First let s review how forced air heating systems work.
Installing forced air furnace in garage.
A forced air garage heater that blows warm air like a conventional furnace and a low intensity infrared tube heater that radiates heat.
Garage air getting into the home can lead.
From an efficiency standpoint the garage would be a better location than an unconditioned attic.
An infrared heater is quiet and doesn t blow air but it s expensive and placement in the garage is critical.
Provide 5 000 watts of heating power to up provide 5 000 watts of heating power to up to 500 sq.
Also make sure that it is installed with proper ventilation and that the location of the installation is appropriate.
In an electric furnace the air is pushed past heating elements but the principle is the same.
Forced air systems are usually the cheapest ones to install in homes today and a furnace qualifies as this type of system.
Ensure that the forced air heating is installed according to the manufacturer s specifications as if it is improperly installed it may void the warranty.
There are two types of natural gas heaters to consider for heating your garage.
Since most homes have their hvac system serve multiple functions at once it can be cheaper to install the unit in the attic because the roof access can make inspections.
Step 1 install hvac unit.
Using natural gas the furnace transfers heat energy to the air through the heat exchanger.
This is a complete install of an american standard furnace.
With this type of furnace the cool air is taken in through the.
I ve written about how bad it is to put your heating and cooling system in an unconditioned attic especially in a cooling climate.
The process starts when the furnace pulls room temperature air in the home into the system.
Of a garage basement and warehouse or construction addition using this fahrenheat 5 000 watt portable electric heater.
The problem here is health and safety.
A high level cut out automatically deactivates the heater if it reaches overheat levels and reactivates it automatically when.
An upflow furnace is the type of furnace that most people are accustomed to seeing.
Because your garage is not considered part of your living space builders will not install heating vents to keep the garage warm so adding your own heating is a must if you choose to work in your.
An attached garage as shown at left.
There s one place though that s even worse.
We recommend a ceiling mounted gas fired forced air unit garage heater some installers recommend infrared shop heaters because they heat objects instead of air.
Heat pumps and ducts are part of it too.