How does cold effect reloading if at all .
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I use one of these kerosene heaters efficient and quiet in my shed / reloading room not quite as big as yours though 12 x 16.
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Good points about using fuel heaters in enclosed area. CO poisoning is real.Folks,please consider what you are breathing.
I live in Northern Colorado. It gets pretty cold here. I use one bedroom in my house for "The Gun Room"
But my reloading used to be in the garage. Necessary vehicle,etc mechanic projects have taken place in the garage.
I tried the exact same kero heater illustrated working on a car in my garage.
It was an extended project.
I got sick. A croup-like upper respiratory problem. Lost voice. Pretty bad.
I did not make the connection.
Later,lighting the heater, I noticed if I passed a match above the heater about 3 feet,it went out. Try it. The air above your heater extiguishes flame.
Then,some time later,healthy, I used that heater again. After a couple of days working in the garage,I got sick again with the respiratory problem.
That heater went to the dump. I don't know the exact issue,but I won't use one again.
Propane torpedo heaters... I bought one. It warms my garage right up. I sort of loved it.
I was working on a snow thrower that quit when it was full of slush then it iced up.
I had the torpedo heater blowing generally over the machine to thaw it as I worked on it.
Folks,the jet like exhaust from the propane torpedo heater contains carbon monoxide.
Your blood,via hemoglobin,delivers oxygen to your body and brain. I'm no chemist,but oxygen is O2 . The 2 means 2 electrons,like2 hands. One hand holds onto the iron in the hemoglobin and the other hand is open to be passed off to another molecule.
Carbon Monoxide only has one hand. When it ties up with a molecule of your hemoglobin,it does not let go. That hemoglobin is out of action.
Your body and brain starve for oxygen. Just getting some fresh air isn't enough. Your blood can't deliver the oxygen.
I got carbon monoxide poisoning from working with a propane forced air torpedo heater blowing on me.
I just cannot recommend being in an enclosed space with any combustion heat source that does not exhaust to outside air,
And there must be sufficient vent or infiltration to provide fresh oxygen.
You can go down without warning and you won't get up. You will be stiff when they find you.
Its the same stuff that has killed goose hunters in pit blinds and ice fishermen in shanties.
SOME of the propane catalytic heaters state in the literature they are safe for indoor use. They do produce humidity as a biproduct.
Check your local codes,but there are some propane/natural gas heaters that vent through an outside wall. A friend has a very nice between the studs gas forced air with a regular wall thermostat in his shop. It keeps the machine tools at a stable temperature.
IMO, for combustion,it needs products of combustion vented outside. However that gets done,woodstove flue, vent pipe,through the wall,etc.
Catalytic heaters,like Mr Buddy, might be safe enough.
Beyond that,I'd say you are stuck with electric. Consider a Carbon Monoxide detector.
Food and gun / ammo / reloading don't mix, espcially decapping. It is just my choice.I know this is a touch off topic. But I don't have a reloading area at all. I'd love an out building. For now my press is on a piece of 2x6 that I clamp to my kitchen table with wood working clamps. Dies and supplies are in totes on a storage shelf with primers in a closet away from the powder. When I load I set it up, load and preferably put it back before dinner so my wife does not yell at me. By dinner is the deal.
Is that optimal, no. but sometimes you have to do what you have to do. If it's just the two of you, I wouldn't worry to much about it. I have cast on a kitchen table, that we really never ate at anyway. But as long as you're diligent and clean up after and don't have anyone that would go and lick the table, I think you'll be fineI know this is a touch off topic. But I don't have a reloading area at all. I'd love an out building. For now my press is on a piece of 2x6 that I clamp to my kitchen table with wood working clamps. Dies and supplies are in totes on a storage shelf with primers in a closet away from the powder. When I load I set it up, load and preferably put it back before dinner so my wife does not yell at me. By dinner is the deal.
I know. Carbon monoxide attaches to hemoglobin something like 40x that of oxygen. As a pilot, co poisoning and hypoxia are something we learn about early and pretty in depth. I'm not at all dismissing your concerns. I didn't have any matches, but I put a propane torch above the heater that I put a cookie sheet of brass to dry on(to block any drafts/wind. Since they're a convection heater, and by definition they create drafts, I wanted to rule that out as being the cause of the flame extinguishing. The flame went from blue to mostly orange. With propane, my two biggest concerns(ok 3) was 1, starting a fire, two, carbon monoxide, and three, the moisture propane puts out. Yes, any combustion will consume oxygen, this kerosene heater is supposed to have a catalyst to reduce the co. The match test wouldn't tell anything if co, just oxygen.nhyrum: Its not just about having fresh air coming in.
Carbon Monoxide is cumulative. It takes your red blood cells out of service.
98% "good air" will not prevent 2% carbon monoxide from taking its toll.
But you go ahead and do it your way. Do try passing a lit match through the "air" rising vertically from your Kero-Sun heater. Its interesting.
How does cold effect reloading if at all .
Moving
I'm curious myself. I'm in the process of moving to Idaho. I'll get there just in time for the cold weather to set in (I have never lived in a cold climate). I'm not going to concern myself with loading until next spring begins to approach, as I'll have much other stuff to unpack. But yes, my load area will be in a three car garage (with two cars in it).
I did request extra electrical circuits (home is under construction) in the garage (120 & 220) for heating, lighting, possible air compressor and/or electric car charger. But will heating it be a practical thing to do? In the dead of winter, I suspect not.
I'll likely get one (or two) of those portable oil filled radiators to "extend" the loading season a bit on each end of the warm months - if that makes sense. But when outside high temps are in the 20f range, I doubt getting the garage warm enough for loading is something I'm going to be able to do.
I'm moving from the Sacramento valley, where I had the opposite problem: The summer was too hot to load - no matter what time of the day. However, the winters were so mild that two warmed up car engines (not running inside the garage, of course) was sufficient to warm it.