Rick wrote:

My wife and I bought a house last year and are planning on building a
new garage. I figure a 24' x 24' size is close to the basic 2.5 car.
Fortunately I am blessed with being married to a wonderful woman that is
OK with the idea of building a garage 2x the above size 48'x24' with the
2nd 24'x24' area to be my shop. I live in the cold winter state of
Wisconsin and am looking for a decent garage heater that would work
great. I am considering running natural gas out to the garage and can
use that or I was thinking of istalling a woodburning stove. I like the
second idea (great way to get rid of scrap).

Thanks in advance for the advice.

Rick

Lots of good advice here and I'll chime in with a hearty "me too!" I
have a 45K BTU Reznor gas heater up high. I have a garage with a 24x15
shop attached on the end. There is a garage door between the garage and
the shop which I keep closed as much as possible in the winter. There
is a fire wall between the shop and the house. The best thing about
heater over stove is that I set the thermostat for about 45dF after I am
through for the day and that keeps stuff from freezing over night. I
reset to about 60dF if I am going to work out there and it stays that
way without further effort.
mahalo,
jo4hn