Debra Demore | August 8, 2011
The PTC Ceramic heating unit and fan is compact enough to utilize as part of your automobile to help defrost car windows and warm the automobile when you are waiting around for your automobile’s engine and heating unit to warm-up. The device makes use of an exceedingly handy twelve volt connection that in most cases [...]
Houston Decorator | December 31, 2010
While there is a wide range of gas fires that don’t need a fireplace at all to work just fine, nothing can replace the decorative effect of a fireplace in a room, so why not combining the useful with the aesthetic and have both a gas fire and a fireplace? Among the many fireplaces available, [...]
Houston Decorator | December 2, 2010
Warmth is basic to comfort, even the most superbly furnished house is a miserable place without adequate heat in winter. This means that you are bound to have some form of basic heating, and there should be a topping up facility for abnormally cold weather. The vast range of heaters and heating systems in bewildering [...]
Houston Decorator | January 9, 2010
In the 1970′s and 80′s Solar Energy first emerged as a potentially viable and cost-effective alternative to traditional heating sources such as fuel oil, natural gas, coal, wood, and electric. Unfortunately, these first generation solar collectors were expensive, inefficient, and delivered long payback periods and lower returns on the initial investment than expected. In the [...]
Houston Decorator | October 1, 2009
The ancient Romans figured out how to keep their homes toasty warm long before Benjamin Franklin flew his kite and we got busy inventing ways to harness electricity for our comfort. Roman architects designed a central heating system called a hypocaust. The word, hypocaustum means “heat from below.” The raised floors were held up by [...]