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Wall Heaters Guide
By Jack Colville
There are three main types of wall heaters. Electric, traditional gas heaters or unvented gas heaters are the most common. All three are often embedded within the wall between two rooms, but they can be in or on the wall in a single room.
A rectangle is cut in the wall to accommodate the heater, the heater inserted and gas or electricity made available to it, then the edges where it sets in the wall are sealed.
Electric wall heaters are the easiest to install, but probably the least efficient cost-wise. Natural gas or propane wall heaters are more efficient but a little more difficult to install because gas lines will need to be run to them. Unvented gas heaters may be the hardest of all, not because they're more difficult to install than vented gas heaters, but because it may be very difficult to obtain permission from the city or county to use one.
These heaters have some definite advantages over area heating. One advantage is that wall heaters don't take up any floor space. Although you can't use the floor directly in front of them because of danger of fire, the area is visually empty so a room can look larger.
Another advantage of wall heaters is that you can heat just the area that's being used, and that can save money over a whole house furnace. They're quite a bit less expensive to buy and to install than whole house furnaces, too, even if you have to install several to cover the whole living area.
Most wall-type heaters come with fans to circulate the heat, but if you come across an old gas wall heater, it may not. Radiant heat (without using a fan) can be comfortable, but won't cover a large area. In that case, a ceiling fan will make a great difference in keeping an even heat.
Choose one that suits your circumstances and you'll be happy with it.
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