Osage Roost
General Forum => General Discussion => Topic started by: Dragonfly on January 12, 2010, 10:35:27 PM
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Guys,
What is the safest and most efficient way I can heat my wood shop? Its well insulated and we are gonna install a concrete floor. I know with wood work dust and open flames are not a good idea and don't mix. So what are some of you who have true wood shops doing for heat? Thanks---Jason
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Put your heat in the floor. You can either have hot water or electric radiant heat installed in concrete, that is the most efficient and safest way in a wood shop. I use a direct vent propane heater in my shop. The combustion chamber is sealed so it is safe but not very efficient. When I do it again, the heat is going in the floor.
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Adam's is in the basement and it is a heat pump that seldom runs here. Temp stays about 65 year round except the last couple weeks ???. I agree with Ghost Maker....Floor or radiant is the safest.
Mike
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My brother recently went through this....his solution, which works GREAT: Radient heat in the floor, with heat supplied by outdoor wood boiler.
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I am getting a wood burning stove. Dont have alot of flammable stuff, and what I do have is kept in a cabinet. Have been using a large kerosene heater, but it takes too long
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Radiant it is. Thanks guys, was kinda leaning that way anyhow.---Jason