Log Burner In The Garage Regs!

[freddiemercurystwin]

Over the colder months it would be nice to have a heat source in the garage/workshop for the odd days I spend a few hours or so in there, the garage is single skin, single glazed, no insulation, an ice box in winter, I'm thinking of buying a crappy stove off Marketplace, making up a chimney (using proper chimney components) that vents through the wall, getting Hetas approval is completely cost prohibitive but really what are the risks? I will be in there and active, rather than sat on a sofa falling asleep and likely to succumb to the effects of carbon monoxide poisoning, realistically what are the risks? I accept my home insurance could potentially be effected but likely only an issue is the event of some kind of disaster, which I would suppose is extremely unlikely and fingers crossed I'll not live through. Anyway I digress, a carbon monoxide alarm would be installed. Any thoughts? I am expecting a tirade!

 

[Murdochcat]

Thermal underwear and a fan heater ?

Wood is expensive these days

 

[freddiemercurystwin]

For sure but I wood suppose I'm thinking I might be in there maybe a dozen times through the winter months (for more than an hour or so) and I seem to generate plenty of waste wood. I'm not saying it's the most efficient way to stay warm on occasion merely enjoying my time in the workshop having a heat source and crackling fire but trying to maintain some element of safety!

 

[foxhole]

Had a wood stove for years , never bought a stick of wood yet .
Lots of cheap stoves around .

 

[Tigercubrider]

Will a wood burner get up to heat in time?
if you’re in there an hour, how long does radiant heat take to build?

 

[foxhole]

Will a wood burner get up to heat in time?
if you’re in there an hour, how long does radiant heat take to build?

Mine get to 300degrees+ in 20 mins

 

[Harry Bloomfield]

Any thoughts? I am expecting a tirade!

I have and use one, in my garage, and workshop. Nothing fancy about it, just a repurposed gas bottle, hinged door cut in the front, then a chimney let in the top. Chimney is 4" square steel 3mm thick, which doglegs out through a hole, cut through the concrete panel wall, from the upper rear of the bottle. A circular 2 1/2" hole, is cut where the valve was, then a length of 3mm wall tube, is welded there, fitted with a butterfly flap.

It can glow red hot. To light it, a bit of paper and a few sticks, close the butterfly, open the front door, until it gets going. Close the front door, open the butterfly - combustion air is sucked down the pipe, playing the flames against the walls. Feeding it, you close butterfly, then open door.

To helps distribute the heat, I have a curved sheet of alloy, around the back of it, with a couple of 240v computer main frame fans. The are switched so as to have both in series, one on full speed, or both on. The timber I burn, is off-cuts, plus what I collect from trees in the garden.