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Originally Posted by Zach95SE
I know exactly how that feels. We used to use kerosene then moved to propane. This year we hooked up a regular oil furnace which is by far the fastest and warmest of the 3 I have experience with.
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Your post is a little misleading. Kerosene and #2 fuel oil have very close to the same heating value. Propane is about 40% less.
Your new oil furnace is heating the garage up faster because it is burning more fuel not because the fuel has a higher heating value. Also it would be externally vented so you would not be losing heat from having to leave a door or window partially open.
Kerosene heaters are fine as long as you have an ample supply of fresh air for dilution of the combustion products.