LP burner use inside in winter

[jerihillken]

It's time to graduate to all-grain after years of extract brewing. Looking into all-grain brewing, it seems that most people use 100,000 to 200,000 BTU LP burners outside. But, living in Vermont about 20 miles from the Canadian border really limits the months of the year I can brew outside. For example, it has been above 0 degrees one day in the past two weeks. Is there anyway to design an LP setup that can be used inside in the wintertime? Can 45,000 BTU burners be used inside? Are there any high output electric burners? I plan to use three modified sankey kegs in a typical waterfall setup.
Thanks, Ken

[chazwicke]

Ken, DO NOT DO IT! those burners are made for outdoors only. They use up lots of oxygen and suck all of it out of a room quickly.

[Jughead]

What about some kind of heating element like a hot water tank uses? Can you crank these up to a rolling boil?

[brewmonkey]

Originally posted by Jughead
What about some kind of heating element like a hot water tank uses? Can you crank these up to a rolling boil?

Some breweries have kettles that run by immersion heaters. Price Schonstrum manufactured theres in that manner.

[barley ben]

DO NOT DO IT! those burners are made for outdoors only. They use up lots of oxygen and suck all of it out of a room quickly.

That's something I never though of. I had the same idea in my head. My big argument was the fact that people use gas stoves in the house. Glad you brought that up. Thanks even though I didn't ask the question.

[Payson]

I used a propane heater inside a very poorly constructed "house" while I was in the Peace Corps and gradually drifted off to "sleep". If someone didn't walk in when they did I would not be writing this today. When they refer to it as the silent killer I can attest to the truthfullness of that! Needless to say, it was a lesson learned.

[Stodbrew]

Originally posted by Payson
I used a propane heater inside a very poorly constructed "house" while I was in the Peace Corps and gradually drifted off to "sleep". If someone didn't walk in when they did I would not be writing this today. When they refer to it as the silent killer I can attest to the truthfullness of that! Needless to say, it was a lesson learned.

Well, Payson, glad to see you're here! I have to agree with everyone else, don't do it!

[danno]

If you need another reason, consider this. a year and a half ago, at the end of the season at a Boy Scout camp in northeastern Wisconsin, a 17 year old staffer died from co2 from a malfunctioning small propane heater. he was IN A TENT....

[chazwicke]

Wow Payson. That is really learning the hard way. You were lucky. Glad you made it too. Where were you in the Peace Corps?

[Payson]

I was in Tunisia and strangely enough I was warned about the dangers but didn't heed them.

[tj beerman]

I brew in my shop but it is 40'x 60' with 14' ceiling and has a air vent near where I brew

[tj beerman]

here's an idea of the area

[chazwicke]

That looks pretty safe.

[YamahaXS]

heh, didn't we just have another thread about this very subject somewhere?

3 concerns I have are:
-carbon monoxide will kill you
-o2 depletion might kill you
-vapor will eventually build up, attracking insects galor come summer.

that said, lately I have been brewing in the garage with the garage door (double wide) open about 12 inches from the floor.

[chazwicke]

Yes there were two threads on this subject going simultaneously