@Gene Howe I am just glad my wife's truck is too big to fit in the garage or she'd try to take it over.

I know that I'm a little late, but I'm pretty much in the same situation, a detached garage / shop with uninsulated walls in the Dakotas where it gets plenty cold out. I wish I had insulated the walls and covered them but I never have, and now it's a little late because the walls are filled with peg board, cabinets, and work benches that are attached to the walls, etc. But with a little help from a past neighbor that was a good welder, we did manage to construct a hanging ( about chest high ) forced air wood furnace, it works great. The stainless chimney was kind of expensive, but considering the total cost of the project it was really not that expensive.

21 minutes ago, CharlieL said:

 we did manage to construct a hanging ( about chest high ) forced air wood furnace, it works great.

Hey Charlie, Welcome to The Patriot Woodworker. Glad to see you jumping in and participating. Look around and if you have any questions about the site ask away. I think you'll find we're pretty friendly and always happy to have new folks contributing...we learn together.

 

BTW, you have any pictures of your forced air hanging wood stove? Would love to see that. Great concept and idea.

27 minutes ago, CharlieL said:

... in the Dakotas where it gets plenty cold out. 

 

Colder than Northern Virginia, say it isn't so.

 

Thanks for the input.  Since I got things insulated I am using an oil filled heater that is doing a pretty good job of heating the place up. I would still like to get something that taps into the natural gas because it is much cheaper and I think I could get it a bit warmer on the cold days. Right now, it's just not in the cards or the budget.

 

I'm sure insulating it helped a lot, so that's some good progress.

18 hours ago, Grandpadave52 said:

BTW, you have any pictures of your forced air hanging wood stove? Would love to see that. Great concept and idea.

A blower is attached to the back of the jacketed furnace, and blows through to the holes in the face of the furnace. The larger six holes above the door are pipes going through the firebox.

Edited January 16, 20179 yr by CharlieL

Nicely fabricated Charlie...you guys ought to go into business manufacturing & selling those.

Is the blower thermostatically controlled or continuous run?

Looks like it should keep you toasty even in the harsh upper Midwest cold

Thanks for posting a pic.

12 minutes ago, Grandpadave52 said:

Is the blower thermostatically controlled or continuous run ?

 

I have the blower plugged into a switched outlet.

 

Edited January 16, 20179 yr by CharlieL