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Heating a large indoor area
Hey guys
Just got myself access to a drive in unit but it’s freezing, there’s no heating so I need to get this large area heated.
I’ve been told that a space heater will work just fine, can anyone confirm this and if so what make / model / type should I go for?
There seems to be loads on the market and i ideally want to get the unit to about 22ºC
Thanks
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I tried a gas space-heater in my unit, would have been perfect but for the fact that the heat ‘vapourised’ the gases off the vinyls, made me feel really ill, even with a small portable gas heater, which I also tried. I would have needed loads of ventilation, which would have defeated the object, of course!
Lorraine
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Didn’t think about that..
How did you get round it?
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I moved my office into the foyer (small) so I can afford to heat that small area. The workshop is still freezing in winter though, it is ridiculous how cold it is in there. It gives me no end of hassle with printing issues.
You’ll be OK with gas if the vinyls are in a different room. I was always a bit concerned about the moisture created by gas too.Lorraine
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Thanks Lorraine.
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I use an oil space heater for the shed in winter and my office is small and heated with all the vinyls and printer etc in.
On very cold or wet days I only bring out the vinyl I’m fitting at the time and keep the rest in the office otherwise the paper absorbs moisture or wrinkles in the cold, or even both sometimes!Steve
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Steve
In an ideal world that would be fine but the unit I print in and the unit i’ll do the fitting in is about 10/15 minutes away from each other.
Ideally I want to pack up all the vinyl in the morning and once there, complete the job without any interruptions or unnecessary trips.
The unit has space for a couple of vehicles so I may just drive mine in first, leave all the vinyl in that then take it out as and when i need it, hopefully that would work fine?
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I wondered about something like an electric clothes airer, covered and kept just warm, but don’t know if then exposing the vinyl to the cold room would cause the vinyl to cockle anyway (same as keeping it in the warm office, I suppose).
Reading your reply Daniel, could you put a small low-energy heater in your van? That would keep the vinyl warm all day then.
Same question though, will the cold kill any warmth in the vinyl once the vinyl is on the printer?Lorraine
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We have an oil based system being installed just before Christmas…..
Its whopping big thing that measures 3m x 3m and will have a 2500l tank…Our neighbour has one and his been walking around with a T Shirt on….
Its not so bad when we have the big Dye Sub printer going as this lets of alot of heat but trying to heat a production floor thats an open space and 8,000sqft is proving to be tricky and I know will be expensive
If you have gas I would get a ceiling based heater from powermatic.
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We have a small office, and production room which are heated with those oil filled electric radiators.
For the space we fit vinyl to vans in we use a space heater from Machine Mart, it’s belting, once warm, we just turn it right down to maintain the temperature.
Fumes aren’t such a problem as it’s we’ve a really high ceiling and we tend to turn the vans around if they’re large, so have the door open, soon warms up again.
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Thanks David
I think this is the best option for me at the moment.
What model do you have? there seems to be a few on there.
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We have the Clarke Devil 1500, propane heater.
We have the valve barely open on the gas bottle, and the valve turned right down on the heater most of the time.
You’ll need a big bottle of propane, as the smaller ones freeze up.
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Have you consider Air Conditioner Inverter?
For 100m2 space – 24000 BTU did the job for me.
Will also cool you in the summer. -
Hi,
For our workshop we bought the Stanley ST-40-GFA Fan blower which is a life saver. Warms the place up very quickly and sometimes even a little to much.
As mentioned with gas we do get condensation so we cant let it run for too long a period otherwise looks like you’ve mopped the floor 8). We leave it on till the workshop is warm and then switch it off. Little annoying having to switch it on and off but it helps reduce the condensation for us.
Bring on the summmmeerrr!.
Regards,
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Thing you will need to keep an eye out for with a space heater is dust, they have a tendency to blow it about which doesn’t work to well with vinyl :lol1: :lol1:
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Hi Daniel
we use an indirect diesel heater…
bought this baby and build it a real secure shed. Knocked a hole in the wall and the heat goes inside, fumes remain outside……real toasty, works with a thermostat. I hate the cold and must have temperatures up for wrapping…its well worth investing in something that will really do the job. Helps we are on a farm and can get our diesel cheaper too.
stay cosy
Cheryl
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Cheryl that looks like a really nice set up. Might have to copy you 8).
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Our heater turned up today….
Alot bigger than then sales brochure pictures, this thing is about 3m high…
Should be fitted and installed next week will keep everyone posted on how it works for us.
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