What do you heat it with? Do you heat it all winter or only when your in there? Debating between woodstove or propane heat.

Wood stove here for a few reasons: * I like to cut wood and I have plenty of free stuff to choose from (I also heat my house with wood so it works out). * Wood heat feels so much different than other heat sources (relaxing). * Wood heat takes moisture out of the air (important for drying fur) .Propane generally puts moisture into the air. * I don't have to rely on markets for my heat source ( I just keep a spare chainsaw).

But propane is easier to regulate temps if you just want to flip the switch and set the dial to what you want.

To each his own.

We built my fur shed when we added onto our house. With the addition I ended up with a perfectly good propane furnace so we put it in the fur shed. Having the ability to keep the shed a constant temperature has sure been nice for managing thawing/drying times. I can call things pretty close on when they will be done versus less stable heat sources.

Propane creates moisture, Wood heat is great if you have time to cut, split, stack, etc.

Hard to beat radiant electric if in a well insulated space.

Propane in fur shed and wood shop.

I heated my fur shed/shop with wood and generally only when I was working in it. Also had a fan circulating the air most of the time whether working in the shop or not. Temperature would vary from near freezing overnight to 65 degrees F when working there and never had a problem drying furs. The building was well insulated.

I built a new fur shed and insullated it real well and put two six foot 220v baseboard heaters in controlled by a single digital thermastat and it has worked really well. I also put in a couple ceiling fans to move air when I am drying fur.

I found an old potbelly stove. I use it when I am there. It burns about 4 hours if I pack it full and damp it down. It was $80.00 and I heat water on the top of it so when I'm down I can clean up and wash my counter off.

My skinning and fleshing room is small, just 8 X 10. Electric heat is good and when I turn it off it is OFF. Oh I have doors going to the overhead for when I use the winch but otherwise that is closed......jk

If you do go with propane, make sure it is NOT ventless. Made that mistake years back not thinking about it! Happy trapping! ScottW

Direct vent propane heaters create moisture, vented units do not. This is the vented unit that will be in my new wood shop by next year. It pulls fresh air for combustion from outside as well.

oil. got it for free.tank also.takrs about 3-4 years to burn a tank of oil.

Both propane and kerosene have H2O as a product of combustion. If not vented outside they will increase the amount of moisture in the heated space. Wood smoke has to be vented outside and so neither increases nor decreases the amount of moisture inside. In saying "moisture" I am talking about the mass of H2O in the space. This is different from relative humidity, which is the mass of H2O on a percent basis relative to the mass that the air can hold at that temperature. Raise the temp and the air can hold more H2O. When you decrease the relative humidity by raising the temperature it makes it easier for fur to dry. Ultimately you have to get that moisture laden air out and replace it with dry air. A wood stove or propane heater that pulls its combustion air from inside does that naturally because that air is replaced by dry outside air.

Talk to your local heating guy you can get a Nat gas or propane furnace for nothing when some home owner decides to up grade. Most of the tear outs will work just fine for your shed.

Im about to build a green house as a lean-to against my fur shed, kinda thinking about in the fall reassembling it to heat my shed.

Propane you can turn it off and on while you are in there

Wood heat it will keep you in shape

1938 estate heatrola...it’s a used oil heater. Thought I’d be puffing black smoke but not so. Only thing that screwed me up was I took about ten gallons of used fry oil from the dump and didn’t think about the effects of sub zero weather....gunked my filter up and had to clean it at negative 30..then had to take a propane torch to the line to get flowing again. Risky business there lol

I run a boiler for the house I have a 2nd pump on that to heat the fur shed it’s heated all trapping season just the pump and wall radiators down one wall so it’s cheap darn near free.

Depending on where I build my shead This is one option for me. But only if I build it close enough to the boiler. My other option is electric if I build it in the middle of the farm. I'm only planning on a small well insulated storage shed maybe 14x20 or so. If I build it in the mode of the farm it will be around 1/2mile from the house. By the boiler it will be 170' from the house. By the house will be easier for distractions (wife).