Re: Garage comfort vs work accomplished

Posted by R Anderson On 2009/12/11 9:39:12

Here in Upstate NY the temperate season is about 6 months, so working in the garage with doors open for grinding, welding and painting is limited to that period mostly, pretty nice from May to October, fans are sufficient for hot spells and in winter mechanical & detail work, wiring, and other small projects tend to come to the fore... my smallish 24 x 24 garage is insulated and has a ceiling making the big vented propane heater pretty effective, but expensive to run and as noted by others the concrete floor gets awfully cold!! I found the answer to that to be a big plush carpet remnant, it makes lying on the floor fairly tolerable as long as the heat is on. The space is cramped by a big workbench and loads of wall shelves so moving the smaller car out is necessary to accomplish any significant work. The big car at present is a 58 DeSoto Sportsman project kept company by a finished 70 MG roadster, but we rent several garage spaces for a couple of others and very soon the DeSi will join them and if all goes well a 40s Clipper will assume place of honor. There is plenty of yard space but funds for a long planned garage expansion always seem to get ploughed into yet another car!