Yea, were the dumb shats that moved home from AZ and bought a house with no garage...
Really tried to find a garage to rent this year, just didn't work out.
Sooooo, thought I'd share how I/we keep the tm warm with no garage. Maybe this will keep "Jeepers(lol)" from getting bugged all winter like last... It's getting cold next week, tuesday HIGH of 5! Omg....
Anyways, here ya go... Biggest thing to keep in mind - your not trying to heat the whole van... Just the tm...
How to "tent" the tm.
Your trying to make a cave/tent of heat. First blanket - over top and drivers side of tm covered.
Second blanket - Over front of unit and driver side, leave the cave "open" and extra blanket at bottom. Van doors are the coldest place in the whole van.
Take your door guard or blankets, towels, whatever and stuff it at the bottom of doors(coldest area!). Before this step, throw you two extension cords(for heaters) in the van. After the side is sealed up with door guard and blankets it will be tuff to get cords in.
Just doing this above, you generally be good with one heater on low down to... Heck, 20 degrees at least... Put your remote t- stat on top, good to go.
You want your "tent" to look like this. Two heaters at bottom of photo, both plugged in ready to go. Exit through back of van!
The heater on the left(150$) is digital. Push a button to whatever temp you like and the unit will keep it there or try to at least. Second heater(right) no t-stat, it stays on. Front of machine will freeze first! Plug one heater in at front of house - one heater in back of house. Different circuits.
Extreme cold.... Extra stepsssssss!
Take another blanket and drape it over tm and somehow attach to van wall or shelf. This again is going to help guard the door area. Stuff that shat in to the step in area.
Another photo of door area...
Back view of van, bottom of doors coldest area, stuff some blanket or towels down there.
My stupid van has a bunch of little holes like this all letting in cold air. That's what the blankets might help with.
Last step.... Uggggggg.... Take a blanket and try to cover as much of the back as you can!
The silver stuff on the roof is bubble foil wrap(whatever it's called), it's over every wall, floor also has the foil, wood and carpet. The walls have foam insulation(pink stuff) loosely attached to sides. I'm sure it helps, at minus 22 last winter I need all the help I can get!
Obviously this is not ideal, but it can be done. It's better than putting anti freeze in it every night! Or using a po##ty.
And YES! Your electricity bill will/is going to cost "quite a bit" more... Especially come Feb. when temps are -5, 24 hours a day and the heater are running.................... For days....
Good luck. Minus four(-4) for the high Wednesday(-14 night).
Really tried to find a garage to rent this year, just didn't work out.Sooooo, thought I'd share how I/we keep the tm warm with no garage. Maybe this will keep "Jeepers(lol)" from getting bugged all winter like last... It's getting cold next week, tuesday HIGH of 5! Omg....
Anyways, here ya go... Biggest thing to keep in mind - your not trying to heat the whole van... Just the tm...
How to "tent" the tm.
Your trying to make a cave/tent of heat. First blanket - over top and drivers side of tm covered.
Second blanket - Over front of unit and driver side, leave the cave "open" and extra blanket at bottom. Van doors are the coldest place in the whole van.
Take your door guard or blankets, towels, whatever and stuff it at the bottom of doors(coldest area!). Before this step, throw you two extension cords(for heaters) in the van. After the side is sealed up with door guard and blankets it will be tuff to get cords in.
Just doing this above, you generally be good with one heater on low down to... Heck, 20 degrees at least... Put your remote t- stat on top, good to go.
You want your "tent" to look like this. Two heaters at bottom of photo, both plugged in ready to go. Exit through back of van!
The heater on the left(150$) is digital. Push a button to whatever temp you like and the unit will keep it there or try to at least. Second heater(right) no t-stat, it stays on. Front of machine will freeze first! Plug one heater in at front of house - one heater in back of house. Different circuits.
Extreme cold.... Extra stepsssssss!
Take another blanket and drape it over tm and somehow attach to van wall or shelf. This again is going to help guard the door area. Stuff that shat in to the step in area.
Another photo of door area...
Back view of van, bottom of doors coldest area, stuff some blanket or towels down there.
My stupid van has a bunch of little holes like this all letting in cold air. That's what the blankets might help with.
Last step.... Uggggggg.... Take a blanket and try to cover as much of the back as you can!
The silver stuff on the roof is bubble foil wrap(whatever it's called), it's over every wall, floor also has the foil, wood and carpet. The walls have foam insulation(pink stuff) loosely attached to sides. I'm sure it helps, at minus 22 last winter I need all the help I can get!
Obviously this is not ideal, but it can be done. It's better than putting anti freeze in it every night! Or using a po##ty.
And YES! Your electricity bill will/is going to cost "quite a bit" more... Especially come Feb. when temps are -5, 24 hours a day and the heater are running.................... For days....
Good luck. Minus four(-4) for the high Wednesday(-14 night).
that was a close call!
