posted Mon, 11/19/2018 - 05:57
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It's about that time of year in the Northeast........coooold
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Hey everyone,
So I have 2 questions for you all. It's getting a bit chilly in the Northeast. So my garage gym is also getting colder. So for you guys/gals that have the garage gyms, do you have a thermometer out there to see how cold it gets? Or do you stay away from that so you just don't know how cold it is? I was going to put one up just to see. Does anyone use one of those radiant heaters? I was looking at putting one in just in the gym side. Was wondering if anyone had experience with them for this purpose. I normally just layer up.
Take care everyone, and have a Happy Thanksgiving.
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Decided on anything yet? I also wanted to add that with certain heaters they heat the room so fast that you would only need to run them for an hr or so before you work out then cut off. That way utility’s don’t kill you
Hi, yeah I just grabbed a cheap parabolic heater that oscillate for Harbor Freight. Throws off a good amount of heat pretty quickly. Once I get a good sweat or heat up enough I turn it off. So far so good. It's not January/February yet so time will tell if it's going to be enough.
I used to workout in my garage.. Winter time was no problem, Summer was actually worse.I'd keep a pitcher of water out there to dump over my head when it got too hot. My garage faces east and I'd workout in the morning and the sun would heat it nicely. There's rarely any wind from the east here.. After a few sets I would go shirtless so I could mire myself in the mirror. lol. It actually felt like a pleasant spring day when it was 20 or below outside.
AnonGym memberships are relatively cheap compared to the cost of utilities.
I work from home. So it's just easier for me to hit the garage. I only go to the gym when I'm in a rut and need a change of scenery.
Think I'm going to try one of those parabolic heaters. I will probably feel like 6 hour old KFC under a heat lamp, but it concentrates the heat pretty good. I have a 2 car with 13' ceilings. So it would be expensive to keep heated. In the past I just layered up. Maybe I'm getting old, maybe I'm just losing body fat?.........it's gotta be that!
Thanks for all of your input, I appreciate it.
do you live near a natural gas pipeline? If so I would go with a small gas fired industrial forced hot air heater.
For sure that would work great..
This is going to be on my to-do list. Probably should have done this year's ago.
I have a basement apartment and a wall mounted heater a/c and running it all the time can get expensive. I have to disagree with the space heater working well. In my broke college days I lived with no heat a/c and space heaters would warm a small space but not very much especially when the real cold hits. In my room I use a duraflame electric heater that blows out hot air they’re pretty inexpensive to buy and to run. You can set the temp you want and don’t have to worry abt cutting on and off. Just my 2cents!
Ceramic and metal coil space heaters are costly and do not heat evenly. so I agree.
However, the radiators on the other hand heat a small amount of oil very cost effectively and work as well as any hot water radiator that you might find in older homes on the the east coast, and europe.
Yeah I see what your talking about now. Those do work well I rented a mountain cabin with something similar. It was below freezing when I got there after being on for about 14 hrs it had to be 80 degrees In there.
winter hits bro, to the gym I go. I mostly hate public gyms but my home gym is on an open air porch behind my house.
StevebCeramic heaters are good and even a cheap $30 will heat a room fast.
The radiant heaters are the best and use the least energy. They work best if they are always on. It can take hours to warm a room.
If you're uninsulated and drafty it may not work so well.
One heater will take care of an insulated 1.5 car garage.
Alternatively an indoor Kerosene heater works very will in a small space and will heat a room rather quickly. again, much has to do with insulation and even if you have a vaulted roof. All the heat will be in the rafters.
Kerosene heater yes. My brother has a small industrial one you light. Loud as hell but it would heat up my 2 car garage to 70 from 30 and under in less than an hour and I would keep it on for 2 and shut it off for an hour and rinse repeat. I loved that thing.
I agree those radiant heaters r still the best for space heaters. Once everything is warmed up in the room, furniture and stuff, put it on low and ur good.
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stick them into a timer plug and you're away!
I thought in Ireland they used BTEwe's
...just toss a couple of sheep into the room.
We use those instead of hot water bottles at night Greg!