The family garage is often the subject
of cartoons because it serves as a repository for anything and everything –
except the family car – that doesn’t fit elsewhere in the home. Hold a yard sale then turn empty garage space
into year-around useful space with an electric garage heater. Set aside newly liberated floor space for a
workbench. Move in your exercise gear
from the den and otherwise add utility to the garage and value to your home
simply by installing a permanently mounted or portable electric garage heater.
Choosing
Electric Garage Heaters
The first step in selecting electric
garage heaters is the electrical supply and how you want to provide power to
the heating unit. Most electric garage
space heaters are plugged into a standard 115-volt outlet but ideally should
have a separate circuit breaker – especially if you are using power tools in
your new workshop area. More powerful
units such as the Qmark QPH4A Portable Heater require a 240 volt outlet or connection to a 240-volt
circuit breaker. Such wiring modifications should be performed by a licensed
electrical contractor. Quartz heaters
and their cousins, infrared electric garage heaters, provide what is called
radiant heat. They will warm you, your
tools and your workout equipment but are not designed to warm the entire garage
area.
Portable electric garage heaters such as
a Qmark ARL1511 Portable Infrared Heater can be relocated as needed to provide
radiant heat to in a specific area. Other
options available from HeaterStoreOnline.com are equipped with fans,
thermostats, and safety caution and power indicator lights.
The
Garage as a Family Room
If you decide to keep the car in the
driveway and turn your newly liberated garage space into living space such as a
family room, you will want to consider permanently installed wall-mounted or
baseboard convection space heaters. Convection
heaters are designed to warm the air in the room – and thereby its occupants –
rather than directed heat to a specific location.
An example of a wall-mounted convection
garage heater is the digital programmable wall heater
designed for positioning between wall studding with connections to the
electrical grid. These are available in
several sizes and capacities, some of which require 240-volt power.
Baseboard convection space heaters
resemble hot water baseboard heaters and can be installed individually or in series
as needed, and can be individually controlled or controlled by a wall-mounted
thermostat. Incidentally, these and
similar electric space heaters are also a great choice when you turn attics
into living space or add a room to you house because they don’t require costly
extension to the central heating system.
If your former garage or new room is
used full time you’ll want to be sure you are providing adequate heat during
winter season.
Some of the garage heaters mentioned in this blog post can be seen here below, but here you will find a complete itinerary of energy efficient garage heaters for your consideration.
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Qmark TBX - Tool Box Heater
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Qmark ARL1511 - Portable Infrared Heater
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Qmark QPH4A - Portable Unit Heater
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Qmark HT1502SS HT Smart Series - Digital Programmable Wall Heate
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HeaterStoreOnline.com
Customer Satisfaction Team
