workshop heating options

[Steve Blackdog]

I use this

It may not look pretty but it gets my workshop toasty warm , oh and it was free and is free to run 8)

Did that used to be a calor gas bottle?

 

[tisdai]

I have seen them posted on here somewhere, has anyone used any of these yet my father uses 1 for his greenhouse and that never got too hot to touch.

He has i think an 80 watt, pretty sure that is the size. He uses it to keep the frost off the plants he keeps in their over the winter, and he moves it arround but has never mentioned it getting hot.

I'll have to ask him when i go down their tomorrow, see what he says, you got me thinking now Lons lol

Cheers

Dave

 

[eggflan]

It was until my angle grinder and jigsaw got to work :lol: , this was a prototype one that i ended up using so just kept it , ive since made a few for friends :lol:

 

[Jonzjob]

Did you use the gas before you lit it? Or is that why it looks so HOT! :shock: :shock:

 

[Steve Blackdog]

It was until my angle grinder and jigsaw got to work :lol: , this was a prototype one that i ended up using so just kept it , ive since made a few for friends :lol:

I'm impressed

 

[big soft moose]

they are easy enough done - you use all the gas you can with a burner or such, then cut through the brass fitting on top (brass doesnt spark), and fill the bottle with water to be sure there is no gas left

after that its just a simple cutting and welding job

if you dont feel like doing it yourself you can buy them here (for a price)

http://www.stonecarve.com/woodburners.html

 

[Eric The Viking]

http://www.stonecarve.com/woodburners.html

I love the names, especially "Ned Kelly Extreme". Prices not so nice.

Have Grinder and MIG set (and diamond core drill for the flue!), looks too much fun to not do it sometime soon.

T'other thing is sorting out the drafts. Can anyone suggest a good non-payment source of rubber sheet, to make a skirt for the bottom of the up-and-over door? Half the fun of this is doing it on a near-zero budget!

Cheers,

E.

PS: I do realise I'll need ventilation for the stove, incidentally.

 

[ondablade]

I guess a lot depends on how well insulated your workshop is. I'm lucky enough that mine is a cavity walled large garage with good insulation.

I've just recently plumbed in three large double panel radiators I picked up for €30 each from a stock clearance sale. They are heated from an oil boiler at present, but the plan is to install a solid fuel boiler that will run on wood/sawdust in parallel when finances allow.

All nice and toasty. The biggest issue was probably the need to be very careful about siting the rads - with the pipe runs they take up wall space....

 

[tomouse]

After using a whole bottle of gas in one week, costing £45 i decided to make my own heating solution.........

A bit of cutting with a 5 inch grinder, some old T bar hinges and some welding and i ended up with this

Works a treat....

I also, while building my workshop, stuffed the walls with straw. Works brilliantly as insulation and is cheap and eco friendly

 

[big soft moose]

After using a whole bottle of gas in one week, costing £45 i decided to make my own heating solution.........

A bit of cutting with a 5 inch grinder, some old T bar hinges and some welding and i ended up with this

Works a treat....

EDIT: why won't my pics work??????

its the sp;am trap - it will dispear once you have three posts -

plus you had a spare [ in your second img tag

 

[tomouse]

its the sp;am trap - it will dispear once you have three posts -

Ahhhhh I see.... thanks mate

 

[eggflan]

If anyone is thinking of the gas bottle route to make a burner be warned that even when you have used up all the gas inside it still has residue in the bottom so MUST be filled with water to force any left overs out , you will not want to do this inside as the gas stinks real bad :lol:

Also dont be put off if you dont have a welder , if you look close you will see that my door hinges are held on with simple self tappers into 3mm holes and the liberal use of fire cement and self tappers to hold the top on :wink:

And the steel cuts very easy using a metal cutting bit in a jigsaw so an angle grinder is not needed ..

 

[9fingers]

T'other thing is sorting out the drafts. Can anyone suggest a good non-payment source of rubber sheet, to make a skirt for the bottom of the up-and-over door? Half the fun of this is doing it on a near-zero budget!

Ask round at tyre fitting bays. They usually have the odd inner tube around in the rubbish. The rubber is quite thin but can be backed up with something to stiffen it or use two layers glued together.
I always keep an inner tube 'in stock' as they are good for punching out sealing washers and even certain sorts of gaskets.

Bob

 

[softtop]

Has anyone used one of those tubular heaters and will they actually do anything other than take the worst of the chill off in a garage?

Many thanks,

Henry

 

[RogerS]

Has anyone used one of those tubular heaters and will they actually do anything other than take the worst of the chill off in a garage?

Many thanks,

Henry

Depends on the size of workshop. If it's a dog kennel then I reckon it should work very well. Tubular heaters are usually very low wattage ..say 150w..so think how much heat you get from running a 150w light bulb. Not a lot.

 

[Lons]

T'other thing is sorting out the drafts. Can anyone suggest a good non-payment source of rubber sheet, to make a skirt for the bottom of the up-and-over door? Half the fun of this is doing it on a near-zero budget!

Ask round at tyre fitting bays. They usually have the odd inner tube around in the rubbish. The rubber is quite thin but can be backed up with something to stiffen it or use two layers glued together.
I always keep an inner tube 'in stock' as they are good for punching out sealing washers and even certain sorts of gaskets.

Bob

If you are rural the ask around the farms. best stuff is from tractor & trailer tubes which are much thicker than usual and very useful stuff to have in stock.

Other decent material is the "rubber" ribbed matting which isn't too expensive and sometimes thrown out when worn.

Cheers

Bob

 

[Racers]

Hi,

I used plastic DPC in a U shape pop riveted to the bottom of my garage door, its lasted years and works well.

Pete

 

[Eric The Viking]

Hi,

I used plastic DPC in a U shape pop riveted to the bottom of my garage door, its lasted years and works well.

Pete

That's a grand idea!

I'm not disparaging those who've suggested inner tube. It's great for other things (record player suspension mountings and water seals, to name but two!), but the problem is that it's a long straight line to seal. There's a curve on inner-tube that would make it a bit tricky.

DPC sounds like a brilliant solution.

 

[9fingers]

Hi,

I used plastic DPC in a U shape pop riveted to the bottom of my garage door, its lasted years and works well.

Pete

That's a grand idea!

I'm not disparaging those who've suggested inner tube. It's great for other things (record player suspension mountings and water seals, to name but two!), but the problem is that it's a long straight line to seal. There's a curve on inner-tube that would make it a bit tricky.

DPC sounds like a brilliant solution.

I agree the DPC should do the this job well but should you ever want a long flat (ish) strip from an inner tube then it is possible to cut a helical strip from a tube. Tricky but possible!

Bob

 

[Eric The Viking]

I agree the DPC should do the this job well but should you ever want a long flat (ish) strip from an inner tube then it is possible to cut a helical strip from a tube. Tricky but possible!

Bob

Good point (haven't had my second coffee this morning yet)!