Autonomous gas heating of a house on liquefied gas cylinders is organized if it is not possible to bring natural gas to the house. In addition to the room, with the help of cylinders, you can also heat water. Gas is pumped into the cylinders under high pressure in a liquefied state, this explains the high efficiency. The transition from liquid to gas takes seconds. Such gas heating scheme at home more autonomous than heating with natural gas. After all, cylinders can be delivered to any point, even very distant ones.
Gas cylinder heating scheme
For heating a private house with gas cylinders, it is best to choose gas convectors. These devices are easy to install, do not require water supply, so there is no danger of pipes freezing in winter.
In addition, the convectors are highly efficient. The number of convectors in the gas heating scheme of a private house depends on their capacity, area and number of rooms in the house.
To heat 18 sq. meters of area, a convector with a capacity of 2 - 2.5 kilowatts is suitable. Equipment with a capacity of 5 kilowatts will cope with a room of 45 - 50 meters. For autonomous gas heating of a house, the lowest-power convector is suitable only in the off-season.
Also, the gas heating scheme of the house includes:
- Several gas cylinders (it is better to choose 50-liter ones);
- Reducer;
- Pipes for supplying gas from cylinders to convectors;
- Safe for cylinders.
An individual gas heating scheme for a private house can be ordered by a heating engineer.
The most reliable and safest cylinders are equipped with a threaded reducer and a valve. If in winter gas tanks will be outside, you should purchase gearboxes from foreign manufacturers that guarantee operation down to -25 degrees.
Some owners keep cylinders inside the house. However, they take up a lot of space, sometimes letting in the smell of gas. Therefore, on the street, it is necessary to equip a metal (or from another material that does not allow water to pass through) cabinet. Some owners of autonomous gas heating at home insulate the cabinet with foam from the inside.
Gas is carried by steel (or special plastic reinforced) pipes 3/4 or 1/2 inches. A solid pipe must go from the cylinders to the convector. A pipe with a convector can be connected with a special gas hose, but a valve must be installed at the end of the metal pipe.
How much does gas heating at home cost
The question of how much gas heating a house costs arises immediately. The price of heating a private house with gas cylinders is much lower than the installation of other types of equipment. All equipment, including cylinders, pipes, a boiler and a reducer, will cost up to 60 thousand rubles. Refueling the cylinders is no problem if specialized machines come to settlements that change cylinders.
Now let's calculate how much gas heating at home costs and what is the price of the spent heat carrier. We proceed from the fact that, on average, for heating 130 - 140 square square meters, a boiler with a capacity of up to 15 kilowatts will take 1.5 kilograms of gas per hour. With constant round-the-clock work, the consumption is 33.6 kilograms per day. But if the house is normally insulated, and the boiler is correctly configured, the consumption is reduced by three or even four times.
