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[nhowarth]

I think G.Man must have a leak in his storage tank or a huge house!

I have LPG fired underfloor heating - costs around CYP 240 a year to run (that's in a 220 sq.m brick & concrete bungalow).

Cheers,

[mountainman]

Mountainman wrote:

a better (though initially more expensive) alternative is to go for balanced flue gas heaters, they can run off of individual gas cylinders or you could inverst in a bulk storage tank.

Can you please explain what are "balanced flue gas heaters"?

I do not like normal gas heaters because
a) They give off bad smell
b) Diminishes oxygen of the room
c) I do not think inhaling the flue gasses is good for health.
ismet

'balanced flue' heaters are also known as 'room sealed' heaters.

This means that the air that the fire needs to burn is drawn from outside the house and the flue gases are discharged through a smaller pipe which runs through the centre of the air inlet pipe.

These flues are generally around 150mm diameter and come directly off of the back of the fire and go through the wall to outside air.

This type of fire is the safest of all because under normal operating conditions fumes etc cannot enter the room in which the fire is fitted.

There are other types of flue e.g. 'powerflue' but most of these fires use air from the room to burn and can therefore be affected by poor ventilation, dust and animal hairs. They also need an electricity supply to run the flue.

D

[elko]

Thanks Mountainman for the information.
ismet