Heating a brick built single garage

[alex]

If I want to heat my garage when I am in there, would I be better off with an Infrared unit or a panel heater?
I don't want to use anything that blows hot air (I do enough of that) or burns anything other than electricity and I'm not going to hook it up to the wet central heating.

 

[stuartb]

I use a 2kw fan heater, thermostatically controlled and heats my garage up in seconds cheap to buy ?15.00.. Why do you not want to use something like that, probably cheapest and easiest solution.

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[soofsayer]

The problem with infra red heaters is that they heat surfaces, which can cause an issue if you have items about that are pressurised.

I used to use an oil-filled electric heater, but a fan one like stu suggests isnt a bad option. Stick a smart plug on the end of it and get the room warmed up in advance!

 

[alex]

In mine it would end up pushing dust around everywhere... OK maybe it's not a bad option for a fan....
Thanks for the thoughts in IR.

 

[Corkgsxr]

I use the cheapest type 2kw electric heaters. And wire a room stat inline.

Now the new garage has 2 1000mm double rads on thermostats linked to house downstairs heating. That's a game changer

 

[alex]

Ha if I was staying in this house for the long term I'd deffo consider going there (central heating hook up), but this is definitely and interim property

 

[Mutl3y]

issue with IR is that they are directional focussed, so if you directly in front of then bobs ya uncle, outside of the direction not so good in my experience. also i got rid of mine due to the inconsistency of the IR on your body long term.
Mut

 

[stuartb]

Give the place a good clean out and get some nice Grey floor paint down Alex.. helps tremendously when your brushing up..easy to spot dirt and dropped washers/nuts etc

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[stuartb]

What lighting have got in there ?

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[alex]

I was going to get two of these in parallel to blind me.

https://www.screwfix.com/p/lap-twin-6ft-led-batten-white-60w-6000lm/3428v

Or

https://www.screwfix.com/p/twin-5ft-led-batten-white-45w-4000lm/5440r

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[stuartb]

I got my spark to wire three up..I didn't want any shadows when I had a bike up on the ramp..I wanted one directly above and two side by side..typically they only had two of one style and one of the other.. I can't recall the output but it will be similar to those.. 7200 is in my head but I'd need to go look.. the no shadows thing works a treat...

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[alex]

Yeah same trying to eliminate shadows and have it bright enough for detailing.



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[stuartb]

Go for three for all the additional cost and buy a ramp..best money you'll spend on piece of garage equipment..

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[GavD101]

Might be worth insulating the roof space.

I've got a single skin brick garage and they do lose a lot of heat (get damp too). The floor I have sealed and then covered in an Epoxy paint. But the best thing i have done it stick a ceiling in using cheap/thin/light hardboard and insulated the back of the boards using foil bubble insulation. (Similar to what they use in vans) Warmer in the winter, cooler in the summer and less moisture and dust too. (But i installed to airbricks too help air circulation)

 

[alex]

Got a link to the insulation you mean?

 

[Corkgsxr]

Might be worth insulating the roof space.

I've got a single skin brick garage and they do lose a lot of heat (get damp too). The floor I have sealed and then covered in an Epoxy paint. But the best thing i have done it stick a ceiling in using cheap/thin/light hardboard and insulated the back of the boards using foil bubble insulation. (Similar to what they use in vans) Warmer in the winter, cooler in the summer and less moisture and dust too. (But i installed to airbricks too help air circulation)

Yep if your loosing the heat up you might as well not bother

 

[GavD101]

Got a link to the insulation you mean?

Something like this: https://www.wickes.co.uk/Wickes-Thermal-Foil-Insulation-Roll-600mm-x-8m/p/210022 glued it to the back of the hardboard then just screwed that to the ceiling joists.

 

[alex]

Thanks!

 

[CJK]

To insulate your roof you could try :-
https://www.screwfix.com/p/ybs-superquilt-multi-layer-reflective-foil-insulation-10-x-1-5m/68120

it has similar U-Values to 75mm of PIR insulation board ie Kingspan etc, extensions only require 150mm so you be nearly achieving half of that. Just be aware that it needs an air gap to work and also it acts a vapour barrier so you would need to allow cross airflow at the perimeters or the roof, otherwise the roof could rot from the inside out. But it?s really good stuff and I would imagine far superior product to the cheaper stuff as this is Local Building Authority approved.

 

[HPlogger]

I use an oil heater during winter kept on low heat when i'm not in the garage and turn up for when i am in the garage, works well, keeps the bikes dry and is comfortably warm.
All depends how big your garage is as a matter of size of oil heater to get;
https://www.toolstation.com/2kw-oil...Vw1BgCh1RsAgLEAQYBSABEgLgNfD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds