Heating the Garage
 

Maybe a stupid question but..................................

Was thinking about making working on the bike a little more comfortable (warmer) in the garage.

Warm air blowers require ventilation etc.

Any advice will be gratefully received

:eureka:

Front room should be warm enough this time of year ;)

Tumble dryer :D

:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: I should not have asked :lol::lol::lol:

What ever you do it must be constant. Maybe better to just leave it in a "dry" enviorment friendly atmospere than a artifitial warm one that may cause condensation if it goes hot /cold etc. Wear a wooly pully ,when you work on the bike 4D

[Edited on 20-12-2005 by Fordie]

good one Fordie, thats why AK has to 'wrap up' when working on the bikes in the winter:lol::lol:

Mind you, this week, he is mostly in someone elses garage doing 2 DD bikes (not ours!) for next year:mad: - I hope he is finished by the end of the week tho:o

Charlotte ,that Allans a STAR Oh how i wished that I had his knowledge about Ducati's >I can see now why he is so good . Time spent on the job I suppose. I do hope he stops for Christmas and you both have a good un. Regards 4D

he better stop for Thurs nite, as he wont see another wedding anniversary next year Fordie!:o:lol:

He aint a star, he's a mug!:lol::lol:

DON'T have any heat in there...... It brings out the spiders:o

I've got a ruddy HUGE one that's made a web all over me light switch.

I can only go in there during daylight hours now:(

convecter heater, nice dry heat, LPG gives off loads of condensation

I've an oil filled heater in the garage that gets switched on at the first sign of frost.

It doesn't warm the garage enough for the bike to be affected, though it manages to keep my leathers damp free during the winter.

Just best to take the chill off the air with a small electric heater and not keep winding the temp up and down too much (as already said).

I find that once I get to work then I keep warm enough anyway, especially when sharon keeps me topped up with bacon baps and coffee :D

Mr_S... I want to LIVE in your garage! :saint:

[Edited on 21-12-2005 by NBs996]

Our garage has the central heating boiler in it so that keps the garage in a nice damp free enviroment:D, but if I have to work in there during the winter months the tumble drier goes on for a few mins just to bring the temp up to a slightly more comfortable working temp:cool:


Chris:burn:

You can get small wall mounted heaters with a thermostat that will keep the chill of the garage.

Mines fully carpeted so I just leave the kitchen door open and its nice and warm coz the door is fully sealed!

Thanks to everyone for the enlightening responses:lol:

Homebase and b&q do excellent flat-panel oil filled heaters which you can easily wall mount or leave free standing. throw off more than enough heat and some have thermostats although a simple plug-socket-type timer switch is all i use. keeps the condensation away (on low setting) which is the most important thing. cheap to run too - steer clear of electric fan heaters or gas.

That and/or a huge glass of whiskey will keep you nice and toasty although you may get forget what you were doing in the first place after a few too many of these.

Oh, and a Proper Crimbo to you too.

Might be a good idea to insulate the garage before you go wasting a lot of heat ,get something on the floor ,that wil prob make the biggest difference ,stop any draughts as well , then get a heater :(

greenmachine that you stood in front off the bike or the missus:lol::lol::lol:

Just remember that a intergrated garage is far easier to heat than a detached garage. The heat lost on some garages is that great, it bearly raises the overall temp, just the local temp around the heating source.

My garage is a single brick jobbie, crap for heat retension.
I use to have a big problem with condensation. This was always due to the bike beeing very cold, hovering around the 2-3 degree above freezing and the suddenly the ambient temperature rising. The warm air started to condensate on all of the metal parts of the bike. I cured this by building my own bubble for the bike. I had some ISO super9 kickiing around, whick I believe is the same stuff used to insulate the shuttle craft. Its mainly 25 layers of foil and 0.5mm foam. I just wrap the bike up in this till the spring.

This time of year I use my 'alternative workshop' as shown...............;)

John

The garage will have some sort of insulation applied, i have however aquired one of these http://my.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...=MyEbaySummary

If its scratched who cares it beat £ 150.00 at ARGOS:D

As a general rule of thumb, to heat a space to 18~20 degrees C you'll need 35~40Watts of heat per cubic metre.
It's a very very rough guide but works well. Obviously, if your talking about less heat down to say 10C, you'll probably need approx 20W/M cube.

Best to "lessen" the space and put a bubble around the bike with suitable vent at top.
Tubular electric heaters output about 20W/foot and in answer to the next question, a 6 foot tubular heater would cost approx 1p per hour to run (6ft * 0.02kW * £0.08p/hr).
Best just keep it in the kitchen and put the wife in the garage.