What's the best way to heat my garage in winter only when working in it?

Propane burns much cleaner and you don't get the smoke and fumes associated with kerosene

Same situation.

Unheated one car garage & tools sometimes get too cold to use with any comfort.

Have a cheap single head propane heater on a tank that does OK if I warm the place up for a while before doing anything.

A bigger one w/ fan would be great.

"Salamanders" are used on construction sites & can put out some serious heat but you cannot work too close to them & they do stink & roar.

Would think about a portable propane heater that you can park in a corner ( not between you & exit) & still circulate some heat around without fumes.

Would look at ones from a real contractor's supply house or catalog such as Graingers or Mc Masters rather than a box store

Some ventillation & a fire extinguisher would be a good idea

Would say its fine for auto work .

Did some woodworking last year when it started to get cold enough for the heater

Waiting till spring for next project.

Best regards

The employee should have never started a bad precedent by paying the heating bill. Now the owner thinks he is off the hook. The only solution, unfortunately, is for that guy to quit. Then his replacement should provide higher quality and quantity of work during good weather, and significantly worse productivity during fowl weather. Again, he will probably have to quit or be fired next winter. Most owners are smart enough to figure this out within 3 years and 8 employees. Some aren't. Unfortunately for your friend, I don't think there is a good solution.

Torpedo or Salamander as it's sometimes called is just fine, But, crack the garage door some for air flow, you do need a tad bit of ventillation OK? As with all Kerosene heaters, be carefull,

Alternative is a propane heater, there are some at WalMart, I believe, it's heavy duty and would most likely be good for your application, less messy and easy to use,.check it out,

I find that a small propane 'torpedo' heater to be the most convenient for such use. They're fan driven, so you need power to run the fan but they heat up the space fairly quickly and are easy to move around and store, less of a fire hazard than kerosene and there is nothing to spill or pour.

i'm also in michigan & i use a kerosene torpedo in the garage to work on the cars. i crack a window but don't need to run the heater much as i only want to take off the chill, not work in a t-shirt

I have a small Remington wall mounted heater in my shop. Runs on propane, is out of the way, very little noise from the optional fan, no odor, no smoke, no chimney, no exhaust. It does a fantastic job of heating the shop. I'm sure there are other brands. Just have to do an on-line search to find the one that fits your needs.

So far, no one's mentioned infrared electric heaters. You can mount them on the ceiling or walls and direct them to the area you're going to use. They work very well and get warm quickly. You can shut them off when you're not there.

yeah those torpedo things put out a lot of heat , but you need to ventilate some , do not seal off with one you will die

u will never be sorry u did it right the first time,,,get a unit htr,,torpedo htrs do a good job but they are very noisy and smelly