Best brand of direct vent space heaters
nkhandyman
| Posted in Energy, Heating & Insulation on
Can anyone recommend a good, reliable brand of direct vent space heater. It will be used to as a supplemental heat source. NG will be the fuel.
Thanks
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Rinnai is a quality heater but you may have some difficulties locating one depending on your area.
This link is provided just for your reasearch as I have no idea the quality of his sales as I've never dealt with him.
http://www.alsheating.com/RinnaiHeater.htm
Cheers
94969.19
In the beginning there was Breaktime...
I have had two, each in one of my last workshops. The first one was a Cosy (...or Kosy, or something like that) and the last was an Empire. I like the Empire much better because it ran quieter. Both of them had built in fans and heated shops of around 600 square feet. They worked great. The best part was the direct vent closed system that uses fresh air for combustion, not the inside air which could have harmful VOCs from the finishes I use. The first one ran on natural gas and the second one on propane. Good luck.
I have propane-fired Rinnai and a Monitor, and at my family's camp we have two oil-fired Monitors. From talking to various service techs, and the Al who Rez linked to, and my own experience, I would say the Rinnai is the superior machine.
Al is knowledgable but you've got to have thick skin. He's not what you'd call a nice guy.