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| Thread ID: 89747 | 2008-05-10 10:17:00 | Would you buy a gas heater ? | Digby (677) | PC World Chat |
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| 668117 | 2008-05-11 23:24:00 | Gas heaters are ok short term, long term the gas is best spent on a bbq. We had one for about 2 years and we found our lounge was too big for it to comfortably heat (It was a huge room though), now heat pump is in so we sold ours for $10. Kept the gas for the bbq. |
rob_on_guitar (4196) | ||
| 668118 | 2008-05-11 23:54:00 | Well, as soon as the collection for R2 and Dragons to Hawaii each weekend is fully subscribed, your sign will go up. (There have been a few suggestions for alternative places I could go, but that would be overdoing the heating a bit.) If any keen eyed PF1'er has spotted a gas heater with one small heating element and the usual size for the other two so the place won't cook us, I might get one. Most heaters seem to have 3 equal size burners, and the low setting is still too high for this place. Opening a window to lower the temperature doesn't seem very cost effective. |
R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 668119 | 2008-05-12 03:28:00 | In the 1930 to 1950s there were a lot of gas heaters around - all running on mains gas. The strange thing is that nowadays people recommend dehumidifiers if using a gas heater, whereas we found that the appalling fumes and awful air they used to produce could be reduced by having an open basin of water in front of them. They still produced awful head aches even though equipped with flumes or chimneys. There were obviously no portables - that idiotic idea came in much later. I suggest if you have a portable gas heater then either dump it or use it outside and no where else. Tom |
Thomas01 (317) | ||
| 668120 | 2008-05-12 03:40:00 | No. | Richard (739) | ||
| 668121 | 2008-05-12 04:42:00 | had thought of getting one simply for backup. i don't like useing them due to haveing to have ventalition for them. the $$$ might be better spend on a wood burner. | tweak'e (69) | ||
| 668122 | 2008-05-12 23:38:00 | Gas heaters are a great deal kinder to the neighbours than a woodburner. Damn smog generators. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 668123 | 2008-05-12 23:48:00 | woodburner. Damn smog generators. I disagree. Smoke out the chimney is caused mainly by burning filthy coal. And by burning wet wood and/or not opening the flues up properly, so it smoulders. Woodburners now are adjusted so you can't turn them down too much to prevent that sort of thing. We see filthy smoke all over from the neighbours chimnets, ours has none coming out. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 668124 | 2008-05-12 23:50:00 | I disagree. Smoke out the chimney is caused mainly by burning filthy coal. And by burning wet wood and/or not opening the flues up properly, so it smoulders. Woodburners now are adjusted so you can't turn them down too much to prevent that sort of thing. We see filthy smoke all over from the neighbours chimnets, ours has none coming out. Exactly. |
wratterus (105) | ||
| 668125 | 2008-05-13 03:08:00 | Actually, pctek your chimney has never caused any bother here, ;) but some of the slightly closer ones may well graduate to getting capped some night. | R2x1 (4628) | ||
| 668126 | 2008-05-13 04:29:00 | Getting rid of our gas bottled heater last winter was the best thing we ever did. We should have done it years ago :) The best thing about the gas heater was the bottle - great for the outside BBQ :D The new Daikin Inverter that replaced it was a great investment. No more condensation, no more stinkin' gas fumes................ |
Zippity (58) | ||
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