Why should you heat your garage workshop

Why do you need a heater for your remodeled garage? The answer for this question is pretty obvious: one of the
major disadvantages of using your garage as a workshop or a home office is that it wasn’t meant for that. The
garage is the room where you keep your lawn and garden accessories.

If you start using this space for other projects that you have, you need to deal with one major inconvenience,
that is warmth. During the summer you don’t have to worry too much about this but during cold seasons you
might find some difficulties in continuing your project because of the very low temperature.

You can find many ways to warm up your workshop- garage. You can try porcelain heaters; they
work great and can warm up a good area but they are not meant to warm a large space for prolonged periods of time.

Another solution for you would be to use a kerosene heater. These heaters are easy to turn on, most of them
have an electric starter. It should have a thermostat to be able to regulate the temperature also they have a specific
scent, they do function on kerosene! So if you think you cannot handle this smell, a kerosene heater wouldn’t be a
good choice for you. They are quite dangerous for your children, if they have access to the garage and you would
definitely want to ventilate the garage very well!

A very good and popular choice nowadays is a gas heater. Of course you have to hire a professional to install it. You
can find a gas heater suited to your budget for remodeling the garage. There are many models and almost all of them
are fairly inexpensive. The main advantage of a gas heater is that it gives you a consistently warm
environment. They are available in both manual and thermostatic control types. You would probably prefer a
model that has a thermostat, even though its price is a little higher than the price of a manual temperature
control model. The only thing that you have to do is to set it on a desired temperature and leave it to do its job.

There are two types of gas heaters: vented and vent less. The vent less unit uses air from the room and the vented
model has a system that vents directly out of the garage. The disadvantage of the vent less model is that you have
to keep the room vented at all times because the unit uses the air from the room where it has been installed. The
main advantage for the both types of gas heaters is that they have a pretty low running cost compared to the
kerosene and electric heaters.

Remember that if you choose to install a more advanced
heating system like a gas heater, you must ask for a professional’s help.

We provide plans for building a new garage or converting
your existing garage to living space. Just call for a quote for the plans.

Cad Northwest Custom Home Design
22685 SW Conifer Dr
Sherwood, Or 97140
(503) 625-6330
cadnw@zzz.com
http://www.cadnw.com


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