Garage heater

[milehigh69]

I am building a man cave to work on my toys and need a heater. I have narrowed it down to a tube radiant heater or a forced air heater. The radiants are far more efficient. However you cannot get them very close to a car or other objects. Anybody have any history with these heaters and how far away they should be?

[FirebirdSteve]

http://www.lateral-g.net/forums/showthread.php4?t=39791&highlight=garage+heater

http://www.schwankusa.com/tube-heaters/builder/

Here is something to look at....

[446camaross]

If your building new.I would put hot water radiant in the floor with a with a on demand water heater or boiler. my second choice would be the tube heater. If your putting a lift in,you will need to put it of to the side of it. I think you need3 feet.

[6fastback7]

those tube heaters throw off some wicked heat! It was freezin cold last week -30deg celcius (i am in canada!) and this one warehouse I was working in had them above each warehouse door...i was 10ft from the overhead doors that had trucks backed in being loaded and i was surprising really warm! this was a HUGE warehouse...so I can imagine 1 smaller on in a garage would work really well.

[nathanr15]

I have 2 heat tubes in my 60x64 farm shop they keep the shop at whatever temp I want . The nice about the tube heat is if I need to open the overhead door it is quick to recover system. They heat objects and not just the air