# Best heater for 200sqft? **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [January 2, 2010, 12:53pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-heater-for-200sqft/249494 "2010-01-02T12:53:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 34
**Author:** ![OsoiNA6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/osoina6/32/6301_2.png) [@OsoiNA6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/OsoiNA6)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2010, 1:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-heater-for-200sqft/249494/34 "2010-01-04T13:13:43Z")
> [@Official "remove Kcuv's Sig" thread](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-remove-kcuvs-sig-thread/27899/195): > > I think I need something around 50000 BTU’s. Anybody have any experience with the “salamander” style, kerosene heaters? Might have a lead on a free one now. Looking to get the garage to around 60 degrees. Lance, I calculated 45000 BTU/hr assuming the following: 16x25 garage (400 sq ft) 8 foot ceiling walls are brick on four sides roof is corrugated asbestos floor is concrete ambient temp of 10 deg F (and you want it to get to 60) 20% heat lost through ventilation 50000 BTU/hr sounds about right, especially if you are losing more than that assumed 20% through ventilation (leaks). --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/best-heater-for-200sqft/249494)._