We have a weak little propane heater we use. for a 3 car garage.

Has anyone gotten fancy with the heated floors? that would be beautiful in Idaho winters! evertime i go our into the garage to get more Mountain Dew for our mini fridge, I freeze my feet off.

 

We have a propane heater that we purchased after our power went out for over a day one year. I've only used it once when I was changing the oil on my mother's old van, and that was at least eight years ago. I'm not sure what you would use without hooking it up to a central heating system. The hanger at our airport just has this huge space heater and even that doesn't keep it necessarily warm during the winter, but warm enough to start the plane without too much trouble right out of the hanger. Perhaps thermosocks and shoes are the solution to the problem.

About how cold did it get for you in Idaho? We don't think we got much lower than 0 degrees F in Southern IL.

 

I've gone to school in -15 degree weather. The wind chill has to be about -25 to cancel school. Here's a good joke for ya'll.


Jeff Foxworthy on Idaho:

If you consider it a sport to gather your food by drilling through 18 inches of ice and sitting there all day hoping that the food will swim by, you might live in Idaho.

If you're proud that your region makes the national news 96 nights each year because Stanley is the coldest spot in the nation, you might live in Idaho.

If your local Dairy Queen is closed from November through March, you might live in Idaho.

If you instinctively walk like a penguin for five months out of the year, you might live in Idaho.

If your brother's suntan stops at a line curving around the middle of his forehead, you might live in Idaho.

If you have worn shorts and a parka at the same time, you might live in Idaho.

If your town has an equal number of bars and churches, you might live in Idaho.

If you have had a lengthy telephone conversation with someone who dialed a wrong number, you might live in Idaho.

YOU KNOW YOU ARE A TRUE IDAHOAN WHEN:

1. "Vacation" means going east or west on I-84 for the weekend.
2. You measure distance in hours.
3. You know several people who have hit a deer more than once.
4. You often switch from "heat" to "A/C" in the same day and back again.
5. You can drive 65 mph through 2 feet of snow during a raging blizzard, without flinching.
6. You see people wearing camouflage at social events (including weddings).
7. You install security lights on your house and garage and leave both unlocked.
8. You carry jumper cables in your car and your girlfriend knows how to use them.
9. You design your kid's Halloween costume to fit over a snowsuit.
10. Driving is better in the winter because the potholes are filled with snow.
11. You know all 4 seasons: almost winter, winter, still winter and road construction.
12. Your idea of creative landscaping is a statue of a deer next to your blue spruce.
13. You were unaware that there is a legal drinking age.
14. Down South to you means Utah or Nevada.
15. A brat is something you eat.
16. Your neighbor throws a party to celebrate his new pole shed.
17. You go out to a tail gate party every Friday.
18. Your 4th of July picnic was moved indoors due to frost.
19. You have more miles on your snow blower than your car.
20. You find 0 degrees "a little chilly."


Hey this my 500th post! Sweet i've been waiting for this moment 500 posts ago!

 

Look for radiant tube heater, suspends from ceiling, and small wall unit. Use wall unit to maintain non frigid temps, and kick up the radiant tube when you plan to work on something...best of both worlds, can run pretty cheap.

We get winter here from Nov to April. We get some of your arctic air too. I winterize my buildings now, too expensive to keep warm for water pipes.

Steve

 

Here in Arizona summers...we just open the door...all the heat you could ever want...in winter, it's just a matter of thinking about how hot it will be in summer....