I suppose this is a companion piece/bizarro world version of Britt's thread, but his thread got me to thinking. I bought a home in Michigan earlier this year and I have a detached 2 1/2 car garage that I am using as 1/2 woodworking workshop and 1/2 home gym. I'm looking for heating solutions so that I can still lift in the bitter cold Michigan winters. I don't necessarily care about the woodworking area since that's more of a spring/summer/fall hobby of mine.
The garage is somewhere between 25x25/30x30 or so and I only care about having any level of heat for half of it. I'm on vacation in NJ right now so I don't have exact measurements, but that's kind of what I remember from when I bought the house. It has no windows and is currently uninsulated so obviously that's my first step. I'm not adverse to installing a woodburning stove, but that seems excessive for something I'm only planning on using for maybe 2 hours at a time 3-4 times per week and they seem to take a long time to get going and heat an area from what a remember of my father's. I'd prefer not to run gas lines out to the garage. Does anybody have any suggestions for other kinds of units that might be able to help me get at least half of that space relatively warm in a relatively quick amount of time?
Well, that settles it. No heat, bigger beard and leather jacket here I come.
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