Many homeowners have found that some of the rooms they use aren't always as warm as the rest of the home and are looking for a cost effective way to add heat to these areas. By knowing how a gas wall heater works you can see if this is a good choice for you. Unlike electric wall heaters, there are two types of gas heaters that you can choose from, they are the vented and ventless type.
The difference between the two is how they acquire the air to get the combustion process going. The vented type of gas wall heater uses air that is drawn in from the outside and moved in through the bottom vent and is then heated. Then any of chemical by product from the combustion process such as carbon monoxide is then moved out of the home through a vent in the top of the heater and out the exhaust pipe. Once the carbon monoxide is released into the air it is harmlessly dissipated.
The other type of natural gas wall heaters is the ventless type. When you use a ventless type of heater the air that is heated comes from the room being warmed. This type of heater takes air in and then disperses the heated air back into the room with one of two processes. The first process is radiant heating which means, generally speaking, that a ceramic panel is heated using either propane or natural gas and then the heat is radiated through the room.
The other process is referred to as convection. This method takes the air, heats the air and then uses a fan to distribute the heated air into the room. What is the difference between the two processes? Radiant heating actually warms the people in the room where the heater is located and the convection process warms the air in the room.
You should know that it really does not matter which type of gas wall heaters that you choose they are both easy to install, have a very high efficiency rates and are considered very safe. With newer models you will find that both the vented and ventless heaters have safety features built into them to help reduce the risk of carbon monoxide poisoning. They are sensors that will automatically shut off the heater should they get a reading that indicates the oxygen level in the room has depleted to an unsafe level.
You can find gas wall heaters that are programmable which makes them even more efficient. You can find the controls to program the unit under the cover which keeps them unexposed. By programming the heater you can have it turn on right before you come home from work so the area is nice and warm when you get home and turn off when you leave in the morning. This keeps your gas wall heaters from operating and wasting energy when you are away from the house.
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