Posted: July 21, 2025
Whether you’re shopping for a new home or planning to make some renovations and upgrades, price and value are probably guiding many of your decisions. When it comes to appliances, energy efficiency is a key factor in the price/value calculation. If you’ve never lived in a propane-fueled home before, you might not know that propane delivers exceptional efficiency and performance at a much lower cost than electricity. You also might be surprised to learn how many household appliances and other equipment run off propane.
Propane generates more Btus than an equivalent amount of electricity, so you need much less propane to produce the same amount of heat or energy. Also, propane appliances waste very little fuel in the combustion process, for a smaller carbon footprint than oil or electricity and great value.
If you’re looking to enhance your home’s value and improve efficiency, propane appliances are a savvy choice. Here’s why:
Water heating is a big percentage of home energy bills—especially when you consider how much hot water a household uses: bathing, laundry, dishwashing. An energy-efficient propane water heater can help you reduce your energy costs and perform better too. Tankless water heaters save energy by instantly heating water when you need it, rather than keeping a large tank hot all the time. As a result, you can enjoy virtually unlimited hot water—while seeing savings of up to 40%!
Nothing beats the precision and control you get cooking with gas. That’s why it’s the first choice of professional chefs in the kitchen—and on the patio. Recent stories about gas stoves and indoor air quality are a bit misleading: While natural gas stoves can potentially emit methane, a potent greenhouse gas, propane contains no methane. And, cooking of any kind creates particulate matter and affects indoor air quality, no matter what fuel is used.
Adding safe and efficient propane patio heaters can let you enjoy your outdoor spaces earlier in the spring and later into the autumn. Fire pits and fire bowls become an attractive focal point and gathering space for entertaining friends and family. And propane-fueled pool and spa heaters will warm up the water much faster than an electric heater, and maintain the temperature better once the water is warm. As a result, propane pool heaters help you keep heating costs under control, while letting you enjoy your pool or spa more.
A propane fireplace brings all the ambiance and warmth of a wood-burning fireplace to any room, without the mess, smoke and ash. And the powerful Btus of a gas fire generates comfortable supplemental heat on those unexpectedly chilly days. Plus, there’s no need for a chimney. Unlike a traditional fireplace, you can install a propane-fueled fireplace just about anywhere: living room, dining room, bedroom, and beyond.
When storms knock out power, a propane-fueled backup generator will keep your lights on, your refrigerator running and everything else powered up until the utility companies can make repairs.
Whether you are refurbishing your existing home, shopping for a new place, building your dream house, or just looking for ways to reduce your energy bills, propane provides great value. The team of pros at Miami Gas have the experience and knowledge to answer all your questions and help make adding propane to your south Florida home easy. We’ll make sure you have the right size propane storage tank for your needs, and provide with great propane services like automatic delivery, wireless tank monitoring, and so much more.
Contact us for more information and to become a customer today.
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