Garage Heating

[sp_en_ny 17 1 Cars]

Hi Everyone,

 

Finally hoping to get the car in the garage this winter, its a detached garage but was hoping to put something in the way of heat in the garage just to help stop any damp/moisture in the air.

 

Anyone have any recommendations/solutions ?

 

Thanks

Spencer

[dobboy 231 2 Cars]

Too expensive to heat i would think unless your garage is fully insulated. Some of they moisture trap things from the £1 shop in the car would keep the inside fresh i would think.

[u47sb2 27 2 Cars]

How about something simple like a fan heater. Expensive to run, but if switched on for a short time regularly it will help. It was certainly enough to dry the paint on my garage floor in the depths of a Scottish winter.

[Simes 248 2 Cars]

Greenhouse heater.

Alternatively make sure there is sufficient ventilation.

[cRaig 273 1 Cars]

If you want to remove moisture, running a dehumidifier would make more sense surely? I bought a second hand ebac one off ebay for around 100quid- certainly improves my pre-fab concrete garage in winter!

[sp_en_ny 17 1 Cars]

Thanks for your responses, upon doing some further reading it would seem a de-humidifier is the better option and probably the cheapest to run. cRaig are you energy bills greatly affected by the running of the dehumidifier ?

[GLPoomobile 958]

Only thing with a dehumidifier is that they are less effective at low temps, and some may not work at all at the kind of temp a garage could drop to in UK winter time.

 

I guess one thing you could do is operate both a portable heater (e.g. oil filled electric) and a dehumidifier on cycles. Say once a day for example, for an hour, to heat up the space and then suck out some of the moisture. For a standard single garage a 1500w oil filled radiator might be sufficient if the garage is not too cold and breezy (I've used either a 1000 or 1500w in my Edinburgh single garage over winter - it's in a block of garages and isn't well insulated at all - and although it doesn't get toasty warm, it makes it bearable after being on for an hour).

 

Ultimately you need a combination of heating, good insulation to retain the heat, ventilation to let air flow and moisture out, and dehumidifying. But that all costs money of course.

[woodymi16 24 2 Cars]

Not sure if any one has tried these

 

https://www.carcoon.com/

[notamondayfan 44]

I have a pre-fab detached garage, and I don't heat mine over winter, but I did insulate the roof with something like this http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/1-2m-Wide-U-FOIL-DOUBLE-ALUMINIUM-BUBBLE-INSULATION-FOIL-LOFT-1BD-A-loft-wall-/290989795997

 

I have a steel roof, but no condensation. I do get condensation on the single glazed window though, but atleast it's not dripping from the roof. Also in summer the garage doesn't get hot inside, even with a tin roof.

 

When I'm in the garage I just run a small electric heater, which after 10 mins makes the garage warm enough to work, even in a cold winter.

 

Dean

[Simes 248 2 Cars]

I'll say it again, green house heater. Used in yachts over winter when lying in the water. Stops things breaking!!