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I've been thinking more seriously about heating my shop now that's it's getting cold out there. I brought this topic up with a buddy at work today, so he decided since I helped him get hired on last month he wanted to give me his gas heater he's been sitting on for a couple of years. It's a 120k btu Modine ceiling mount natural gas heater. WOW! I can't wait to start installing this thing this weekend. I'm thinking 120k btu's should knock the chill out of the air in my 40'X60' shop. I only having foam insulation on the ceiling for now, but it should still make a big difference right?
MS, isn't Modine the same brand you have?
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I have a Modine Hot Dawg and am very happy with it. The only time it didn't act right was when I didn't have insulation in the ceiling above it - when it dropped to 20 degrees or less, it didn't want to light. During the winter I keep it at 50 or so to keep things from freezing and I bump it up to 68 when I go out to work. In 20 or 30 minutes it makes it warm enough to work without shivering. Total area is about 20 by 50 and is a shared workshop and garage. I've insulated the walls an roof/ceiling and it is pretty efficient.
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i have a 30 x 40 shop that is not insulated. I have a 1150,000 btu heater in one corner. when its really cold like 10 to 20 degrees it is a struggle to get some warmth in the shop!! it basically creates your own wind chill factor!! last winter while i was rebuilding my front end i bought 2 cheap taps and hung them along one of the trusses so that i was only heating a 12 x 30 area and the heater was great. I usually only heat my shop to around 55. any warmer and i might get too comfortable and want to nap!!
In short a 120k heater in 2400 sq is gonna struggle depending on your ceiling height and your outside temp. I think I would go ahead and install it and see how it does, if its not enough during real cold weather you could put another one in another corner. just plan ahead enough to run a big enough gas line to the building to handle the load!
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My shop is 30x40 roughly with very good insulation. I have a 40,000 BTU propane fired unit in the corner. It will cook you out of there.
If you are installing one with over 100,000 BTU, I will bring the hot dogs and roasting skewers!
One thing to consider... While insulation seems expensive, you only have to buy it ONCE. Without it, you will be re-buying fuel forever, and using alot more of it than necessary to do the job.
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My shop is two story 24x24 with a single 12x26 add on with r-12 walls and r-24 ceilings. The shop has a 18x24 foot set of hot air solar collectors on the southern roof exposure that supplies about 50%of the heat, the other 50% goes to the house.
As a back up I use a NG fueled 85,000 BTU high boy house style furnace.
I keep the shop at 45 degrees all winter and it takes about ten-fifteen minutes to bring it to a 65 working temperature when I'm out there.
If I had it to do over again I'd have built it waaaay bigger, about 36x40, even that would prolly end up too small.:-)
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I will back up MustangSteve's comments on insulation. I have a 1200 sq. ft. Steel shop building with a high bay for the lift. Both ceiling, walls, and doors are insulated. I have a central type a/c with resistance heaters. In the winter I set the temp to 50 F and it holds it no problem. I seldom turn it above 50 since I am comfortable working at that temp with a sweatshirt. If I have something temperature sensitive to do, I will turn it up to 70 F. I did find that insulating and weaterstripping the garage doors was a HUGE improvement.
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30x100 here and a waste oil heater is the way to go.
Natural gas about broke me three months out of the year.
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My shop has foam insulation on the ceiling, I have 14ft. walls with a center height of 19ft. I also have insulated doors. Since it was given to me I will hook it up and see how it does. Insulating the walls will have to wait until next yr. So I'll get to see how big a difference foaming the walls will make.
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