How I heat my wood shop

THOMRIDER · Post by **THOMRIDER** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 6:16 am

This is a quick video of how I heat my shop

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGzKNJe2IFM

Let me know what you folks think.

joshh · Post by **joshh** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 10:08 am

Nice video. What is behind the peg board? Did you insulate, sheetrock, then pegboard or just insulate/peg board?

THOMRIDER · Post by **THOMRIDER** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 2:36 pm

I just insulated and installed pegboard

joshh · Post by **joshh** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 3:35 pm

THOMRIDER wrote:I just insulated and installed pegboard

I'd like to do this in my garage, does the insulation show through the holes? I guess it wouldn't if it had a paper backing to it. Thanks for the inspiration.

THOMRIDER · Post by **THOMRIDER** » Fri Mar 15, 2013 10:52 pm

I used paper backed insulation the peg hooks dont hurt the insulation nor can you see it through the pegboard holes. I really like the system so far. A side benefit is the white pegboard has really brightened up my shop. Also when installing you never miss the studs because you can see them.

skou · Post by **skou** » Sat Mar 16, 2013 12:35 am

Thom, when I was in Oklahoma, in my 1.5 (it would have fit 3 Smart cars) car garage, I was able to install a small wood-burning kitchen stove beside the garage door. Kept the garage warm and toasty, but I was forever baking stuff in that tiny oven. (Stuff just tasted better, when baked with a wood stove.)

Oh, I think I parked a car in that garage.

Once!

steve

robinson46176 · Post by **robinson46176** » Sat Mar 16, 2013 10:05 am

I am still enjoying not having to provide any added heat in my basement woodshop. I am also looking forward to not having the wood furnace in the shop next year. I'm looking forward to it being moved both for the reduction of heat in the shop and for the space gained since I keep a wide safety zone open around the furnace. I sort of have that space since I can walk there and move stuff around across that space but I never leave anything sitting there.
If the outside temp is very low then the amount of heat needed to heat the rest of the house makes the shop too warm for full comfort. I already have all other heat outlets to that area closed off. Once the furnace is moved the heat level in the shop will be very controllable and that un-needed heat can all go to the rest of the house.
We have almost quit using the furnace for the year now due to my not liking to run low smokey fires which makes creosote in the chimney. We just build a hot fire on cold mornings and leave the draft open so it will burn out clean. We have plenty of thermal mass to hold the house pretty steady for about a day.
The shop will stay pretty cool in spring and fall and we run AC in the house all summer both to cool and to dehumidify.
The farm shop (a converted barn where the woodshop originally sat) is another matter. It is not too bad in the summer but is about impossible to heat even if you sat it on fire. At times on winter mornings I open one of the overhead door to let the cold out.

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