Many motorists prefer to repair the car with their own hands, but in order to be possible in the cold season, it is necessary to make the heating of the garage.
You can entrust this work to specialists, and you can make the heating of the garage with your own hands, thus saving a lot of money.
If you are interested in how to make heating in a garage, you first have to decide which heating method you choose.
It is necessary to start the installation of heating by yourself with the insulation of the room, as there is no sense in heating the garage with thin walls in the frost.
If your garage costs separately, it can be insulated from the outside with the help of polystyrene, mineral wool and other insulation. But if outside it can not be insulated, then internal insulation is used.
For this, the walls and ceiling are finished with plasterboard or plastic lining, under which the insulating material is laid.
The thickness of the insulation depends on which region of the country your garage is located. You need to pay attention not only to the walls and ceiling, but also to the gate.
When closing, there should not be any gaps through which precious heat will escape.
Contents:
- Energy selection
- Heating options for garage
- Gas heating
- Electric heating
- Solid fuel heating
- Heating on diesel fuel
Energy selection
The most convenient and rational solution will be gas heating, however, this method is only possible in case,if the garage is located next to the private house, when the garage heating is combined with the heating of the house itself and the radiators are simply installed in the garage.
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Another method that occurs quite often is heating with solid and liquid fuel - coal, peat, firewood, mining, diesel fuel.
This method is one of the cheapest, but, first of all, you need to solve the problem of storing fuel.
Electric way of heating on a pocket is far from everyone, but still some motorists choose such kind of heating for their garage.
Heating options for the garage
Specialists share the heating systems for the garage premises in common with the house and stand-alone. In the first case, a pipeline is laid from the house and radiators are installed.
Make this heating by yourself is very simple, but effective only if the garage is next to the house.
Autonomous heating of the garage is similar to that of a private house and consists of the same parts.
Gas heating
The most economical option, as already mentioned, is gas heating, but it is possible only if there is a nearby gas main.
To heat a garage with gas from a cylinder will be quite expensive and not expedient.
In addition, to heat the room with gas, you need to get permission from the gas service, which is often very problematic.
But if you have the solution, in the shortest time and with minimal material costs, you will have a high-quality garage heating.
In the event that there is a gas main near your garage, you need to decide which heating system to use. Gas boiler - the most common version of gas heating.
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In such a small room it is possible not to do the wiring and install radiators. A fan is installed in a cast-iron, copper or steel boiler, which blows warm air into the room.
It is possible to install such a boiler only on a wall that faces the street.
A gas convector is an even simpler version, which has less power. In this case, air circulates through convection.
This convector can be connected to the cylinder, but it will have to be filled every two to four days.
It should be understood that installation and start-up of the gas system can only be performed by gas service employees.
The room can also be heated with the help of heaters working on liquefied gas - gas panels, convectors, ceramic panels. Gas heating of the garage with your hands on the video can be viewed above.
Electric heating
The electric heating of the garage is quite efficient, but has its drawbacks. First of all, it is expensive. If you heat the garage for a whole day, then the electricity consumption will be considerable.
If you often turn off the light in the garage, this option will be unreliable.
Besides, it's not for every car enthusiast that you can connect the system with your own hands, so you probably have to turn to professionals.
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Nevertheless, electric heating has pluses.
With the help of electricity you can quickly warm up the room and start a car even in severe frosts, which will save time and waste on gasoline.
Electricity can be heated using portable and stationary heaters. It is important to place the heaters correctly.
Stationary heaters are fixed in special niches and covered with special protective screens. Keep fuel and lubricants close to them strictly prohibited.
Portable heaters must not be left on unattended.
Car enthusiasts often use infrared heating. Use such heaters only in a room not below 2.5 meters and with good ventilation.
Install infrared heaters best over the entrance to the room to provide a thermal curtain.
Solid fuel heating
The easiest way is to make heating by yourself on solid fuel. The furnace for this type of heating can be bought ready, or you can build it yourself.
The main thing is to make the necessary calculations for your premises. As fuel in this case, use firewood or other available solid fuel.
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Most often for such purposes, build a stove "burzhuyku", which is often enough to throw firewood. Heat transfer is very low, often the room is not completely heated.
Some acquire ready-made options, for example, the oven "Bulerjan", fuel in which burns from 5 to 12 hours.
Such a furnace is worth a lot, and fuel consumption is high enough, so this method of heating is not suitable for everyone.
Some motorists build a brick oven in their garage with their own hands, but it is better to use this notion in a large garage to provide sufficient fire safety.
The oven must be equipped with a chimney. It is very important to reduce the risk of accidental fire during operation of the furnace.
In addition, there must be enough space in the garage for fuel storage.
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Heating on diesel, working out
If you have access to a free source of diesel fuel or mining, you will get almost free heating at home, baths and a garage, and buying DT or working off is quite expensive.
Heating devices in this case are homemade heaters that warm the air in the garage, and the combustion products are discharged to the outside.
It is very important to connect the structure so that it is fireproof.
In general, furnaces working on the working surface are heated to redness, therefore it is strictly forbidden to store flammable objects near them.
The area around the boiler( floor, walls) should be protected with metal sheets.
The device for heating by working off can be bought ready, and you can do it yourself, having made preliminary the necessary schemes.
The design of the machine should include an oil tank, which can be made from a gas cylinder or other suitable container, a metal flame tube about a meter in length and a diameter of 15 cm that connects to the chimney.
The chimney can be straight or curved, which will increase its heat transfer. The oil is poured into a tank of ¾ and ignited through an ash-pit. Typically, the oil burns completely and does not form smoke.
You should know that for such an apparatus you can not use oil with impurities, you also need to make sure that there is no water in the tank.
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The scheme of this type of heating can also include a water circuit, for which a water tank with a hot water outlet and a return inlet is attached to the furnace.
Often instead of water, heating is used on antifreeze or antifreeze. It will not be very cheap, but in winter the system will not freeze. The above video shows how to heat the garage with workmanship.
