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I bought a house in Ensenada, Mexico and as is typical there - there is no central heating system. It does get quite cold there during Jan and Feb, and I am too Americanized to suffer through it without some sort of heat.
Anything electric is out of the question, as the cost of electric is three times greater there. Propane tanks are what is used for most appliances.
I do have a small wood burning fireplace there but burning wood all the time is not too appealing to me. So I fugure my options are to:
1. Buy a small set of propane gas logs to use in fireplace and hook up to outside propane tank.
2. Buy one of these wall hung 28,000 btu heaters and hook up to propane tank outside.
3. Buy a second fireplace all inclusive unit with fireplace and logs and blower.
One that NorthernTool has is made by ProCom and only cost $500 for the whole fireplace unit (this leaving me with a wood burning fireplace as well)
Does anyone have any experience with these? Would the propane logs in the existing fireplace give off as much heat as a wall heater or a seconday fireplace/gas log unit with blower? I know about the carbon minoxide sensor needed for safety, and I would not use these at night while sleeping, only during the day while I was awake. I have been looking on the internet at all the possibillities and price levels, but no nothing about them.
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