Choosing the Right Propane Space Heater

Warm Up Your Hard-to-Heat Space Without Spending a Fortune

Looking for a smart solution to warm up hard-to-heat rooms in your southwestern Virginia home? Propane space heaters are an effective and energy-efficient way to warm additions, in-law suites, and any rooms that don’t get sufficient heat from your main home heating system.

Whether you need extra heat without access to ductwork, or a way to warm rooms without starting up your full heating system, there’s a propane space heater for you.

Space Heater Options

When it comes to choosing the right propane space heater for your home, you have plenty of options. You can opt for a wall-mounted or freestanding unit, choose between radiant or circulating heat, and vented or vent-free heaters. Here’s what you need to know:

• Radiant space heaters work like the sun to heat rooms and spaces by heating objects, rather than warming the air. As a result, you feel the warmth quickly.
• Blue flame heaters, or circulating space heaters, warm the air and circulate it to surrounding objects and people.
• A vented heater funnels the combustion exhaust from the back of the heater into a chimney or vent that safely sends it outside. Vented heaters are fixed in place, sometimes mounted to a wall.
• A vent-free heater is free-standing and portable. They’re extremely efficient, too. Because they are not vented, they come with an oxygen-depletion sensor (or ODS) that immediately shuts off the gas supply to the burner whenever oxygen levels drop beyond a certain point.

Warmth without Ductwork

One of the biggest benefits of a propane space heater is that they require no ductwork. That means they are easy to install, too. We have a range of wall-mounted and free-standing models that can warm up just about any size space. These aren’t rickety portable space heaters. Many units are self-adjusting, with variable-speed blowers to eliminate cold spots for consistent, even heat. Temperature-sensing technology controls output, maintaining your desired temperature and saving you money.

Save on Heating Costs

With our long spring and fall seasons, you don’t always want to turn on your heating system just to take the chill off a nippy day. That’s where a propane space heater shines! A propane space heater can warm a room quickly, while a central heating system can take 30 minutes or more to get to a comfortable temperature. That means you can use a space heater to warm specific rooms, rather than cranking up your heating system—and your heating bill—until you need to heat your whole home every day.

Savings as well as Style

Still not sure which propane space heater is right for your space? Don’t worry! The professionals at Midway can help you choose the size and type of heater that will best serve your needs and then install and maintain it for you. We sell and install models from leading brands, including Empire and Heatstar, in sizes to suit all spaces.

Midway is the local favorite for reliable propane deliveries and propane products in southwest Virginia for more than 50 years. Our customers trust us for good reason. Find out for yourself: contact us today or stop by our showroom.