor.
Now even unheated, it only gets to the teens in temps. Safe for fridge use.
Getting g it warm to 50 something degrees is a pretty good environment.
I’ve used a double head propane heater, the ceiling fan distributes heat well.
I’m interested in an alternative. Electric that is controllable would be a lot easier, but I’m concerned about how much the electric bill would rise.
I’m not in the garage as much as I was a few years back. My wife and I divorced, she has the house, but allows me to have the garage.
The plan was to keep her car inside, but she instead relocated all her yard plants going to save them from winter. lol.
Usually she’s such a bad gardener, they are dead by October. This time she’s letting her 2024 cat suffer, rather than $300 worth of weeds going to hell. ❤

[JayRSwan]

You can't compare an exterior heater to an interior heater, especially when discussing interior heating? None of those buddy heaters shown requires you to vent them in a space as large as your garage. You should have just stuck to comparing E-heaters and why you chose the one you did if you knew nothing about other heaters. So many available heaters that are better than eclectic and cheaper to run. Especially if you compare them to the 220v heater that pulls as much power as a 2.5- 3 ton home airconditioner that you choose.

[ChefSole]

I've used the bauer in my garage and 20° weather with the garage door cracked and a window and I had to work in a long sleeve. It was so hot had a carbon monoxide detector and there as well and never smelt any propane. I recommend

[Williamxmr]

You should have talked about operating costs

[TunaSoda]

I am trying to figure out my garage woodshop heating, I need to heat it 24/7/365 and keep it around room temperature. Not sure what I am gonna setup yet. I do however know that I can't use any solid fuel setup as alot of states that is not legal in a garage. I will most likely go with a hydronic ceiling unit with its own furnace zone. It is roughly a 700sf space.
EDIT: I may decide to go with a split kit so then I can switch it over to cooling in the warmer months...

[KenGurtsak]

South central PA here. I use the DeWalt 20v propane heater and is pretty quiet, and heats really well and fast. Not sure this would work in my climate. Appreciate the options as I am always looking for a better way to work on my projects during the winter.

[noelv]

I installed foam panels to the garage door and insulation above the attic. It makes a huge difference. I bought a Pelonis 30" Digital Tower Space Heater from Walmart. It's not WiFi and it does take a while to raise it from 52 to 60 lol. It works though. Just have to remind myself to turn it on before that first cup of coffee lol