Building Project.

Dr.Jass said:
Yes, but it was pretty quiet and worked well until the rings went out of it. Stretchy was going to try and fix it, but the head wouldn't come off, even with all the bolts removed and the compressor running. :D
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Thats right! I had forgotten about that!
 
Dr.Jass said:
Now that's funny! :D
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I try. :D

Stupid double post anyways, teaches me to post of the board from my phone. :D


Had the plumbers at the garage all afternoon today and there is just the hook up at the meter left to install.

Heater is mounted, all the plumbing to and into the garage is done and the exhaust vent from the heater is all done.

Once the gas is all done I'll wire her in and fire that bitch up! :dance:

Will have pics soon.
 
Here's the final installation in the garage, everything is hooked up but the gas at this point.

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The gas company arrived at my house this morning to meet my plumber and get the installation of my heat finalized.

Got everything hooked up, plumber phones me after dinner says the heater in the garage is running beautifully and he has re-lit the pilots for my furnace and hot water heater in the house since the gas was disconnected in the AM.

Get to garage at about 5:20PM, go inside garage to discover that the thermostat I hooked up is a dud and the heater had run all afternoon after the plumber had left leaving the garage a balmy 34*C or 94*F for some of you. Just about suffocated walking in from -18*C (0*F) weather outdoors. :p :D

So after replaced said thermostat I officially have a warm and cozy heated garage! :giggedy: :dance:
 
In order to save yourself tragic gas bills, I would suggest keeping the thermostat between 50°-55°F when you're not out there. It's just enough to keep the slab warm. If you shut it off entirely, you'll freeze your arse off even if you have it at 70°F. A cold slab is an evil thing and takes hours to heat to the point of comfort.
 
Dr.Jass said:
In order to save yourself tragic gas bills, I would suggest keeping the thermostat between 50°-55°F when you're not out there. It's just enough to keep the slab warm. If you shut it off entirely, you'll freeze your arse off even if you have it at 70°F. A cold slab is an evil thing and takes hours to heat to the point of comfort.
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I've got it set at 5*C (41*F). Can't wait for the pad to warm up! :dance:
 
69.5 couldn't be more correct... and 41°F on a slab is cold. I would never consider anything below 50°F, but I prefer even a couple of degrees above that.

I work in my garage in Sorels in the winter. It doesn't matter how warm it might be, if I don't keep the slab above 50° it's miserable.
 
The slab we have under our 2 post lift is pretty think and all we really have for heat is a small wood burning stove. In the winter it seems like FOREVER before I'm ripping off my jacket cause I'm finally getting warm. Good thing I have rubber soled boots to help insulate the cold from my feet. ;)
 
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i had the stove ROARING 7+ hours later it still wasnt warm enuf to take my coat off when i was leaving..and for 3 hours i had a mr heater on high beside me sjut to stay comfortable....sure it was under 30 outside but still....a cold slab is brutal

atleast at 40 you could go out in the morning kick the heat up(or put a remote over ride in the house) have your breakfast etc then go out and have it reasonable
 
My brother built his 40 something by 60 something foot "shed" with plumbing in the slab that's fired by an outside woodburner that also supplies his house. When you crawl under a car no need to grab a creeper. It's more comfortable to lay on a piece of cardboard. After about 5 minutes under the car you almost want to fall asleep it's so nice. :doh:
 
A former boss of mine had a similar setup, but his was either electric or gas (he was rather wealthy). Man, that is the setup, no doubt.
 
I thought about something like that, but the only way it would be worth it for me is if I could cool it in the summer... Hmmmmm that's something to engineer right there!!! Air conditioned concrete...
 
Bah... concrete never gets that hot inside a building. Besides, you'd want cooling above you, so the cool air would sink. I just picked up a window air conditioner for my garage that I'm sure will do the job since it's not that big. One year old, $25 at a rummage sale!

I could engineer cooled concrete, I just don't see the point. Something else to consider: the condensation would be a bitch!
 
Yes it would, forgot about condensation. I picked up a window unit for free, I hope it works! This summer it was HOT down here, and I didn't have the compressor, welder or torch going. When we still had the garage a 125*+ ambient temp was the norm inside the shop during summer months. [smilie=d:
 
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