Gas Heaters for Sunrooms

Although you have a sunroom for the warm summer months, you can also use it all through the year with the gas heaters for sunrooms that are available. Natural gas and propane heaters provide a safe way to heat this room and there are permanent and portable models available.

If your home is already heated by natural gas, then you can just put in a heater in the sunroom that you can turn on and off. If not you can put in a propane heater or even a fireplace with tanks above or below the ground. The fuel-fired heaters are rated in terms of BTU's for the output of heat. To determine the best one for your needs, it is best to do a heat loss calculation first. This will help you determine how many BTU's you will need for heating the room.

It is best to use the manufacturer's recommendations as a guideline when buying a heater. They are based on ideal circumstances. If you have aluminum walls in your sunroom, for example, this material has less insulating value than wood or PVC, so you will have to take this into consideration. You also need to look at how much glass you have and the kind of glass. There is a special glass you can buy to make your sunroom one for all four seasons that is very durable and is a good insulator.

If you choose a permanent heater, you can have one that mounts on the wall or on the ceiling. They come with all the hardware you need for installation. You can also choose vented and non-vented models, but if you have a vented model you will need to install a chimney outside the sunroom that may take away the look of the exterior.