Many motorists know that repairing a car in the winter in an unheated garage is like a sophisticated torture. And many things that require extreme care are not easy enough to do when your fingers are banally numb from the cold.
Garage stoves can be a real lifesaver. You can buy them or build your own. Let's see what options you can use.
Stove potbelly stove
Easiest and cheapest option. They are produced in a wide range of industry. The stove-stove in the garage can be made in various styles, including openwork cast iron. Such a product will surely not leave anyone indifferent.
The advantages of stoves of this type include "omnivorous", since you can heat them with anything. The disadvantages are rare voracity, which is especially true for steel bourgeois women, as well as low efficiency. Most of the heat will instantly fly out into the pipe. So it is better to use such garage stoves only in cases where you have enough fuel on hand.
Canadian Convection Ovens
This is a relatively new product in our market, but it has already gathered a huge number of fans. Remember the advertisement of miracle stoves that work on one armful of firewood for days? This is what they are. The principle of operation is based on convection: the body of the stove is surrounded by pipes in which the air is constantly heated and goes into the room, pulling in the colder layers.
The advantages include good efficiency and high efficiency. Heat does not escape into the chimney, so such garage stoves can heat even a very large room. The disadvantages include the relatively high cost, and it is recommended to burn only dry firewood in them.
In addition, convection currents contribute to the presence of a constant dust suspension in the air, which does not contribute to the prevention of diseases of the respiratory system.
Furnaces under development
This variety can be safely recommended to all motorists with experience. They probably have a hundred or two liters of used oil, which simply has nowhere to go. In stores, such stoves for the garage are not sold, but if you have welding and metal, you can make them yourself in a couple of hours.
They work on used grease, and a dozen liters will be enough for several hours of a full-fledged "heating season". The advantages include penny cost and simplicity of design. The disadvantages are the need for the constant availability of easily soiled and sufficiently flammable fuel. Do not leave this oven unattended.recommended.
Brick ovens
Finally, if we consider options for heating a garage of a decent area (more relevant for farms), one cannot help but dwell on this option. Of course, for their masonry, you will need to find a normal stove-maker, and you should not forget about a decent foundation.
Their plus is that such stoves for a wood-burning garage, being heated once, accumulate heat for a long time. Even on a frosty night, your equipment will be reliably protected from the vagaries of domestic weather.
