Framers/Renovators its time to heat your job site

[Blue]

Who brings in heat and how do you do it.

When I was framing full time we would start a burn barrel on site to stand around every couple hours when its sub zero. They frown on it but don't enforce it as far as I know. I guess thats one ordinance that they couldn't sleep well enforcing.

I have seen the bricklayers build some elaborate tents with heat in them.

I have a friend in the water damage business that have machines called "Dragons". They sit outside the home and you run a duct through the window. These are great for heating an entire home when there has been a disaster and power is out for weeks at a time, but they run about 10k each!!

[Winchester]

I don't do NC, so I don't really need it :2thumbsup:

There are some decent looking propane heaters in the $100-200 range that I'd consider buying if I needed to.

[framer55]

Who brings in heat and how do you do it.

When I was framing full time we would start a burn barrel on site to stand around every couple hours when its sub zero. They frown on it but don't enforce it as far as I know. I guess thats one ordinance that they couldn't sleep well enforcing.

I have seen the bricklayers build some elaborate tents with heat in them.

I have a friend in the water damage business that have machines called "Dragons". They sit outside the home and you run a duct through the window. These are great for heating an entire home when there has been a disaster and power is out for weeks at a time, but they run about 10k each!!

Burn barrels are for babys. If it is cold we start the trucks up 5 min. before break and sit in them and warm up.

Found over the years, that it is counterproductive to work below 0f. :)

[Eieio]

Propane torpedos or pop us.. running on propane tanks I got about 12 of those suckers..

usually one in the basement is cool and the heat rises and warms up the whole house

[RCP]

Propane heaters. Last year had some issues with fumes, picked a 2 new ones yesterday. A drywaller we know has an electric furnace unit he brings in and plugs in. Wish I could find a used/cheap one!

[Silvertree]

I had a hard hat heater, worked well.

Also gave away a 250,000 salamander.

Now I have an 80,000 salamander propane that works with a 20lb tank.
Plus 2- 16,000 BTU for small areas. Clean and quiet and about 5 bucks a day to operate.

[Eieio]

Here you go blue

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[DavidC]

Back in the day we built a pop up shanty like the ice fishermen use. Inside we set a kerosene heater. We'd take turns bringing in a pot for lunch to simmer while we worked, plus we had a place to warm our fingers when needed.

I brought in a kettle of rabbit stew that was harvested off the site the day before and set it to simmer. It cooked over and the heater was never the same after. Stew was great though.

Remodeling is better than new construction because most people heat their homes already.

Good Luck
Dave

[SLS-Construction]

Landscaping & framing - the fire barrel

Interior - propane

I do like what they did on This Old House once - they got a dented Hydronic system for a song, hooked it up to the hot water line & let it run - no fumes or excess moisture when the drywall guys are trying to mud

[buildpinnacle]

Who needs a barrel. We pile up the scraps and lite em up. Keeps the rif raf around the jobsite down to a min. We had a fire resto that we took down to the steel last winter that had VCT flooring that was virtually impossible to get up. I concocted a fire sled and we burned wood chips on it and moved it around to heat up the glue so we could chip out the floors. Made for a damn good heater as well. I may be on to something there.

Propane or diesel reddy heaters for the inside.