I am building a seasonal use house and am looking for suggestions for temporary heat to facilitate drywall taping, ceramic tile installation etc. The only permanent heat to be installed is a wood stove and electric heat in the bathroom as the house will be winterized when not in use during freezing weather.
I need sometime to maintain 50 degrees for 72 for the thin set. And yes in NW PA, that already a problem as night temps are in the 30’s.
Any suggestions?
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For such a short duration, it might be hard to beat simple electric space heaters.
Portable furnaces can be rented, but are rather expensive in my area.
Propane/kerosene heaters have CO issues.
Would not take many 1500w heaters to hold 50 degrees with 30 degree nights in a closed-up structure.
They are relatively cheap new, but also very common yardsale items...
You can set an electric oven to a low temperature and leave the door ajar for some heat.
we use propane heaters. Stick one in the basement and crank it up. Shut it off at the end of the day. Our truck driver is too weak to manuever the 100# bottles, so he gets sent to home depot for the little tanks like the kind on your bbq grill. They work allright.
electric heaters should give a dryer heat than propane, which would be preferable for drywalling, also cheaper, propane in bottles is expensive. I used 2 5kw construction heaters when building my house, until i was able to get the gas fireplace running.
i had this same problem on a cabin once.happened across a old electric furnace in the newspaper for 50 bucks.it work great i just put a 220 plug on it and whenever i needed heat would just plug it in and let it run.you could put a thermostat on it so it would cycle.good luck