Keeping your home warm and cozy is a must, especially during the winter months. Portable gas heating is a flexible and economical way to do this. There are many things to take into consideration when choosing portable gas heating for your home. However, portable gas heaters are certainly cheaper than oil furnaces, for example, and can be bought directly from a store.
Portable Gas Heater Types
Radiant heaters are the typical gas heaters that most people know. These heaters use fuel to heat ceramic tiles, which spread heat in a room. Radiant gas heaters are readily available at hardware shops and are cheaper than most other portable gas heaters.
Convection heaters are more expensive than radiant heaters but they are safer to use around children and pets. These heaters use a mechanism to spread heat evenly all throughout a room. With this type of heater, there is no direct contact with a naked flame and they spread heat more evenly. They are cheaper than gas furnaces, which tend to supply heat to just one spot in the room.
Radiant/Convection heaters, as their name suggests, combine the benefits of both radiant and convection heaters. These gas heaters provide the maximum amount of heat in a limited area.
Choosing a Portable Gas Heater
If you only need to concentrate heat in a small area of a room, a radiant gas heater should do the trick at the most affordable price. If you need to heat a bigger area, though, you may want to consider convection or radiant/convection heaters. With convection and radiant/convection heaters, you have to take into account the size of your room as well as the ceiling height. The bigger the room and the higher the ceiling, the higher the megajoule rating your heater will require.
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