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I have just moved my project into an unheated two-car garage in a Denver suburb.  Fortunately, the garage is insulated (even the door!) so all I need is a heater.  I'd like to use a natural gas heater, since the gas meter is right outside the garage and easy to get to, plus it should be much cheaper than electric, and more convenient than propane.

I vaguely remember an admonition against quartz infrared heaters due to radiation damage to the fiberglass.  Clearly the IR energy is not the problem, so I assume that the quartz heaters include a hefty UV component as well.  I really don't know.

I'd like to install a wall heater vented to the outside, so I don't have to breathe the exhaust (probably not a problem), crack the door to let oxygen in (brrrrr!) or get condensation on all my tools and metal aircraft parts (yuk). I also say this because we had a small natural gas free-convection wall heater in my bedroom as a child, and it was extremely powerful.  My dad installed it in the 1960's, but has no idea where he bought it.  Installation might run a few bucks, but it will be worth it.  However, I'd like to keep the total cost to about $500.

There's not much room on the ceiling.  Between the garage door covering half the ceiling when open, and the canopy nearly touching the ceiling when raised, and the lighting fixtures centered on the only remaining square footage on the ceiling, there's not much space for one.  (Am I the only builder running out of CEILING SPACE?????)

Are there any heating experts out there who can offer suggestions?  I tried the Sears catalog, and McMaster-Carr, but wasn't satisfied by their oferings.

Merry Christmas to all...

- Rob Wolf

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