I have a garage that I want to heat. I have looked
at the heat loss in a couple ways and get very different answers. When I
look at volume and rise though various heater manufacturers', the
calculations say that i need about 50 mbtu/hr. When I put it in web
calculators that are more complicated heat loss calculators that use
wall, roof, and floor construction and window/door area, I get a
something around 100 mbtu/hr.
The garage is 16'w x 24' deep x 7.5'h. The peak of the roof
is 5.5' above the walls and it is a gable roof with wood walls at the
gables. The garage walls themselves are cinderblock. It is a single
car garage door, it has an uninsulated wood side door and 2 3'x4' steel
single pane windows.
It is in ann arbor michigan so the max rise is ~70 degrees f.
The volume is 3936 cubic feet.
Which
calculation is correct? Is the calculation from the heater sites only
calculating what is needed to heat the air and not accounting for the
heat that contact and radiation to the outer shell materials is removing
from the air?
Thanks
Matt
at the heat loss in a couple ways and get very different answers. When I
look at volume and rise though various heater manufacturers', the
calculations say that i need about 50 mbtu/hr. When I put it in web
calculators that are more complicated heat loss calculators that use
wall, roof, and floor construction and window/door area, I get a
something around 100 mbtu/hr.
The garage is 16'w x 24' deep x 7.5'h. The peak of the roof
is 5.5' above the walls and it is a gable roof with wood walls at the
gables. The garage walls themselves are cinderblock. It is a single
car garage door, it has an uninsulated wood side door and 2 3'x4' steel
single pane windows.
It is in ann arbor michigan so the max rise is ~70 degrees f.
The volume is 3936 cubic feet.
Which
calculation is correct? Is the calculation from the heater sites only
calculating what is needed to heat the air and not accounting for the
heat that contact and radiation to the outer shell materials is removing
from the air?
Thanks
Matt