I just moved to a new apartment and we have a gas heater. It is a square gray thing in the wall with a pipe attached to it. How does this heater work? Does it circulate through the walls and warm all the rooms? It doesn't seem to because when we close doors the rooms get cold?
Also, how expensive does it get? We have been keeping rooms closed that we don't use during the day to conserve heat but do we really need to do that?
2006-10-14 15:07:28 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Home & Garden ➔ Other - Home & Garden
Sounds like you have a unit heater, that is one that doesn't have any ducts attached to it that force warm air into other rooms. It only heats the room it is installed in. You will have to keep the doors open on the rooms you want to get warm. If it has a filter, make sure it is clean, if not replace it. The cost of running any furnace depends on the size of the apartment and how well it is insulated. If the windows leak a lot of cold air into the dwelling, you can buy kits of shrink plastic that cover and seal the windows. I have a bedroom that I don't use at all and I keep the door closed, it has to save a little money by not heating it.
2006-10-14 15:21:46 · answer #1 · answered by Garage Man 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like a wall furnace. Does hot hair come out the front through the vents? Don't close the doors as the air must circulate from room to room.
Price to run it varies with amount of space it's trying to heat, insulation and air tightness of your apartment and the building itsself. Obviously the more insulation and the less air escapes around the windows and such, the lower the heat bill.
2006-10-14 22:19:13 · answer #2 · answered by fluffernut 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
sounds like you have a wall heater. they can heat the room they are in and on some models stick through the wall and heat a second room. they do not cost much to operate you can close off that room or just turn the t stat to a setting that will keep operation minimal.
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2006-10-14 23:52:00 · answer #4 · answered by garden_better 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋