Stumped on Pole Building Heat....

my garage is a little under 30x30. Insulated and OSB walls and Reflectix on my ceiling following up the 2x6's to the peak with a ceiling fan in the middle. 2 man doors and a 16' garage door. I have an infared quartz ceiling heater below the fan that the air blows the heat around and a kerosene torpedo heater in a corner. I will go out to the garage, plug in the torpedo for a few mins (maybe 10) and go in the house for a few mins while the garage gets the chill taken out. Come back out and it is actually hot in the garage with the fan running and I can work in a sweatshirt when it is single digits outside. With having metal machine equipment, I would have a ceiling fan running all the time so the table surfaces don't rust. Got a buddy that has a 40x 60 insulated pole building he heats with a wood burner/blower. He has a single $50 ceiling fan he bought from northern tool when he built the building and it keeps his machining equipment from surface rusting. He has never shut it off since he bought it probably 5 years ago.

 

I wouldnt put wood in here even if it wasn't a safety concern. I'm good with the semi load of logs I burn each year in my house lol.

 

I'll have a fan in here shortly, probably mount one in the corner.

 

I too have been around several shops heating with wood. One was a shop some family friends own. They worked on cars or stripped them in the shop. Gas all over the floor or oily floor. As long as you are not constantly pouring it out and never opening the door or storing it within a few feet of the stove you should be perfectly fine. One shop had an oil drip into the stove from waste oil bucket.

 

Mini split. A good cold climate one. They can heat efficiently in temps down to 5°f.

 

Why not a 220 heater?


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