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I have one sitting in my basement. Hopefully this will be the year that it gets installed.
They are great for taking the chill off certain areas of the house. Typically direct vents have combustion gasses in the centre of the vent and combustion (fresh) air in the outer section. Think tube in a tube. Since it is sealed combustion, it doesn't burn warm room air and the products of combustion is removed to the outdoors. There are different types and limitations as to how far you can run the vent piping.
One of the most important features to consider is a gas valve that will allow you to "turn down" the amount of heat that the unit produces. It kind of customizes it for the space.
For a basement family room I would suggest a capacity of around 20,000 BTU.
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Bill K.
"I started out with nothin and I still got most of it left...."
83 911 SC Guards Red (now gone)
And I sold a bunch of parts I hadn't installed yet.
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