How to Use Propane in Your Home

Propane is a versatile fuel that can be used for many purposes around your home. Due to its environmentally friendly and inexpensive nature, more homeowners are choosing propane to power their appliances. While the obvious way most people use propane for their home is for heat, let’s take a look at other ways you can utilize this efficient fuel.

Cooking

Gas powered cooking appliances have become increasingly popular in homes. In fact, 96 percent of professional chefs prefer cooking with gas. Gas stoves are preferred over electric ones due to their ability to heat quickly, heat food more evenly, and they offer a more precise temperature control.

Backup Power

Propane powered generators are a great way to ensure the safety of your home and family in the event of a power outage. Whether it’s from severe weather or another cause, your generator will allow you to utilize your most needed appliances until power is restored.

Heating Water

Both tankless water heaters and traditional storage tanks can be powered by propane, though tankless water heaters are preferred as they offer higher efficiency and an endless hot water supply. When compared to electric water heaters, propane water heating appliances heat water quicker and also offer higher efficiency and fewer emissions.

Laundry

Not only can the water for your washing machine be heated through your propane powered water heater, propane clothes dryers are also available. Propane clothes dryers offer faster drying that’s easier on fabrics, produces fewer wrinkles, and delivers greater energy efficiency compared with electric models. Since this appliance doesn’t require much propane, it is ideal for homes that use the fuel source for other appliances throughout the home.

Supplemental Heating

When you’re wanting a little extra warmth throughout your home, you can opt for a propane fireplace over electric or wood burning. Propane fireplaces provide six times the heating capacity of wood burning models, and there’s no soot or ash to clean up. You can also use propane powered space heaters to heat the rooms of your home. Regardless of the appliance you choose, propane is an efficient, clean-burning alternative to electric heaters or wood fires.

Outdoor Uses

Not only can you use propane on your larger indoor appliances, there is a list of ways you can utilize the fuel outdoors as well that you might not have thought about.

• Grilling
• Outdoor fireplace or fire pit
• Patio heaters
• Patio lighting
• Heating your pool

There are many different ways to implement this fuel throughout your home that are sure to save you a little bit of money and be better for the environment. Remember, whenever a new appliance is hooked up to your gas line, you will want to schedule a safety inspection to ensure there are no leaks or other issues that will cause the appliance to not function properly.

To schedule a safety inspection or refill your propane tank, contact Premier at 877-435-3230.