I bought a house back in Sept. of 2009 and it came with a small shop.
This shop measures 15' by 9' with a roof/ceiling that is probably 8' at the highest point. Picture shows the ceiling.
The outside walls are plywood. I have finished insulating the inside walls with R-13 insulation, and have since put up R-19 insulation in the ceiling after the above picture was taken. I am in the process of putting 1\2" plywood up on the inside, though one 9' wall has a 4' by 8' piece of peg board instead of plywood, and another wall has a section of 4' by 6' piece of peg board. I live in western Maryland and have been using this to heat, and is good enough to raise the temperature to about 55 or so on that side of the shop. For summer time, forget it. Right now, I have two circuits to my shop, a 20amp for the tools and a 15 amp for the lights and the little heater. I am looking for something better to heat and cool the small size shop I have. Any suggestions? Once I pick something out, then I will see about having the electical hooked up, but after the panel box in the house gets upgraded from a 100amp to 200amp service.
This shop measures 15' by 9' with a roof/ceiling that is probably 8' at the highest point. Picture shows the ceiling.
The outside walls are plywood. I have finished insulating the inside walls with R-13 insulation, and have since put up R-19 insulation in the ceiling after the above picture was taken. I am in the process of putting 1\2" plywood up on the inside, though one 9' wall has a 4' by 8' piece of peg board instead of plywood, and another wall has a section of 4' by 6' piece of peg board. I live in western Maryland and have been using this to heat, and is good enough to raise the temperature to about 55 or so on that side of the shop. For summer time, forget it. Right now, I have two circuits to my shop, a 20amp for the tools and a 15 amp for the lights and the little heater. I am looking for something better to heat and cool the small size shop I have. Any suggestions? Once I pick something out, then I will see about having the electical hooked up, but after the panel box in the house gets upgraded from a 100amp to 200amp service.
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