Many car enthusiasts strive to lay heating in the garage, as this will allow you to use the room for your pleasure throughout the entire cold period, as well as keep the car in better shape. It is worth noting that the cold season is not only discomfort, but also the time when mold and mildew begins to form most quickly, as a favorable moist and cool environment arises. Naturally, the desire to make heating the garage with your own hands always borders on the desire to save money, and therefore you need to look through various options in order to choose the most economical one.
Gas heating of the garage
A room heated with gas will be warm, and it will heat up in a minimum of time. However, gas installations are possible only if a highway is laid nearby, since only in this case the method will really help save money.
Gas heating is an option when heating is required in winter, which can be installed:
- Cheap;
- Quickly;
- With your own hands.
In addition, in order to carry out the installation of gas equipment, it is necessary to coordinate this moment with a number of special services, which sometimes gives rise to many problems. If these two conditions are met and minimum costs are invested, you can make heating of high quality and capable of serving for a long time. If a gas supply line is laid next to the garage, you will still need to decide which heating system will be installed. It is advisable to install a boiler for which gasification is required, this will provide heat.
If the room is large, then radiators will also be required.
Otherwise, it will be enough to install a fan in the boiler, due to which cold wind will be blown into the space of the room. The best option for placing such a product would be a wall that borders the street. An even cheaper option is a gas convector, which has a simple configuration, low power and optimal cost. Such convectors work from cylinders, but it will need to be filled, with regular use, almost every day.
Heating the garage with solid fuel
The most important thing is to correctly calculate the structure so that it can heat the garage, since too large a structure is not required, for example, as for heating a two-story private house. Like a garage space, and so that you can use a homemade unit?
In this case, it is worth giving preference to solid fuel options, for which the stoves:
- Ready-made;
- Made to order;
- Do it yourself.
The fuel for such a stove is solid, you can heat it with wood, briquettes and coal. Most garage owners use a device known to many called "Potbelly stove". With its help, it is quite possible to heat the garage, and this is not at all difficult to do. The cost of such ovens is not too high, and they also have excellent efficiency, which increases their popularity literally every day.
It is permissible to install a brick stove, but this option should be used exclusively for large rooms, for example, hangars, since you will need to take care of fire safety, as well as laying a chimney to remove combustion products.
Due to the fact that there are flammable liquids in the garage and, first of all, it is gasoline, then you need to make it as safe as possible in order to avoid serious consequences in the form of fire and explosion. You will also need to take care of a place in the garage where the fuel will be stored, and so that it does not get damp, which will reduce the heating rate.
Heating the garage with electricity: the most convenient and economical way
Electric heating is a system that has a fairly high efficiency, but it has its own disadvantages and this is too high a cost. If you heat the garage all day and almost daily, then the cost of electricity will be far from small.
The way to heat a garage with electricity is:
- Comfortable;
- Practical;
- Available.
In addition, the electric boiler is not autonomous, since it directly depends on the supply of electricity, and when it is turned off, it will not work. Among the minuses, it can be noted that not every person can connect electric boilers, and you will need to contact specialists for an additional fee.
Electric heating is the most efficient, as it can heat up the garage in just a couple of minutes, which saves time and waste on gasoline, which is required for other devices.
Heating with electricity can be carried out using a portable heater, for example, it can be a heat gun or a stationary one. It is important that the equipment is installed as correctly as possible, since a stationary one requires a special niche and a protective screen, and it is strictly forbidden to store oils and fuel for a vehicle next to it. Heating a room with an electric heating element is a stationary method, with great efficiency and too high energy consumption, and therefore, before giving preference to this option, you need to look through all the positive and negative sides.
Is it possible to call heating on diesel fuel and working off economical
If you receive them completely free of charge, then you can heat a room of any format, including a garage, simply and without investing large funds. This economical heating will best achieve the required temperature in the shortest possible time and will be able to heat the room for a long time.
It is not uncommon for people to have access to materials such as:
- Diesel fuel;
- Diesel fuel;
- Working off.
In order to use such fuel, you can use your own units created, but only if they have a supply for removing combustion products outside. The structure must be connected in accordance with fire safety requirements to reduce the likelihood of fire to a minimum.
A garage heated in this way will be very comfortable and pleasant to stay, and you need to arrange the kind of boilers so that metal or asbestos sheets are placed around.
It is advisable, in order to maintain safety, to use exactly those boilers that are already ready for operation and only need to be connected, since they meet all the necessary standards and the moment that the heater will cause a fire or more serious consequences is excluded.
The design for heating must necessarily have a special container for oil, which can be made from a gas cylinder or other similar products. The length of the flue gas outlet into the chimney must be at least m and have a diameter of 15 cm. It is best to install the chimneys straight in order to increase the level of heat transfer. The oil is poured into the tank by 3/4, and the ignition is carried out by means of a blower. As a rule, the oil does not completely burn out and smoke does not occur. Oil must be free of impurities and water. This heating can be water and such heaters operate on antifreeze.
How to choose an alternative heating for a garage so that it is as economical as possible and most importantly effective? Each owner of such a room has his own choice, however, there are a number of criteria that will help to decide much easier and faster.
As a rule, the choice of a system or equipment is made according to:
- Fuel type;
- Ease of installation;
- Price.
Of no small importance is the moment how close the garage is to the living quarters. If the distance is too large, then it is advisable to choose an autonomous heating system, and if the distance is small, then it is possible to combine heating by laying additional pipes.
In addition, when arranging garage heating, you should pay attention to ease of operation, ease of maintenance, efficiency, availability.
There are some recommendations from experts on whether to install, for example, a fan heater, or it is better to give preference to a standard oven and it is advisable not to leave them unattended. If installation is planned, then the traction control damper should be closed when the fuel is completely burnt out and smoldering. It is strictly forbidden, when installing heating in the form of a boiler or stove, to store liquids in the garage that can easily ignite. Regardless of the type of heating chosen, there must be a fire extinguisher and a first aid kit inside the garage.
If the heating system works constantly, and the garage is located next to a private house, then fire inspection experts strongly recommend installing a fire alarm system. It is forbidden to use heat guns to dry things, especially previously used rags. Store the gas cylinder above the floor on a specially designated shelf. It is undesirable to leave the heating on at night.