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You want to add a brand new sunroom onto your existing house. The problem is that you are not sure how to heat it. Electric heating with baseboard heaters will spoil the look that you want from your new room. Hot water baseboard is going to present all types of problems getting hooked in to the existing system and piping it. And, if you have hot air heating system then you will have the problem of getting ductwork to the room. There is another way to heat this room easily and efficiently.
Radiant heating has been one of the most comfortable and efficient ways for heating for many years. The problem has been in the past to find a good heating source for small radiant floors that will be affordable, effective and efficient.
This problem has been solved now, with the availability of small new electric combination heater- circulator units. These units use small electric heating elements together with a small circulator pump to give you a all in one heating source and circulator pump.
Now you just have to lay your tubing in the floor of the room you are adding on to your house. Then you run that tubing into your existing basement or other room in your house. The tubing and the electric are attached to the heating unit.Then, wire a thermostat to the unit, and you are now ready to make heat. This really makes heating a new addition room very inexpensive and easy to do.
The greatest thing about using this type of heating system is that most average do-it-yourself types can do this. All that is needed is a basic knowledge of plumbing and electric.
If you are thinking of building that little add-on and are worried about how you will heat it, think about using radiant floor heat and a small electric heater-circulator to do your project.
Take it back to the Service Centre and ask the guy to "show you how it works, because you can't get it going". Although Kerosene and Diesel are similar, as fuels go they are different. You can combust anything in a Diesel car, but you can't burn anything in a Kerosene heater.
This is probably a subjective answer-- but I will give you my opinion-- OK?-- and the reasons for why I say so--
First off: You get: 3,413 btu in a KW HR from electricity-- either way!
So-- Do you prefer to feel the radiant heat from radiant heat-- or from the ceramic heater?
Do you like the looks of the ceramic, versus the radiant?-- do you prefer the portability and the safety features of one over the other?
And what about cost?-- is there a big difference?
I would let features and safety help me in the decision making process-- But either way-- you only get 3,413 btu's of heat from every Kilowatt of electricity you buy--
And if you are trying to heat a house with that-- it can get mighty expensive! :-)
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