Rarely gets up past 70' in the garage? It has to get up to at least 70' in the garage before I step out into it. Ahhh, I can do it a little lower. I can handle down around 60 to 62. One nice thing is that it the coldest it ever gets is 52', even when the outside temp is in the low teens.

I put up the insulation I had mentioned in an earlier post--104 bucks! I haven't been able to give it a decent test, but I'n not biching (incorrect spelling to thwart the [censor]) about the temp not dropping low enough for the real test. So far, it seems that the stuff really makes the heat bounce off the concrete walls. The r-factors are hazy formulas depending upon the application. One thing that it claims is that it reflects 98% of the heat or a similar percentage. That is my goal: When I go in the garage and fire up the heat, I want it to warm up quickly, rather than heat sinking the block for however long. I don't know whether or not it will offset any heating costs, but it gets toasty quickly, something I need for piddeling around for a few hours on weekday evenings.