heated garages

We have a 3 car garage with one space walled off and is air tight. Two Ferraris reside there- one on top of the other. Above the garage if the master bed room. I had duct work "tap" into the the upstairs ducts and put a vent in the ceiling of the garage which gives me heat in winter and A/C in the summer- Very inexpensive!

Dan

 

A number of years ago, I purchased and installed an electric heater in our detached garage. A "sun twin" heater, it had some kind of a mechanism whereby the switch was like the ones in operating rooms -- no chance at all of igniting any fumes. It has been inexpensive to run, keeps the garage pleasantly warm all winter, does NOT increase the humidity level. Sure beats trying to work in a cold garage in the winter time. I found a website that I think is the same product (I have NO connection with the manufacturer or distribution or sale of these heaters -- just a consumer):

http://www.portablefurnace.com/

One other advantage -- two winters ago the family across the street lost their electricity during a bad electrical storm. We carried the suntwin over to their place and ran an extension cord over to it from our house. They were able to stay in their house for the 4 days until the power and light company could get their electricity restored.

And, whenever we sell this house - I can take the sun twin with me. It's been about 10 years and I have not had to replace anything on it. It's still completely original. I even saw reference to them on ebay but did not bother to check them out. I also tinted my garage windows to keep the sun off of my beautiful green Ferrari!

 

Thats what I did. The only difference is that there is no room on top of my garage, just the roof to the outside. I used the duct from the room next to the garage. By the way, I cover the ferrari but not the other car. I don't see any condensation on the uncovered car, just the garage doors. if your bedroom is upstairs from the garage, and if by chance you need new doors, you got to check out my doors. They're barn like, but thats my preference (you can get any style) because they fit into my decor, but they are "silent". If you get up early, I'm sure that when you open the door it wakes anyone up in the room directly above. If you (or anyone else) wants more info let me know. Its a huge difference then the chain driven doors.

 

By the way, lets see other views of the 330. It looks great from the back. Love the plate on the 328. Mine is similiar. Its 4REEE.

 

Ferrari 330 GT Registry
Registry for 330 GT and America models. On-line looup and searches by serial number.
http://www.parrotbyte.com/330GTRegistry

Hi Gary. Guess we had the same solution for garage heat. I dont have any condensation at all in my garage- bone dry. Thanks for the advice about the doors, but mine are silent enough.

With the Fchat problem a while back, I lost the pics, but please go to the above site (great BTW) and find serial no. 9119 for history and pics of my car.

BTW, is your name pronounced "reese"? That is my last name and there are many spellings for the same pronounciation (Rys, Riis, etc)

Dan

 

The heat in mine is created by circulating hot water in tubes through the concrete floor. It does nothing that contributes humidity to the air. The concrete is sealed by a plastic membrane underneath and is sealed by floor paint on top.. It's good for maintaining a constant tempurature of 60 to 65 degrees f (or higher) as opposed to a fluctuating tempurature that fosters sweating, condensation, corrosion and rust on any unprotected metal.

 

Its called radiant heat. I use it where I have marble or tile floors throughout my house. The only problem, and its not really a problem, is that you have to dig up the floor to do it. I'm going to build a three car garage with lifts next to my garage that I have now, and when i do it, radiant heat will be my choice of heat.Its much easier to do when starting from scratch.

 

"Res" is abreviated for Resnick.

 

I checked out the registry. Nice pics. Nice history. The 328 registry is not as detailed.

 

I have just completed building an 8 car stand alone garage after 8 months of hard work....and since it is summer in this part of the country, and we have had a few days where temperatures have soared to the 100 degree range, i can verify that a Heating/airconditoning system is a definite must...i can see water streaming from the drain which carries the condensation outdooors. Imagine if all that moisture were to stay in your garage and its effects on all parts of your cars. As for heat, my regular attached garage has always been heated and it is quite comfortable to get into your car in the winter when outside temperatures are near freezing...though it may attract some rodents into your garage when it feels warm for them from the outside. I have never seen any ill ffects from the heating system having lived in my house for 20 years; I have a hydronic heating system, but it does not have any leaks so no moisture is introduced into the garage during the winter from the heating system