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Alright Im new here, Got this idea in my head of how to heat my garage just want to run it by some people that know what they are doing to point out any flaws in my design so I dont blow something up or catch something on fire.
got a 25x30 non insulated garage. does have a second floor which is insulated will help a little due to heat rises but yeah. I am not looking for 70 degree garage here just 40 maybe 50 enough to take the chill off work with no gloves n the winter type deal.
Looking for very lost cost here.
plan is to strip down a electric water heater and modify the inside metal tank into a wood burner, put a door, some air vents and chimney on it. done it before thats how i heat my shed. Then want to run some copper tubing around the inside top of it. not for sure what size yet. Run it out a few inches 90 it towards the ground and then run pex with the pieces of black pipe insulation on it down into the ground around foot foot and a half deep and to the garage. 2 lines in and out. Plan on putting 3 maybe 4 inch pvc in the ground and sticken up around a foot to run the pex and insulation threw to keep it dry. (going to do a metal box around the wood burner out of sheet metal for a pole barn make it look better and keep the wind from hittin the pipes and wood burner directly) The wood burner be around 15 to 20 feet from the garage.
then inside have a line that runs up the wall 10' walls and about 10 feet from the wall where I want to do a fan and a radiator out of a car run it threw that then back and down the wall to a couple gallon tank which will then go into a water pump with 1" in and out 60 gallons per minute (opinions on that will be welcomed) and then connect to the line that goes to the wood burner. My theorys on the tank is to make sure the pump always see's liquid and figure it will pump it threw and keep any air out of the lines since its just 1 line. and half about 1/2 to 3/4 of the tank air to help allow some expansion due to expansion from heat. Do plan on doing a pressure release valve near the wood burner outside. I am thinking box fan for the radiator. IF this idea works decent might do a duct work idea going accross the ceiling with the fan blown threw the radiator into it have it go side to side of the garage then down and blow out near the floor. Also want to use maybe antifreeze in this instead of water since it wont be going all the time and will freeze up if its just water. Had a friend mention to me just mix water and vodka since antifreeze is toxic (still need to do research on antifreeze and see whats all available) do have a pet dog and dont need a leak or a pressure release blow out and end up with a dead dog. Also figure if the water is 2 hot and not heating the garage enough can always get a second radiator T it and run 2 radiators and 2 fans.
I DO NOT have the money to put pex n the floor and pour a layer of cement over it. Wish we would of thought about it and run pex n the floor before pouring the cement.
ANY thoughts, comments, flaws, you wanna post feel free dont worry about hurting my feelings about this. I got a 80 gallon hot water heater already and lined up a radiator for a camero for cheap. got a extra box fan to use.
got a 25x30 non insulated garage. does have a second floor which is insulated will help a little due to heat rises but yeah. I am not looking for 70 degree garage here just 40 maybe 50 enough to take the chill off work with no gloves n the winter type deal.
Looking for very lost cost here.
plan is to strip down a electric water heater and modify the inside metal tank into a wood burner, put a door, some air vents and chimney on it. done it before thats how i heat my shed. Then want to run some copper tubing around the inside top of it. not for sure what size yet. Run it out a few inches 90 it towards the ground and then run pex with the pieces of black pipe insulation on it down into the ground around foot foot and a half deep and to the garage. 2 lines in and out. Plan on putting 3 maybe 4 inch pvc in the ground and sticken up around a foot to run the pex and insulation threw to keep it dry. (going to do a metal box around the wood burner out of sheet metal for a pole barn make it look better and keep the wind from hittin the pipes and wood burner directly) The wood burner be around 15 to 20 feet from the garage.
then inside have a line that runs up the wall 10' walls and about 10 feet from the wall where I want to do a fan and a radiator out of a car run it threw that then back and down the wall to a couple gallon tank which will then go into a water pump with 1" in and out 60 gallons per minute (opinions on that will be welcomed) and then connect to the line that goes to the wood burner. My theorys on the tank is to make sure the pump always see's liquid and figure it will pump it threw and keep any air out of the lines since its just 1 line. and half about 1/2 to 3/4 of the tank air to help allow some expansion due to expansion from heat. Do plan on doing a pressure release valve near the wood burner outside. I am thinking box fan for the radiator. IF this idea works decent might do a duct work idea going accross the ceiling with the fan blown threw the radiator into it have it go side to side of the garage then down and blow out near the floor. Also want to use maybe antifreeze in this instead of water since it wont be going all the time and will freeze up if its just water. Had a friend mention to me just mix water and vodka since antifreeze is toxic (still need to do research on antifreeze and see whats all available) do have a pet dog and dont need a leak or a pressure release blow out and end up with a dead dog. Also figure if the water is 2 hot and not heating the garage enough can always get a second radiator T it and run 2 radiators and 2 fans.
I DO NOT have the money to put pex n the floor and pour a layer of cement over it. Wish we would of thought about it and run pex n the floor before pouring the cement.
ANY thoughts, comments, flaws, you wanna post feel free dont worry about hurting my feelings about this. I got a 80 gallon hot water heater already and lined up a radiator for a camero for cheap. got a extra box fan to use.
