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Thank you Important thing was you got what I was saying.
As for the Attic, I'm curious. If you dont want to keep it here then PM me the section of the code to look at. If I am wrong I will happily eat my words as we will have all learned from it and thats what matters. I keep asking though and you just keep drawing away from my requests.
Caught between the good girl, bad girl thing
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I put a 75,000 btu gas heater in my two car attached garage last year.The reason i went with a 75,000 was because i got a deal.For a 2 car it calls for only a 45,000 btu heater.The walls have no insulation, but they do have drywall.The ceiling i insulated and it cost me about $70 last winter to heat at 68 degrees.I leave it set at 68 and thats with a car in and out all the time.Not sure about the whole insulating, but spend the money and get a good heater, and be done with it.Princess auto has the Mr.heater's on sale all the time.
estcoaster is right ...save the money on the construction part and get a good efficient heater. You lose so much heat from your garage door, and going in and out. Insulating is pointless. construction material is so expensive and time consuming. most comercial buildings have horrible insulating construction and just keep the heat/cool air cranked
Hey, thanks and yes I am. Work for a large architect. Was actually involved with Maple Leaf Gardens.
As for coffee, flattered but unless its a strictly platonic scenerio then I will have to pass. Gilligan might be away but this Cat only comes out to play with other pussy cats when hes not around.
Caught between the good girl, bad girl thing
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And Dino Z is a good guy.Everyone is safe.
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Dino Z was my industry rep years back I'll vouch for him.
You'd be as safe with him as any other Italian cruise ship captain........oh wait a second.
kidding, he's a good guy
It's not equivalent to driving as there are inefficiencies that build up when moving a car at different speeds. The thing about electric heating is that it is almost 100% efficient, meaning that 100% of the energy gets converted to heat. It shouldn't matter in this case. A 4800W or a 1500W should use very close to the same energy to heat the same size room. The 4800W would have a slight advantage since it gets to operating temp quicker. It would not be losing heat to the outside during the longer warm up time.
Mark H.
06 ZX-14
One consideration nobody has mentioned yet - noise insulation. When I filled the walls and ceiling with batts and drywalled the garage, our neighbours were really happy. Apparently they could hear me banging and grinding (and swearing) in the garage at all hours of the night UNTIL I finished the garage. And I already had the insulated door on.
You’re right! I'm a mechanical Engineer ... I had to do some research about electrical efficiency. (I should have done that before my old post )
Here’s a comparison between the engines efficiency:
I found also that there’s a start up Energy cost. If you will be running the heater all the time, then a 4800W is the best. If it'll be going on/off, you should look at the priority (time to desire temperature VS cost of the heater).
Combustion engine 10-50%[2] Electric motors 70-99.99%
Last edited by zakarov; 02-23-2012 at 09:06 AM.
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