Gas or electric?

[LeetleGreyCells]

Calling on the wise and good people of CycleChat!

After having moved house, I'll be spending quite a bit of time in the new garage for fettling the fleet and on Zwift. The garage is insulated, but will still be very cold in winter.

I've been thinking about getting a heater, but do I get gas or electric?

Gas will be cheaper, but with an open flame and having to get a gas bottle refilled regularly.

Electric will be more expensive, but instant on/off and electricity is always on hand.

Which do I buy?!

 

[cosmicbike]

If you are going to be in an enclosed, unventilated space then perhaps electric is best for your own health.... Use a small oil filled radiator, or perhaps pedal harder and it's free!!

 

[classic33]

Gas needs the same air you do, electric doesn't.

Would you be able to warm it prior to use.

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

Gas needs the same air you do, electric doesn't.

Would you be able to warm it prior to use.

I wouldn't want to leave a gas heater turned on unattended.

If you are going to be in an enclosed, unventilated space then perhaps electric is best for your own health.... Use a small oil filled radiator, or perhaps pedal harder and it's free!!

When I would be in the garage, the door would be closed. I take your point.

 

[Sittingduck]

Have a couple of oil filled electric ones for our summer house and conservatory, quite effective and one of them has a timer built in.

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

Have a couple of oil filled electric ones for our summer house and conservatory, quite effective and one of them has a timer built in.

I like the idea of a timer.

 

[fossyant]

I don't bother heating the garage - cold, yes, but leave the fan off first using Zwift, then put it on. I rarely heat the garage even in winter - I'll occasionally use a fan heater if it's minus something.

 

[gbb]

In a small packing shed at a firmer employers, we had infra red heaters mounted on the walls.
More efficient than many other kinds of electric heaters but they dont (particually) heat the air, rather they warm you when youre near them /it.

 

[stephec]

You won't need a heater when you're on the turbo, and surely if you're a northerner you won't need one any other time either, maybe wear a long sleeved t-shirt if it gets a bit nippy?

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

You won't need a heater when you're on the turbo, and surely if you're a northerner you won't need one any other time either, maybe wear a long sleeved t-shirt if it gets a bit nippy?

It's mainly for when I'm working on the bikes.

I tend to go on Zwift in the very early morning or late evening when the winter temperature has dropped. In the old house, I had my Zwift setup stationed in the conservatory where it was considerably warmer than the garage, but it's definitely going to be the garage at the new house.

 

[LeetleGreyCells]

Having just had a look at electric heaters available, I guess my next question is fan, convector or oil-filled?

I've never had to buy one of these before!

 

[Alex321]

Open flames and wood shaving don't mis - or some might say they mix too well.

Oops. Wrong forum. Forgot I was in the cycling forum rather than the woodturning one

 

[cougie uk]

No need for heating if you're zwifting.

In winter I will start off with my trusty Aldi winter jacket on and take it off after about 5 minutes.

Then I'll start turning on fans.

Save the cash from the heater and spend it on the biggest strongest fan you can buy.

And for fettling - just put an extra Sweater on.

 

[Dayvo]

If a woodburner with a long pipe out through the roof on a concrete floor isn’t a possibility, maybe go for a gas stove.

 

[tyred]

Oh I thought this would be a thread about welding.