Friday, November 28, 2014

Different Types Of Heaters For Warming Your House

By Alex D White


As winter approaches, you need to be adequately prepared to deal with the cold weather. One great thing that you need to have in your house is a heater. There are quite a number of varied heaters in the market; thus, you would need to know the different types in order to make the best decision.

The easily available option generally is likely to be electricity. It is a sensible choice especially when you only need to warm yourself. Because of the portability of electrical heaters it is also simple to have a small fan heater in any part of your home and it will just blow heated air into the room.

If you are thinking of heating a more wide area, column heaters will come in handy. Their surface temperatures are not dangerous and are thus recommended in children's rooms. A fan heater is good in the way it spreads out heat evenly in a room but it tends to be a little noisy although most of the electric heaters are cheap and less costly to maintain.

You will agree that what you need is an energy efficient option that will serve you well. A heat pump is one type that fits that role. It is relatively cheap and quite efficient. You can get a small one appropriate for heating a small room and also get a big one to use in heating an open plan type of living room. These heaters come with an option of regulating the temperature to your desired degree and it can be used to cool the house during hot seasons.

Another alternative is the gas stove heaters. Gas stoves should in most cases be fixed in walls and their flames covered. This helps to reduce the chances of a fire. Gas is cheaper but it gives out harmful emissions. That is why it is recommended to use the flued natural gas.

Wood stoves may also be effective in heating your home. Wood is actually the cheapest option especially if you source and cut your own wood. Using a wood burner will ensure that your home stays warm easily with respect to the accessibility of the wood fuel.

It is advisable not to use wood within an open hearth. A wide open hearth will end up being less cheap and inefficient because of wastage of wood through wastage of most of it. Fire places also allow emissions for example smoke to get into your house.

The sun is the ultimate source of heat on earth. Thus, you need to utilize the sun adequately. You need to have an East-West large window design for your house to allow maximum sun ray penetration into your house. A good insulation of your walls will also mean good retention of the absorbed heat. However, you will have to look for an alternative method to heat your house as the sun cannot always be relied during extreme cold temperatures.




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