Let's talk shop heat

roachie said:
I use clean burning coal for heat.....

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My building is well insulated and is right under 4000sqft, I didnt build it so floor heat wasnt an option. When I get a good fire going, and chuck it full of coal it will burn for about 4 hrs untouched and put off serious heat. It will heat about half the building to 60-65* with outside temps 15-20*. Just be aware, my stove jacket stays about 700*........don't touch it. A shop the size of the OP's, my stove would make you sweat, pick one up on CL and go on.
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My neighbors would kill me for rolling that much coal.

Op= original poster
Cl= craigslist
 
CumminNotRunnin said:
Running into the same thing, we run a 175k diesel space heater but by the end of 8hr you stink and you have a headache. Let alone it eat 50$ a day in fuel. From what I have been researching, it seems like a single 250k strip would be sufficient for a shop our size. Then again we don't quite have the insulation you do.
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I think a 175 would work for us. Like you.....after a while headaches are horrible! And diesel is crazy.

Lots of heaters.....not much selection help.

http://www.sunstarheaters.com/industrial/i-product.html


Info.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zejkKX2bVkk#t=270
 
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CumminNotRunnin said:
That little thing will heat 2000sq feet to 60-65 ?

What do you mean by OP and CL?
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You can see it better in this pic, it holds 60* to about where the white Ford is. Keep in mind that I have a 22 or 24 ft peak on my roof, 14ft eves, and non insulated doors with no trees for a windbreak outside.

Where I'm standing is 10ft off the floor and about 70ft away, it was 60ish up there, colder floor level though, I think I can keep it warmer if I get a ceiling fan. The roof is about 100* around it. I know a man couldnt bare that damn stove in a small garage.


(escuse the mess, we were cleaning(

On the smoke, inital start up smokes like a pig, once the fire is rolling good it produces less smoke than a wood stove. And coal is $115 per ton here.
 
I just sent this off to http://www.reverberray.com/

I'll let you know what they recommend me. I want at least a 30 deg differential if not 40.

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It helps that I only have one opening to the outside and fully insulated. I'd reckon two 75K, U-shaped units will be their recommendation. We'll see.
 

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No, the kids room we added is the part that hangs out over the "tools" part. The area below it is the "mud room" we take all our crap off in when we enter the house.

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The loft is just packed with JUNK! I have to throw junk out montly to keep it from running over the side. LOL

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The whole left hand part of the underneath side of the loft above will become a bathroom and closet/laundry room soon. The entire right side will become work bench under it with my big sink in there too.
 

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Got a call back from

R. L. WILLIAMS CO.
332 West 33rd Street
Edmond, OK 73013
Phone: 405-475-2810
Fax: 405-475-2815
http://www.rlwco.com


The owner was very nice to talk to and answered a hundred of my questions.

He recommends for my shop an HL3-30-125 mounted on a 45 deg angle above my door. This is a 30 ft straight tube, 2-stage unit, thermostat controlled, 125K BTU. Will run CNG or Propane (define when ordered). The unit shipped to my door will cost $972.00 and told me I can run it as low as I wanted or if I wanted serious heat, it would easily run a 40deg delta in my application. Sounds pretty good. This will heat the slab which will in-turn reduce the cost of heating my house that sets on it as well.
 
CumminNotRunnin said:
You ordered is already?
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Need to discuss with wife unit. ;)

Locally: 250 gal propane tanks are $840 new, $500 used. Craigslist they are about a $1/gal but the gas place told me not to by anything older than a 1970 tank. I'll talk to the wife tonight. Meanwhile, in other news, 4x4dually posts "anyone got a used propane tank to sell" on his facebook. LOL

So, I'll prolly have about $2K in this system if I do it. Heater, tank, lines, regulator, electricity, thermostat, etc etc etc. I need more projects. :bang
 
Ordered it....and she ordered a Mother's ring. I guess we both have our Christmas presents coming via UPS after the holidays. LOL

I got the 125K, 30ft unit. Will use shop air for intake and I will vent the exhaust outside. Low fire is 82K BTU and high fire is 125.

Good info here:

http://www.reverberray.com/?product=hl3-series

Click on documentation tab and select engineering submittal pdf.
 
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