| If you purchase a house, or even if you rent one, | | | | Electric heaters consist of a resistance or coil that |
| there are a few important things to consider. One | | | | heats the air and expands it around the room. |
| is the sewage system. Is the house's waste | | | | There are the static ones and the air blowing |
| disposed in the main city sewage system or do | | | | ones. The latter ones use a lot of Watts and can |
| you have a septic tank? Depending on the | | | | be costly in the long run. The static heaters are |
| amount of people in your family, you may want | | | | more economical. |
| to make sure the sewage goes to the city | | | | Propane gas heaters are economical and efficient, |
| system. If your family is small, it really does not | | | | and they succeed in warming up a room quite |
| matter, but it is always good to know the size | | | | fast, but they have their dangers if left close to |
| and capability. | | | | some inflammable fabric or if used in an |
| Another thing to consider right away is what kind | | | | unventilated room. |
| of heating the house provides. Is there a central | | | | The fireplace is usually a favourite addition to any |
| heating already installed? Is it working fine and | | | | household. It is convenient if you have a good |
| efficiently? Does it use a big storage tank that | | | | supply of wood. It gives your home that "distinct" |
| takes a lot of space in the loft or the basement? | | | | ambiance and homey feeling, specially for a newly |
| Is it electric or fuelled by natural gas or propane? | | | | married couple. |
| Are there solar panels installed? You should decide | | | | And then, there is the combination boiler, or |
| how much you want to spend on heating your | | | | "combi boiler" that has made itself a place in about |
| house and chose accordingly what you think will | | | | 70% of the European households in the last 10 or |
| be the most beneficial, effective and economical | | | | 15 years. |
| system. | | | | Unlike the traditional boiler -that needs a bulky hot |
| In the XX and XXI centuries, most big houses | | | | water storage tank or a cold water feed tank |
| and apartment buildings already have central | | | | and lots of pipes and elements, the combi boiler |
| heating. It usually consists of a boiler fuelled by | | | | does not require any of that. Just to be |
| natural gas, propane or electricity that heats | | | | connected to the mains cold water supply and to |
| water and stores it in a bulky hot water tank. | | | | natural gas or propane. The combi heats the |
| From it emerges a set of pipelines that bring the | | | | water directly from the mains and delivers instant |
| hot water to radiators in different locations of the | | | | water to the faucet or the radiator. It can be |
| house. It is convenient, as you can regulate the | | | | used to heat the house and to supply hot water. |
| temperature of the room by turning the radiator | | | | It is energy friendly and money saving and the |
| on or off. | | | | competitive combi boiler prices makes it the |
| Households that don't have gas central heating, | | | | perfect choice when considering all the other |
| recur to the extended variety of products and | | | | alternatives. |
| models of portable heaters existing in the market. | | | | |