Garage heating - comparison of 6 popular heating options and selection of the best
The onset of cold weather always worries the owners of the "iron horses". Off-season for cars and motorcycles is not scary, but a serious drop in temperature suggests the appearance of condensate, which gradually destroys the metal. Therefore, heating the garage is an urgent task for many. Practice shows that the temperature in the room can be small, about 5C, and in addition, additional ventilation will be required to remove exhaust gases and excess moisture.
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When do you need autonomous heating?
There are a lot of options for making heating in the garage. Before choosing one, you need to evaluate your own financial capabilities, determine how the heating will work, constantly or periodically, and measure the area of the room. Answering these questions, you can proceed to the choice.
A powerful water heating boiler can be used to organize an autonomous garage heating system
Heating systems vary depending on the location of the garage and can be:
- Standalone. They suggest the use of an individual heat source, since there is no possibility or desire to connect to a common house system.
- In common with living quarters. A very profitable method, can be used if the garage is located no further than 20 meters from the house.
Having decided on the location of the system, you need to choose the type of heating, depending on the principle of operation of the heat source.
This article presents all the possible options for heating the garage, and in the next you will find out which are the most economical:https://aquatech.tomathouse.com/en/otoplenie/bani-i-garazh/ekonomichnoe-otoplenie-dlya-garazha.html.
What you need to know about water heating?
One of the most common heating systems. The principle of its operation involves the circulation of hot water in a vicious circle, which includes a boiler, pipes and radiators. The heat generated by the boiler is transferred to the water, which, in turn, heats the radiators that give it to the room.
In general, water heating of the garage has undeniable advantages:
- Durability. With proper operation, the system can work for more than a dozen years.
- Reliability. If there is a need for repair, most often these are problems with a failed radiator, it can quite easily be replaced with a new one.
- Safety and cleanliness.
However, despite all the advantages, water heating in garages is used quite rarely. Most often, for heating several nearby garages or nearby buildings.Otherwise, the costs of its arrangement will pay off for a very long time, because you will need to lay a heat-insulated pipeline from a centralized system or install an autonomous boiler. It may also be necessary to install an additional pump to pump water if the garage is more than 20 meters from the house. Typically, water heating is used in brick or concrete, the so-called capital buildings.
Such water heating can be arranged independently; one of them was made by one of our skilled craftsmen in his garage
Gas heating system
Gas is a relatively cheap fuel, which for many becomes a decisive factor in choosing a heating system. However, do not forget that in order to equip the garage heating with gas, significant enough costs are, nevertheless, inevitable. First of all, you will have to spend money on the purchase of equipment and pay for the services of specialists in its installation and connection. Do not try to do everything yourself. Gas is potentially dangerous and should not be experimented with.
Gas is one of the cheapest types of fuel for heating a garage
The main advantages of the system include:
- High efficiency of the generator, allowing it to work very efficiently and economically.
- Cheap fuel.
The negative sides of such heating include the potential danger of gas, which is among the explosive substances. In addition, to equip such a system, access to a centralized gas pipeline is necessary.
Heated by electric heaters
A common option is heating the garage with electricity. Several types of heating devices can be used: from stationary to mobile models. Even familiar homemade ones will do. heaters. For greater effect, you can install a fan near the electrical appliance. It will increase the circulation of heated air, which will reduce the time for heating the room.
The electric option is the least popular due to the fact that electricity is the most expensive fuel compared to other types
Indisputable advantages:
- A diverse range of heating appliances, among which you can easily choose the right one.
- Simplicity in arrangement and maintenance.
A significant drawback of the design is high energy consumption and, consequently, serious financial costs for its maintenance.
Another unpleasant moment: dependence on the supply of electricity, which theoretically can be stopped at any time.
Often, heat guns, including electric ones, are used to heat the garage. You can buy ready-made equipment or assemble it yourself. You will learn how to do this from our article:https://aquatech.tomathouse.com/en/otoplenie/bani-i-garazh/teplovaya-pushka-svoimi-rukami.html.
Air heating
A relatively new and therefore not too common way is air garage heating. It consists in the use of various fan heaters, thermal curtains and guns for space heating. The principle of their work is to create an intense stream of heated air, which very quickly raises the temperature inside the room. If you direct the air flow to the car, you can achieve complete removal of moisture, even that which accumulates in hard-to-reach places. Devices can operate on various types of fuel and from the electric network.
The heat gun is the most popular option today, it allows directional heating
Advantages of the system:
- The minimum time for heating the room.
- The ability to maintain a given temperature.
- Simplicity of arrangement.
The disadvantages include the rather expensive maintenance of equipment in the case of devices powered by electricity. And one more unpleasant moment: the dust in the room rises with a stream of air and settles on the car.
Solid fuel heating systems
A very popular way to heat a garage. As a heating device, a wide variety of designs can be used: a pyrolysis or pellet boiler, a Bulleryan furnace or an ordinary “potbelly stove” assembled with one's own hand. It does not require special expenses for either equipment or maintenance.
Bulleryan furnaces - a very economical solid fuel option
The advantages of the system are:
- Independence from the supply of communications.
- The possibility of self-arrangement.
A significant "minus" can be considered the potential fire hazard of this design. If available, explosive substances must not be stored in the garage. In addition, it must be constantly monitored, monitor the unimpeded removal of carbon monoxide and periodically clean the equipment.
Workout-based heating arrangement
Another acceptable option is heating the garage with mining. There are heat plants that clean used oil and use it as fuel.
A similar system, if desired, can be assembled independently. It is quite simple to manufacture, and its circuit can be easily found on the Internet. The advantages of the system include:
- The ability to use waste material, respectively, significant cost savings.
- Accessibility and ease of arrangement.
Of the shortcomings, it is worth noting the main one: the lack of the ability to provide the device with fuel of the same quality. Therefore, it quite often fails.
In order to equip the heating in the garage with your own hands, you should choose the most suitable option from the many existing ones.
On our site there are several articles with guides for the assembly and installation of furnaces for testing. This article describes the installation process of one of the options with the circuit:https://aquatech.tomathouse.com/en/otoplenie/documents/pech-na-otrabotke-svoimi-rukami.html
As practice shows, the easiest way to arrange is the use of electrical appliances, but this is a very costly option. The most practical, but also expensive way of heating is a gas-fired system. Well, the cheapest and most affordable option is an independent arrangement of a device that runs on solid fuel. What to choose - it's up to the owner of the garage, based on the characteristics of a particular room. In any case, with a competent arrangement of heating, a warm garage from the category of science fiction will turn into reality.
