How to make heating in the garage in winter
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You can also store cars in the parking lot near the house, it will not hurt them in any way. There is a danger of crime, but it is not so great as to be spent on a garage, occupying expensive city land. Yes, and it is not always possible in an acceptable availability.
But if there is still a garage, then it is necessary to solve the issues of creating reasonable thermal comfort in it. This is especially important in winter.
Why heat a garage
If you only intend to store the car between frequent trips or for the entire winter season, then there is no need to heat the garage.
On the contrary, at low temperatures, objects and materials are better preserved, since the rate of chemical reactions decreases. An exception may be the storage of the battery, but if it is fully charged and replenished with electricity in a timely manner, then it is not afraid of cold within reasonable limits.
No matter how cold it may be, it is very difficult to freeze an electrolyte of winter concentration or an antifreeze of an arctic composition in a closed garage. Unless there will be problems with diesel fuel, imprudently left in the tank and system from a summer refueling.
Another thing is when you have to do at least something in the garage, especially car repairs. His own or in case of earnings. Then the creation of a comfortable temperature regime will be a key point.
In winter, you don’t really want to work, and freezing along the way - even more so. Clothing will not save, with high-quality insulation, it restricts movement.
There is only one way out - the room will have to be heated, despite the difficulties in the form of poor thermal insulation, unforeseen regular methods of energy delivery and lack of time for servicing heaters.
It is important to choose the right one of the many heating options that is best suited to specific conditions.
All types of garage heating
The methods are divided according to the principle of obtaining energy, converting it into heat and localizing sources in the room.
Electricity
Electricity is a very convenient source of heat. There are no extraneous emissions, the principles of conversion are simple and diverse, the equipment is compact and inexpensive.
But there are also disadvantages that limit the use of electric heat:
- quite rarely, the power necessary for good heating is supplied to the garages, and if there are many active neighbors on the same line, then this is generally unrealistic;
- electricity is expensive, the price is constantly indexed, it is clear in which direction;
- it is unsafe to leave the heaters in hold mode, and a significant headroom will be required for a quick initial warm-up.
Nevertheless, if the cost of electricity does not go off scale in a particular area, the energy supply is made with a power reserve, and work in the garage is not permanent (car service), then this is a good way to escape from the cold.
The main thing is that during operation, electric heaters do not require any attention.
Water heating
Water heating can have any of the known ones as an energy source. The bottom line is heating the liquid in the boiler, after which it is bred by natural convection or a pump through pipelines and heating radiators.
Accordingly, boilers can be:
- electric;
- gas;
- on liquid fuel (diesel oil, fuel oil, even gasoline);
- solid fuel (firewood, coal, briquettes and everything that burns).
It is desirable to mount the water system in a professional car service, where several garages are usually combined in two or three levels. In other ways, such an enterprise cannot be economically heated. And the choice of fuel is purely individual.
Gas use
The appearance of network gas is unlikely, liquefied bottled gas is used. From the simplest cases, the use of an individual infrared propane burner to a powerful gas boiler with liquid distribution throughout the premises.
The gas is very good, it burns without waste and clogging, it does not form harmful combustion products, it releases a lot of heat. But, unfortunately, recently it has risen in price significantly, we will have to do a comparative economic calculation.
Where the high cost of automatic liquid gas boilers is also taken into account, and only these give high efficiency when releasing maximum heat from a liter of fuel.
solid fuel
If inexpensive firewood, coal or briquettes are available, you can install stoves of various levels and capacities, from a simple potbelly stove to solid fuel automatic boilers.
The dependence of the price is the same, the more complex the device, and therefore more expensive, the more efficiently it uses the energy of combustion. Ideally, underfloor heating will work well, but the installation cost is off scale here.
Trouble will bring the need to store solid fuel. Firewood, coal or even granules (pellets) have a large volume, which will immediately affect the limited garage space.
If rare appearances are expected in the garage in winter, then a simple potbelly stove or a more advanced Buleryan stove will be ideal. They are quite powerful in terms of heat, quickly warm up and create a certain comfort in the room. The disadvantage is that they constantly need to be monitored, the fuel burns out, and automation is expensive.
Liquid fuel
Most often, diesel fuel is used, but its price does not allow the long operation of such burners. For combustion, automobile-type stoves are used, equipped with ignition, simple automation and fans.
There is enough power, but they create a lot of noise and are expensive in terms of hourly consumption. Yes, and they themselves are not cheap, although there is a choice.
Working off
Most often, car services are heated with used oil. They themselves get it when servicing cars, any mixture of motor, transmission, synthetics and mineral water is successfully used.
You can buy used cooking oil. So far, prices are reasonable, but every year oils are becoming more expensive, the reason for this is the growth of their popularity. The designs of the stoves are very diverse - from welded homemade products with primitive dosing to powerful liquid boilers controlled by electronics.
Among the shortcomings, one can single out the smell of petroleum products, mining leaking during refueling, smoky exhaust during heating.
Which system to choose and what to consider
When certainty is reached with the choice, it is necessary to calculate the cost of the initial energy source. The calculation determines the price of a kilowatt-hour of thermal energy. It doesn't matter what it is, electricity, diesel fuel or coal. In a particular area, one energy carrier always wins.
Then the composition of the equipment is determined. The choice is huge, boilers, convectors, heat guns, infrared emitters and more. The thermal power and the covered volume are selected.
You will have to act empirically and intuition, an accurate calculation will require taking into account too many factors. It is better to take a closer look at finished projects by talking with near and far neighbors.
The most economical way to heat your garage in winter
At this stage, the mining furnace can be considered the cheapest option. Even if the oil has to be purchased. Its price is not yet comparable to diesel fuel and electricity.
As an option, as an alternative, consider a potbelly stove, remembering that it provides a pronounced localization of heat.
