PatsLs1vette

You insulate,i went out to home depot today with a friend of mine and we got enough for him and me to do out garages,im tired of being cold and not being able to work.I have one more wall to do but i have to move the cabinets first and then do the ceiling next,just that much done it felt cozy in there.

Pedro'74

Cool! :cool:

My main problem seems to be the garage door, that doesn't seal worth a crap :cuss Any tips?

:cheers:
-Pedro

PatsLs1vette

i got the same problem air blows right in,im gone to go look for weatherstrip of some sort.

Pedro'74

Please let me know if you find anything that works!

Thanks,
-Pedro

OHSIXX

Where there is a will there is a way! Good for you. :cheers:

Jughead

Pat, you're the guy who never sleeps. :D

Pedro---I remember seeing a garage door weather strip that was comprised of bristles all around the edging. It looked like one big brush around the garage opening. I always wanted to get it but never did. I think it was in a catalog from Brookstone or Leichtung. I have the kind that Ed posted but that doesn't last very long for me. I curls & kinks after a while. This bristles looked like they sealed the imperfections better.

I let you know if I run accross it again.

Len

Clink69

I was out working on the Cobra at 7:30 this morning (outside) and spent the rest of the day in the unheated garage working on the Vette.... Just came in to watch Barret Jackson Auction... :D Great Day..

Chris :flag

moskovita

So what do you do when its 7 degrees out and its cold in the garage?

Play with the wife :reddevil
Watch TV and eat pizza
Go online to the Corvette Forums.
Wait for Spring... :rolleyes:
:cheers:

ram82fire

100000 btu's of heat will do it !!!! I'm just finishing the installation and should be up and running this week . Gadzooks the propane bill should be a zinger .

gman :crazy: :crazy: :crazy:

PatsLs1vette

Len your right i hate sitting still,always have to be doing something :yesnod: Ed ill look for that stuff maybe itll help.

PatsLs1vette

Ed a friend of mine just built one also and hes having trouble keeping his warm even with a 75,000 btu heater,hes looking into insulating it now.Nice garage,in the next couple of years im gone to build one out back but for now this will work for me.

QuickVet

nice job :cheers:

Gordonm

I insulated mine a few years ago. The back and side walls are the house so I get heat from that. It never goes much below 50 in there. I can heat it wit ha small propane heater. The concrete floor is still a little cold. Looks good Pat

john V. zemba

Then you buy a propane tank and a heater and your in heaven.

Jughead

Ed, exactly how many Vette's do you own? :eek: This has to be #3?? :confused:

Pedro'74

Thanks for the suggestion, Len. I think I'll go to Home Depot one of these days and see what they have. It's pretty darn cold here...

-Pedro

NHvette

Hey, pretty warm there, huh ?
It's currently -7F here, and I just came in from the garage.
I guess I'm lucky that one wall shares a heated area, and two walls are
underground. The only place heat goes is through the door or through the
ceiling - which is insulated. My 40,000 btu/hr kerosene heater does fine, since
I made a temporary wall between the two stalls with heavy plastic. It gets
toasty in there, now. In a few moments, I'm going back out to lay on some
POR-15.

Good luck with the insulation - it's cheaper than heat !!

:seeya

Stoge

Ed, if that is your garage, it is heatable. We have 3 large buildings like yours but much bigger at my work. The biggest building has a large Dayton natural gas powered heater mounted in the southwest corner of the building from the ceiling. It has the capability to keep that building at 60 to 70 degrees easliy, but the gas bill gets very expen$ive. I've seen and written the gas company a $1,300 check for a month's worth of gas for that building alone.

Our middle sized building is 100' X 50' X 12' tall. It had a smaller Dayton heater that would heat up the front section of the building pretty easily for much less $$$ than the big building.

You might look at reddy heaters. Get two of the larger units that burn #1 Diesel or Kerosene and put them in your general work area. They'll suprise you. Plus, you can go stand in front of one of them, toss a glass of water over your head, and give yourself a good steam cleaning when you need a bath! :jester


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scottw

I'll tell you what I've been doing and its only 20. Sitting in the house by the fireplace and talking on this forum of all the things I'm going to do once it gets warm.
That includes moving to Germany and taking the vette on the Autobon. :cool:
:flag

PatsLs1vette

Ed no problem anytime
Scott autobahn sounds like its gone to fun with the vette. :yesnod: And you got the right idea sit inside and keep warm,im going back out now to finish it.