The next year in August I refill it for drying again. Every year after drying I fill a 1000 gallon tank, to what 85%. So here are my numbers as best as I can give them to you. Also have my loader tractor in there to move snow, in SD that can be a big thing some years! I built it in 2000. I use it to work on things when I want or need to. I put in tube heat because it was in my budget and in floor heat was just becoming all the rage at the time. Posted 10:56 (#3463553 - in reply to #3463436) Subject: Re: Monthly shop heating costs I would think that in floor with a gas fired boiler and heat zones for office, shop, etc. Extra insulation cost a lot up front, but cheap in the long run. Are you in the artic north or the balmy south? You give no location. Hard to compare from region to region as propane and electric costs are different. With the natural gas available, you are a big step ahead on operating costs no mater which style you put in. Posted 10:52 (#3463540 - in reply to #3463436) Subject: Re: Monthly shop heating costs Radiant tube heaters are gas only, you're at the whim of gas - which is conveniently low the last while. Who will still be working in it 20 years from now? One nice thing, in floor is simple enough that if fuel sources/types change in the future it's versatile enough to change over for minimal expense (in terms of modifying ). Since the building will be a shop, you can't have a centralized location for your furnace, which means lots of ducting otherwise if you want to move the air around. Despite me being 24 my body does not handle laying on a cold cement floor, so that's another reason for me. With the tube radiant heaters you have to push that hot air down to floor level, whereas in floor most of your heat starts in the area you'll work 99% of the time. Much nicer because equipment defrosts and melts off much faster - easier to keep clean. If you'll be moving equipment in and out a lot ( feed truck, loader tractor, etc, it's easier because you're not heating air, you're heating the slab that radiates it back up. The in floor heat is more "efficient" because the slab holds the heat. Posted 10:34 (#3463509 - in reply to #3463436) Subject: Re: Monthly shop heating costs Trying to figure out if I need floor heat in the 2nd floor or not. Only half of the 2nd floor will have the house in it. I intend to build a 50x100 shop/house with 26' sidewalls with a 2nd floor. At todays price for at 1.30 per gal of propane it makes the corn worth over $6.50 per bushel. It would take 5.2 gallons of propane to equal 1 bu of 67 pound corn. He has a corn burner in its own building and heats the house, shop 60x110 and the swimming pool in the end of the shop. My neighbor has in floor heat he put 2" hi density pink foam under the floor and 3/4" red pipe in it I think on 2' centers. Posted 10:21 (#3463476 - in reply to #3463436) Subject: Re: Monthly shop heating costs So would it be better to spend it on lets say urethane plus blown in insulation and not doing in floor? Thanks. I definitely want to insulate it well, but I wonder if its worth doing a layer of urethane before the blow in. So if you wouldn't mind sharing with me what heat system you have on what size of shop, and how much that costs to heat. If we put in floor in, we would have someone design and engineer and tie it together and we would do the floor work. The in floor guys claim that way is more efficient, but how much? Does it ever make financial sense to put it in or its just nice? There is no way I would pay someone the 5-7$ per sq ft to do that. ![]() I have also been impressed by a shop that uses furnaces like a house that pulls intake air from the top and blows it out on the floor. I am considering waste oil, overhead tube, or in floor heat. The thing I am struggling the most with is deciding on which heat system makes the most sense or cents. That I am WELL aware of (before someone tells me to search,lol ) What is never mentioned for some reason is the heat costs or efficiencies. I have searched and read every old post of shop ideas and interior finishes and pros and cons of heating systems. ![]() ![]() One of my goals is to have a shop that we can afford to work in now and 20 years from now (monthly costs ). Parts room don't need heated but warehouse area might need it as we occasionally will work in there. ![]() I am in the building phase of a stick built shop that is 60x120x20 with a 20x120 enclosed and insulated lean-too that will have a office, parts room, and warehouse area. Posted 10:03 (#3463436) Subject: Monthly shop heating costs Monthly shop heating costs Jump to page : 1 Now viewing page 1
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