Posted: March 17, 2025

The Benefits of Propane for Heating Your Home

Efficient Options for Heat When You Need It

There’s a reason so many people flock to our area in the winter—if not call Miami home all year. It’s why we’re called the Sunshine State. But as the past few winters have proven, we can get hit with some chilly weather. Propane-powered space heaters are an effective and energy-efficient way to warm up your home when those arctic blasts dip into our area. There are loads of benefits to these versatile heating units—especially if you are already taking advantage of the efficiency and versatility of propane for other systems in your home.

Warmth Without Ductwork

Propane space heaters are easy to install and require no ductwork. These aren’t rickety portable space heaters. Many units are self-adjusting, with variable-speed blowers to eliminate cold spots for consistent, even heat. Temperature-sensing technology controls output, maintaining your desired temperature and saving you money. Choose from wall-mounted or free-standing units designed to warm up just about any size space.

Make it special with the cozy charm of a propane-fueled fireplace. They give off powerful, efficient heat while adding year-round style to any room. You don’t even need a chimney, with vented or ventless options.

Efficient Heat

Propane space heaters will warm a room faster than a central heating system, which can take 30 minutes or more to reach a comfortable temperature. That means you can use a space heater to warm specific rooms when we experience unexpectedly cold temperatures rather than worry about paying to heat your whole home.

Versatile Propane

If you are already using propane for cooking and water heating, you know the power and efficiency of this clean-burning fuel. Why not tap into that efficiency to heat your living spaces when temperatures fall? Propane generates more BTUs than an equivalent amount of electricity, so you need much less propane to produce the same amount of heat. Also, propane heaters are very efficient, so they waste very little fuel in the combustion process.

Plenty of Options

When it comes to choosing a propane space heater, you have a lot of options. Do you want a wall-mounted or freestanding unit? Do you want radiant or circulating heating? Do you want a vented heater or an unvented (also called a vent-free) heater? What’s the difference?

• Radiant space heaters work like the sun to heat rooms and spaces by heating objects rather than warming the air. As a result, you feel the warmth quickly.
• Blue flame heaters, or circulating space heaters, warm the air and circulate it to surrounding objects and people.
• A vented heater funnels the combustion exhaust from the back of the heater into a chimney or vent that safely sends it outside. Vented heaters are fixed in place, sometimes mounted to a wall.
• A vent-free heater is free-standing and portable. They’re extremely efficient, too. Because they are not vented, they come with an oxygen-depletion sensor (ODS) that immediately shuts off the gas supply to the burner whenever oxygen levels drop beyond a certain point.

The experts at Miami Gas can answer all your questions and help you choose the right type of propane space heater for your home. Count on us to install and service your equipment properly—and provide reliable propane deliveries.

Contact us today for more information.