shed heaters

[garman]

Guys as I am sitting here daydreaming of all the fur I will be putting up ; (fantasy or not it is mine and let me live it ha!) I am in need of a heater one that is reasonable and one that runs on propane. I need it not only for scraping and skinning but also for drying. What do you guys recommend, I want it to be propane and it is for a 12' by 16' foot insulated shed.

[livefreeordie]

One of those bracketed warehouse type heaters in the smallest size they make might work. I always favored a woodstove with a fan set up, but that is just me.

[cowman]

I have a Reznor garage heater, and love it. I think it is 45,000 btu. It is a vented heater which I prefer.

[mountainman]

The wall mount heaters arent all that expensive and are easy to install. Some are vented to the outside so less fumes. I'm seriously considering putting one in my brick addition where there is no heat except what comes through an open door.

I started out with a small kerosun that took a long time to heat the shed, then found an old pot belly wood stove at the flea market for $15. The barrel was a rusted out piece of steel drum so I took a piece of stainless that I found in a junk pile on a creek bank and made a nice looking barrel for the stove. I'm getting ready to set it up in the new shop in a couple of weeks. My old fur shed was the upper story of a can house dug into a bank. When I moved into it there were cracks big enough to look through so I insulated with scrap ceiling tiles from my construction job and it was a lot easier to keep warm.

[walkercoonhunter(Aaron L.)]

12'x16' and insulated...why not just run a turkey fryer in it till desired temp the turn down very low...if insulated it will hold the temp for a good while....and when you leave the shed turn it off...thats what i did when i had to use a shed....now im in the process of building in underneath my porch and gonna put a cast iron water radiator in there with a valve that i can shut it off when i want it cooler....it would be kept at 75 degrees the same as inside my house if i didnt turn it off...

[mountainman]

I've often though a turkey fryer would be great for dying and waxing. It would put out a lot of heat too. I occasionally see some people at the flea markets using the single and double propane heaters that go right on the tanks. Some of them can be turned horizontal to cook on so might be good in a power outage for both the fur shed and in the house.

[swdawg]

don't mean to hijack the thread but since on the same topic....I would like to switch between a wood stove and oil heater.I was going to install a selkirk chimney and wondered if I could plumb in both heaters through the same chimney?Anyone know?

[mickeysdad]

I had an unvented propane heater in my shop in N.MN. don't for get they put 1 gal of water vapor out for every gallon of propane burned, I had tools rusting,and frost inside the walls, I did have a vapor barrier over the insulation and there still was frost.

[Wright Brothers]

Sawdawg, a big NO. Do not run more than one flue into the same pipe or flue liner. They can go into the same chimney, but NOT the same pipe.
For more info, check with your local fire department.

I like wood and coal heat. My furs dry too fast if cold and dry outside.
The burner at camp wore out, tryed a propane heater, it was expensive, and just plane stunk. I am looking for a new small one for there.

[seldom]

As Cowman said: I have a Reznor garage heater, and love it. I think it is 45,000 btu. It is a vented heater which I prefer.

Several years ago I purchased and hung a Reznor unit heater as Cowman mentioned in the universities Field Lab. The lab was a converted 24'x24' garage and insulated. The heater performed great for my skinning and the drying of field equipment! I like my wood stove but I'd certainly love to have that heater in my shed. I think as this project is winding down, the Reznor is going to disappear and reappear in the professor's garage and not mine!

[trappnman]

for a small shed like mine, the new generation of the Mr Heaters sure works slick. I only heat it when I'm in it.

[Stanley]

This is what I heat my shed with. Shed size is 16x26. It was here, when we bought the place. Works great. Shed is very well insulated. I only have it running when I'm working in there. Even in the coldest of winter, it only takes @ 20 minutes on high to get it very comfortable. I then turn it to low.

We also have one of those wall mount heaters.In the sauna, at camp in the UP. They work great also.

[Clefus]

If at all possible...go for the dry heat...

Bought a couple Hitzter stoves and they work well...

Of course you have to go with what is economical in your region...

coal for me...have nat gas but I get more $$ value out of coal...but I am in a coal region...