Crazy Rusty wrote: > > How well do the heaters work for larger spaces? The house I just bought has > a 45 x 30 x 40 garage and I am a little worried about trying to heat it. > That's a lot of space to try to warm and keep warmed. >
When I was living in Manhattan, back in the 60s, I had a loft that was unheated. It was 25' x 65' with 12 ft ceilings and lots of windows. I bought a pot-belly coal stove, about 3 ft tall, and set it up in the middle of the space, running the chimney about 12 ft across the room and out one of the windows. It did a great job of keeping the place warm, and was cheaper to operate than oil, gas, or electricity. At that time, there were still plenty of people using coal heat in Manhattan, altho it was illegal. The fire chief and building inspectors were understanding fellows, tho, if you treated them right. DK
