Posted by rise2it (VA) on April 22, 2009 at 14:35:51:
My experience was different from Tony - I put one in a home where the oil furnace had died.
It simply did not heat the home…maybe 1/2 of the living room…big temperature drop walking into the next room, which was a kitchen. HUGE temperature drop down the hall into the bedrooms and bath.
Ended up having the home rewired and an electric furnace put in.
For a single (even a very large) room, they are fine…a den, a basement, etc… I know a man that heats a roughly 1000 square foot store with one - but again, it’s one big open area.
With that said, they do seem to be VERY efficient.
I have an opportunity to buy an 87 Oxford for about $5000 plus transport. Could be right for the park. It has a monitor heater - propane and electric heat. Any experience with monitor heaters. Any problems selling homes with them installed? insurance issues?
A monitor heater is a compact heater available in models that burn oil, propane or K-1. They are about 3’x4’x1’. The advantage is that they don’t require a chimney making them easy to retrofit. They have a pipe within a pipe that passes through the exterior wall. The outer pipe sucks in fresh air while the inner exhausts burned gases. They are great to convert a home from electric heat. There is no ducting. If it is not centrally installed, there could be problems with heat distribution and frozen pipes. They are relatively inexpensive and quite popular.
Posted by Tony Colella on April 20, 2009 at 15:32:26:
No. Monitor is a brand name. The burning house heating fuel. Ours had an exterior vent and interior fan for circulation. They are programmable and heat quite well.