There's a product made of thick, non corrugated cardboard called 'Thermo-ply,' about 1/8 thick, about $7 a sheet, supposed to add 3 or 4 to the R value. Flame resistant, I believe.

0600 to 1800... I love PT tests, breifings, shots, and paperwork...
ugh, still driving the truck with no 5th or reverse, one seat, and no carpet for the time being... yuck, cold, burrrrrrrr

~Nate

Nate:

-12° will suck the life out of you... :cool:

Main thing to keep in mind is safety...I had an acquaintance, from High School, that died when he managed to start his car on fire, in his garage, and was overcome by the fumes from the chemicals in the garage that had been ignited by a salamander heater...very sad... :(

Heed the advice in getting fireproofed materials...and since you're using a "combustible" style heater...DON'T FORGET ABOUT CARBON-MONOXIDE! If the fire don't get you...the lack of oxygen will...

If you're going to "fix up" the garage, do it right...and figure that $150 is just the start of something big...ask anyone on this forum...nothing worth doing will ONLY COST $150... :P

Good luck Nate...keep a fire extinguisher nearby and know how to use it! :fireman:

Keep a fire extinguisher handy is exactly right. A good friend of mine in Seattle was a crackerjack VW mechanic. People brought him old busses to cherry out all the time.

He had a fire in his shop, either had no extinguisher or it had expired unbeknownst to him. Lost his shop and several valuable customer vehicles.

Put him out of business for quite a while. He shook his head at his negligence.

there was a sale on them, black friday last year...
$2 each for kiddi brand car fire extuingishers. bought 5... one per vehical (at the time) and one for the garage. At anytime, I've got acess to at least 2 since I've thinned my herd... when I'm working on my driver, I've got acess to 3. I think I'm OK.

The fumes is right, but the garage has 2 vents... I think that's what they're for, but I dunno really

I've used up the tank allready, got 2 work sessions outta it... jeeze 200,000 BTU's suck the fuel. O well, it was warm when it lasted. I need to insulate, but it's cheaper, for this project, to just add in more fuel.

Life's great. got the drive shafts, exhaust, t-case, crossmember and starter out... next thing's the tranny
~Nate

Good job, Nate!

Stay safe.

Tom W

any construction sites around ? insulation is easy to pick up from houses being built .. you may even come across sheets of wood and/or drywall

yeah... right.
In addition to my personal belifs that we should got back to the biblical times of cutting the hands off a theif, I doubt the Army takes kindly to theivery.
Bad idea try again.
:rolleyes: lol (i hope)
~Nate

hey fat head .. i wasnt say steal the stuff .. if you look in the containers of throw away material you'd be suprised on what you can find .. was just an idea .. :twak:

This might be an idea - Might want to start out with the original burner shown a little lower (they spent $36 on it) and then get fancy with the souped up versions.
http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/ethanol_motherearth/me4.html

A kid back in highschool got severely burned when gasoline fumes reached the water heater pilot and made a fireball in his basement. I wouldn't store any containers of gas in that room, and avoid doing fuel system work while the heater is on.