Heating my new shop to protect equipment

[Chips O'Toole]

I suppose things are different in Florida, where "freezing" means maybe 20 degrees on a horrible day, and it only lasts a few hours.

Tarps really do work here. Been using them for a couple of years. Better than oil.

 

[murraym]

I just finished insulating and putting heat in. I use an outdoor wood boiler for heat in the barn and the house. Prior to that, i would spray everything with fluid film. It worked great but a pain to clean off and without heat in there, it want pleasurable to be out there. Stable temperature is important. I'll lower the thermostat to 40 when its not in use and up to 55 when working. No more issues with sweating on the machines.

 

[hman]

When I moved into my house here in Chandler, AZ, the shop building was "air conditioned" by two "swamp coolers". One of the first improvements I made to the building was to rip out the swamp coolers and have a heat pump installed. Swamp coolers are of **absolutely** no use in the winter, and I didn't like that they would add moisture to the air inside the shop during the summer. The heat pump has been doing a fantastic job for several years now.