How do you heat your shop

[Bills Auto Works]

Before the addition, my building was 3520 sq ft & is basically divided in three sections. I use two 38 foot radiant heat tubes (fancy name- gas fired, low intensity unitary heater) Vantage II by Roberts Gordon. One in the main part & one in the paint room. They are fired by propane & I consider them very efficient They heat the vehicles, equipment & floor NOT the air. I keep both of them at a minimum of 50 deg. The paint room is probably 40 x 26 with a 13ft ceiling & I can make it 90 degrees in there if I want to with one of these. They are made in any size you want & can even be made in a U-shape if needed.
Bill

[Aar1064]

My garage is about 950 sq ft. I use an infrared propane 30,000 btu heater mounted on wall and I can get through winter here in Tennessee with one tank full of propane. November thru March. Tank is a 120 gallon. I keep it on the lowest setting and it'll keep garage at about 65 degrees.

My garage is well insulated though so that helps tremendously. Have insulation in the walls as well as attic space. Garage doors are also insulated.

I bought it at tractor supply for about 2 bills.

What brand or model is it?

It's a RedStone.

[cordodge]

120'000 BTU natural gas furnace with ducting on one side with multiple openings, 30x50 Garage well insulated. I set it at 50* all winter and turn it up when I in here takes like 10 minutes to get to 70* also seems very cheap to run.

Bruce

[jimynick]

My 24X36 garage has a natural gas fired tube heater that runs the length of the shop and it'll put you out of the building it;ll get so hot! I bought it used for $150 and had to fix it, but they sell new here in Canada for approx. $1500 cad. The boys hooked up 2, 10" caged fans that blow along the tube and that helped a fair bit, too.

[Swamp Donkey]

My shop is 32x60 and it's been around -36c which is pretty much -36f for the last few days and I have a Navian heater.  It's having no problems keeping my Shop toasty and warm. In floor heat is awesome.

[Chryco Psycho]

Floor heat is awesome , instead of freezing on the floor it is nice & warm & drys off moisture fast , no better way to heat a shop IMO

[1 Wild R/T]

Floor heat is awesome , instead of freezing on the floor it is nice & warm & drys off moisture fast , no better way to heat a shop IMO

I prefer to locate the shop somewhere that heat isn't needed..

[RUNCHARGER]

I agree on the floor heat, it is the best thing you can have I believe, heat rises up after all.

[dodj]

Floor heat is awesome , instead of freezing on the floor it is nice & warm & drys off moisture fast , no better way to heat a shop IMO

I prefer to locate the shop somewhere that heat isn't needed..

Good point, but i prefer a spot that doesn't shake. .?

To the op,
I use a reznor v3 propane heater.  It's hung from the ceiling so it is completely out of the way.  The t-stat is set for 5 degrees Celsius through the winter and i have a 400 gallon tank out behind the shop.  It's 45000 btu and my shop is 1050 square feet.  Heats up fairly quickly but i have never timed it.

[Brads70]

Floor heat is awesome , instead of freezing on the floor it is nice & warm & drys off moisture fast , no better way to heat a shop IMO

I prefer to locate the shop somewhere that heat isn't needed..

Good point, but i prefer a spot that doesn't shake. .?

To the op,
I use a reznor v3 propane heater.  It's hung from the ceiling so it is completely out of the way.  The t-stat is set for 5 degrees Celsius through the winter and i have a 400 gallon tank out behind the shop.  It's 45000 btu and my shop is 1050 square feet.  Heats up fairly quickly but i have never timed it.

Just curious .... does that tank last the whole winter?  I ask as I'm thinking about a shop and weighing out my heating options? Also what does a 400 gallon tank of propane cost ?

[Chryco Psycho]

Floor heat is awesome , instead of freezing on the floor it is nice & warm & drys off moisture fast , no better way to heat a shop IMO

I prefer to locate the shop somewhere that heat isn't needed..

  Which I have now done , just need to build a shop , might weld 2 sea cans together & make a shop that way

[captcolour]

Found a 2006 Reznor on Craigslist.  400,000 BTU which was a little big for 2,400 sq.ft but the only one local.  Parts are readily available if needed.  Converted it to propane and had a 500 gal tank installed.  Tank rental is $35/year.  Propane of course varies by region.  They filled it last February and haven't had to buy any yet.  I'm a weekend warrior so not on full time.  I don't have water out in the pole barn so it stays off when not there.  Heats up quick which is nice.  On 1/1/18, when I went inside it was 23F.  16 minutes later it was 62F.  I keep it around 60 when out there.

[7212Mopar]

Be careful and keep space well ventilated if you are using direct fired heater. My garage is not heated and I just put on layers of clothes working under the car. But don't get that cold where I am.

[GY3R/T]

Where i live, i pay 2.3 cents a kilowatt hr.  So it's electricity all the way !

[303 Mopar]

@CudaKat uses two Hot Dawg 75,000 BTU heaters to heat his 3100 sq ft shop, and loves them!