dougkota

Ron Alley reply continued;

I probably run my Hotdawg heater 40 to 50 days of the year.
I never have it running overnight,because the garage temperature rarely falls below 35 degrees even when outside temperatures go to 10 to 15 below zero. The natural gas Hot Dawg heater seems to be fairly economical. I would guess my prior heat bills have only $10 to $20 per month of added cost from the garage heater use.
If money was not the issue, I would use radiant heat instead however.

Hope this answers your questions.

dougkota

Ron Alley;
Sorry for the delayed response to your questions, but I rarely revisit this garage shop posting. The answers to your questions are:
No, my garage does NOT have a floor drain. I wish that I did, but did not do so in 1977 when we built this house.
We park two cars in the garage. Unless it is snowing, I usually leave the vehichles out in the driveway when I have a large project in progress. If a small project, then move all equipment back in its place and park vehichles in the garage.
Yes, I use the shop in the winter. I use the 6 h.p. Rigdid shop vac to suck up the melted snow.
Walls are insulated with single sided batting. Ceiling is insulated with batting also above the sheet rock. Garage door has the hard rubber strips on the exterior sides and top of the garage door. These hard rubber strips have a soft rubber side to them that touches the garage door itself.

To Tonyinlondon;

Thank you for your compliments. Sorry I am not replying to your questions until now, but I rarely revisit my shop posting. In answer to your questiions Tony, I bought the hydraulic table at a local Auto parts supply store I believe it was Checker Auto Supply. My epoxy floor did NOT hold up very well at all because of the snow removal salt that our city spreads on the streets to get rid of snow and ice. When I drive our vehicles into the garage and this salt melts off the vehichles it falls on the epoxy floor and eats the epoxy off. I used a low cost epoxy, but I understand that I could spend several thousand dollars for the most expensive epoxy and professional labor which is supposed to hold up to this toxic salt. For my use, I am not going to spend that kind of money to do so.

dougkota