By far the most popular situation when someone would need a propane heater is in the garage, so a propane garage heater is a popular product. There are many different heaters that will do the trick to heat up your garage while you are out working on your latest project in the garage during the colder months. You can choose between portable propane heaters that you can simply bring to the space that you need it at that time, to more of a permanently mounted system in the garage itself.
Forced air propane garage heaters are heaters that have a fan attachment. These can either be in the shape of a square/rectangular heater or a cylinder that is placed on the ground and plugged into an electrical socket, or just stand alone. The cylindrical heaters, such as the Mr. Heater MH55FAV, usually come with a large hose that hooks up to a 20 pound propane tank. They will come in a variety of BTU output power ranges. A smaller portable fan will give you around 55,000 btu, enough to heat around 1,250 square feet of space. Larger the btu output, obviously the larger the space.
For a much larger BTU output, you may want to try something like the Mr. Heater BigMaxx 75,000 btu propane garage unit heater. This is a convection heater, which takes longer to warm up, but is much more effective in heater spaces. There are basically four types of heating units, convection, radiant, reflective, and forced air. All of these devices will do well in heating a garage area.
Some popular designs of propane space heater for the garage are rectangular floor mounted models with fans, ceiling mounted models that hang from chains and heat with reflective heat, small reflective heat models that hook up to the tank itself, and forced air models that are cylinders that are placed on the ground. You’ll want to take into account just how portable you want the device to be when choosing the right heater for you. Also, the larger the space you have, like over 1,000 square feet, you’ll want to make sure the heater puts out enough btu’s of heat. A propane garage heater will make your winter more productive.