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That big buddy heater will not put out the heat you think it does. I have one for my fish house and it works but not great. If you are going to use or store it in a shop area where there is any dust in the air you will have problems keeping it going. Unless they changed the design there is a vent tube where the pilot is and it constanty get dut in it and the pilot goes out. The infra red that I have has no fan fan and it heat objects instead of the air then the heat comes off the objects to heat the room so they say

I wood love to have one of those going in the garage just not practical for at moms.

ERLover wrote:I decided to go with this one and get the AC fan adapter, and 20lb tank adapter, I liked its reviews, safety record and reputation.
http://www.farmandfleet.com/products/47 ... eater.html

I was looking at this for price but had bad reviews on Amazon and a few other shopping sites.
http://www.farmandfleet.com/products/83 ... eater.html

I will heat up the garage with the propane while having coffee and BSen with Dusty, then use a 1500 watt electric Milk House heater with a fan a thermostatic control to maintain at 60*, course that depends on the outside temp of the day!!! My knew adventure, I like ruffing it, I did not have to walk to school and back up hill both ways in below zero weather and 3ft of snow, BUT I had to deliver my paper route in it!!!!
http://www.farmandfleet.com/products/83 ... eater.html

I have the Big Buddy that I used in my outside very drafty 12x16 shop with little insulation. On a day with little or no wind, it could raise the temperature about 20-25 degrees in an hour or so on high (both burners), then I would turn it to low or medium (one burner). I imagine it would do that if not better in a decently sealed garage even if no insulation. If you're going to use a propane tank, be sure to get the hose and regulator: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00 ... UTF8&psc=1. You'll probably also want the 6V adapter so you don't have to use batteries: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00 ... UTF8&psc=1.

Roy, plan on getting that today, I am going to use a tank. Thanks for thetemp update, sounds like it will do the job. Garage is attached to the house and one other wall is insulated, 8ft ceiling, dry walled and insulated.

Dennis, when I lived in Oklahoma, and had ER#1, I had something similar.

Except, it was a real kitchen wood-burning range.

Old fashioned, all Cast Iron, and did a GREAT job of heating
the garage.

I used dual-wall stove pipe, and made a horizontal section,
to go through the side wall. Pulled off the sheet-rock between 2
studs, as well as the exterior wall, and made a 16X16 hole in the
wall. Put a floor in it (wood, I think) and used sheet metal to re-cover
the hole, after the pipe went through. Filled up the cavity with
vermiculite, since it is light and fireproof.

Like most old wood-burning stoves, this one had a lever on it, to
direct the exhaust around the oven, before going up the pipe.

Yes, I did cook on it. (And, in the oven.)

steve

skou wrote:Dennis, when I lived in Oklahoma, and had ER#1, I had something similar.

Except, it was a real kitchen wood-burning range.

Old fashioned, all Cast Iron, and did a GREAT job of heating
the garage.

I used dual-wall stove pipe, and made a horizontal section,
to go through the side wall. Pulled off the sheet-rock between 2
studs, as well as the exterior wall, and made a 16X16 hole in the
wall. Put a floor in it (wood, I think) and used sheet metal to re-cover
the hole, after the pipe went through. Filled up the cavity with
vermiculite, since it is light and fireproof.

Like most old wood-burning stoves, this one had a lever on it, to
direct the exhaust around the oven, before going up the pipe.

Yes, I did cook on it. (And, in the oven.)

steve

You be the man, good morning!!!! Skou you make my nights, or should I say my WI early AMs!! We got to met up in person and JPG too!!!

I have the Big Buddy that I used in my outside very drafty 12x16 shop with little insulation. On a day with little or no wind, it could raise the temperature about 20-25 degrees in an hour or so on high (both burners), then I would turn it to low or medium (one burner). I imagine it would do that if not better in a decently sealed garage even if no insulation. If you're going to use a propane tank, be sure to get the hose and regulator: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00 ... UTF8&psc=1. You'll probably also want the 6V adapter so you don't have to use batteries: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00 ... UTF8&psc=1.

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Roy

How much time did you get out of a 20lb/5gal LP tank?

@ Roy, I knew it!!! Moore, OK, 2013 Tornado, level 5+, it just took a bit of time to catch it, and put it together. Why was Moore, OK in my mind? That was it. It has to be more then just scary living in the "alley"

skou wrote:Dennis, when I lived in Oklahoma, and had ER#1, I had something similar.

Except, it was a real kitchen wood-burning range.

Old fashioned, all Cast Iron, and did a GREAT job of heating
the garage.

I used dual-wall stove pipe, and made a horizontal section,
to go through the side wall. Pulled off the sheet-rock between 2
studs, as well as the exterior wall, and made a 16X16 hole in the
wall. Put a floor in it (wood, I think) and used sheet metal to re-cover
the hole, after the pipe went through. Filled up the cavity with
vermiculite, since it is light and fireproof.

Like most old wood-burning stoves, this one had a lever on it, to
direct the exhaust around the oven, before going up the pipe.

Yes, I did cook on it. (And, in the oven.)

steve

My family never had one when I was a boy, but there were still a few around. I especially remember a back room at the John Deere dealer, with a big old pot-bellied stove in the middle. On a cold winter day, the radiant heat from that bad boy would warm you up in nothing flat.

I've wanted a wood stove ever since. When we had our house built, I had an extra flue installed in the chimney chase, so that we could install a wood stove in a corner of the basement. Which corner is now in my workshop. But I can't afford to sacrifice the space at this point. Maybe in a few years I'll annex the kid's playroom, and finally put one in. The walkout door is right next to the chimney chase, so firewood access is just about ideal.

ERLover wrote:How much time did you get out of a 20lb/5gal LP tank?

I don't use it a lot, not sure I've been through a whole 5 gal tank. I started on a nearly empty tank that lasted the first season, have been on the second (full) tank for a few years. I saw one review estimate that a pound of fuel lasts about an hour on high, 2 hours on medium, 4 hours on low; I think that might be a high estimate or maybe they were using the little one lb canisters and they burn at a different rate or maybe don't have a full pound.

Yep, we've had two F/EF-5 tornadoes come through Moore since I've lived here, 1999 and 2013, plus a very strong EF-4 in 2003. The 99 and 03 twisters were within a few blocks of me; looked like some 50's/60's nuclear apocalypse movie where they went through. I remember seeing what had been some sort of full size pickup or SUV, couldn't tell for sure as it was crumpled into a ball. Semi rear axles, nothing attached, moved hundreds of yards. I have a large concrete cellar that I go hide in when they're headed my way.