Its that time of year again

[JFC]

Freezing in the workshop today !!!!!! It made it worse that i was stood at the assembly bench all day so i wasn't working up a sweat . So ..... Workshop heaters . Any new ones out anyone can recommend ? What do others use ?
Myself i have a portable electric blower that i can pick up and take out of the workshop when im not in there ( Im paranoid about fires as i've already had one this year ).

 

[PokerG]

I just bought a HotSpot woodburning stove, in fact it arrived in the post today. I hear a number of the others on here have them. Not looking forward to cutting a hole in my sheds ceiling but hopefully it wont be a problem.

Will let you know how well it heats up the shed.

Gary

 

[les chicken]

Hotspot

Lovely and cosy, fired mine up the other day I did not want to go back in the house.

Les

 

[Anonymous]

I have a spray booth in mine, start that up and it sucks any heat out in about 30 seconds!!!

 

[Losos]

Hi Gary,
I think you'll find the 'Hot Spot' very useful in your shop. I have a wood burner, I was a bit sceptical at first but the nice 'dry' heat is great & helps keep the dreaded rust away.

I think it's worth mentioning that you should (Must?) sweep up around the stove at the end of each day. I don't find this too onerous & it's all you really need to do to avoid a fire risk.

 

[woodbloke]

I use a 1.5Kw oil filled rad, running off a electronic timer, set to run for 1.5 hours in the morning and evening. My shop is fully insulated so it doesn't take long to warm up but if I want some instant heat I've got a 1Kw convector heater that I can plug in when I'm working - the beauty of the oil filled rad is that you can leave it unattended, so the 'shop is warm in the evening for my sawdust producing activities - Rob

 

[JFC]

I asked about the hotspot last year and decided against it as the dust in my workshop could still be flying around hours after i've left . Someone did a test leaving a bit of timber on top of the hotspot and it chared , that put me off.

 

[houtslager]

Snap here too in Germany its dropped to 5C shed has very little
insulation, and as I hope to demo it in the next 6 months it's not even worth putting some in .
SOLUTION

move the workbench and all hand tools inside into the living room

good thing I live on my own here and visiting g/f's just look at me and shrug their shoulders :lol:
well it is my home I say to them and all they want is a space to chillout and sleep , so I think I'll leave the tools out of the bedroom for a while more :twisted:
Senior said

I have a spray booth in mine, start that up and it sucks any heat out in about 30 seconds!!!

snap ! but in the new shop thats not going to be a problem

have fun in your cold shed

 

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[9fingers]

Hotspot

Lovely and cosy, fired mine up the other day I did not want to go back in the house.

Les

Les, I've been considering a Hotspot for my new workshop which is under construction.
Is it feasible/safe to re-fuel a hotspot with fresh saw dust when it is alight?

TIA

Bob

 

[JFC]

Mr Grimsdale i now have the image of you as Compo from last of the summer wine :lol:
Houtslager , i have also had a workshop in every room of the house but as i've done the house up the tools and machines have made it to the workshop . Also im end of terrace so the noise must have been a nightmare for next door

 

[Shultzy]

While we are on the subject of keeping the workshop warm, which is the best insulation fibreglas or polystyrene?

 

[JFC]

Following the fire i had in the workshop id say fibreglass as it holds back the flames but celotex is the way to go now according to council regs .

 

[Shultzy]

JFC
I've just looked up that Celotex and it aint cheap!

Celotex 100mm Foil Backed tuff-R Zero GA3100z
2400mm*1200mm £ 41.04

 

[JFC]

No its not cheap , funny isn't it when i bought my house a condition of the mortgage was i remove all the polystyrene tiles from the ceilings but now if i want an extension a have to put polystyrene inbetween the floor joists and foam between the ceiling joists or on top of them . Don't get me started on loft conversions ......

 

[Jake]

Celotex isn't polystyrene, and for a plastic foam it is pretty fire resistant. I doubt the byproducts are pleasant when it does eventually go, but that'll be later than with polystyrene

 

[engineer one]

jason, at the risk of losing my jacuzzi privileges, what about
insulating the shed first, not least because your back shed is cold even in the summer :lol: :lol:

i wonder whether those convector radiators etc work???

paul :wink:

 

[Colin C]

I have one convector heater in my workshop as I have it insulated ( the workshop 8-[ ) and that is all I need now

 

[paulm]

Shultzy, try googling for Kingspan, same spec as Celotex but a bit more reasonable price, at least when I bought some a couple of years ago !

Cheers, Paul.

 

[RogerS]

I use a 1.5Kw oil filled rad, running off a electronic timer, set to run for 1.5 hours in the morning and evening. My shop is fully insulated so it doesn't take long to warm up but if I want some instant heat I've got a 1Kw convector heater that I can plug in when I'm working - the beauty of the oil filled rad is that you can leave it unattended, so the 'shop is warm in the evening for my sawdust producing activities - Rob

Rob..why can you leave an oilfilled rad unattended and not a convector heater? To my simple eyes, their relative saftey is the same (unless you put something on top of the convector)

Roger