We've been heating with wood here for about 40 years. My back is bad and we're running out of easily accessible wood. Any suggestions for an economical conversion to propane? I'm not particularly interested in a forced air furnace. Just some easily installed free standing heater that's not too ugly.
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caterpillar guy
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You can buy kerosene heaters that are free standing if you can stand the smell.
Vicinalvictor
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Perhaps a pellet stove, they seem to work pretty good.
Keith True
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Monitor,(Hitachi) made nice working units but they sold out.I'm not sure who bought them.Toyostove makes nice units too.Same idea,they MAY even have been the ones that bought Monitor.Ive been using a couple of the Monitor kerosene units in some apartments for about 20 years,they don't smell like the old pot burners.They all have to be vented,but both oil and propane can go through the wall,no chimney.
Ted in NE-OH
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Shop carefully for propane a supplier , some are definitely lower in cost, but you may have to buy your own tank.
Bob M
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I installed a Quadra Fire "Sapphire" direct vented gas stove in our kitchen addition about 15 years ago. Keeps the kitchen, dining and living rooms toasty warm. And it looks good too - like a wood stove until you look closely.
The stove does not require external power. So it continues to provide heat during power outages which we see frequently here (3 day-long outages so far this winter).
I've got it controlled by an automatic setback thermostat. It's programmed to cut back to 52 deg at bedtime, then come back up again about 1/2 hour before I get up.
The stove does not require external power. So it continues to provide heat during power outages which we see frequently here (3 day-long outages so far this winter).
I've got it controlled by an automatic setback thermostat. It's programmed to cut back to 52 deg at bedtime, then come back up again about 1/2 hour before I get up.
Russ from MN
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- Bemidji MN
Yes, kerosene is an expensive way to heat!
Does anybody make one that goes in the wall between two rooms and can be used to heat one or the other (or even both)? I've got a bathroom and a laundry room out on an addition to a porch on the original house. Even if the woodstove would let the propane furnace cut on (which it normally doesn't) these rooms are served via flex-duct going through an unheated crawlspace. I'd like something out there that I could put on a programmable thermostat, so the bathroom warms up every morning for showers and have the option of heating up the laundry room on weekends.
T in NE
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- Cambridge, Nebraska
If you get the vent-free heater, get the radiant and not the blue-flame. It's cleaner and makes you feel warmer.
buickanddeere
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. Central propane furnace will also accommodate central air .
Not only comfortable winter and summer but it also boosts the resale value of the property .
Not only comfortable winter and summer but it also boosts the resale value of the property .
GEO-TH, In
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I have non ventilated portable Mr Heater 18000 BTU and within minutes they give me a splitting headache. They are designed to be used in a well ventilated space.
Get ventilated heaters for your primary heat source.
Non ventilated uses up your oxygen and generates CO2 and steam. Small amount of CO.
All that steam will cause condensate issues.
Get ventilated heaters for your primary heat source.
Non ventilated uses up your oxygen and generates CO2 and steam. Small amount of CO.
All that steam will cause condensate issues.
GEO-TH, In
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I have over 2000 ft brick home, extremely well insulated, Anderson casement windows..total electric, baseboard heaters, central air. Pay Duke $ 145/more fixed bill based on previous years bill. I even kept garage warm
Base board is cheap to install.
Base board is cheap to install.
Ronnie Budd
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Yes. Two them in an old farmhouse. They are very efficient, and the old farmhouse gets plenty of fresh air ventilation naturally. I prefer the radiant heaters over the blue flame type. More efficient and no fumes that we ever notice. An additional benefit is that if the electricity goes off, we are still warm.
Sean Feeney
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i think rinnai bought them great heaters just expensive fuel in my area close to $5 a gallon
showcrop
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I have had a wall mount non-vented catalytic unit in my shop for fourteen years now. It is great! They are not recommended for sleeping areas though. It makes no CO, no smell, it makes a little humidity, which of course is a good thing in the winter, and it needs no electricity.
Is Intermountain Gas anywhere near you? It would be considerably cheaper than propane. If you do go propane you will want to buy your tank so that you can have it filled when propane prices are down. It is way more expensive in the winter than in the summer. I primarily heat with wood also but I am considering installing a gas furnace this summer or next. I am in east Idaho as well.
Steven
Steven
I would keep the wood equipment, whatever you have, for real cold days when you might want to get up close to something warm, and for when the power goes off. It is good to have backup. A cord of wood under cover could last you for years if used this way. And go with vented if you are getting anything with any kind of combustion, that is anything other than electric.
GEO-TH, In
Member
Here is house I built around a ranch
house
This is deal Duke send me.
After sales tax total bill is pennies
under $145.
house
This is deal Duke send me.
After sales tax total bill is pennies
under $145.
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