subject: How To Heat Your House The Optimal Way This Winter [print this page] How To Heat Your House The Optimal Way This Winter
Winter is almost here and people are starting to think about warming up their rooms with adequate home heating. There are many types of heating one can use, including gas, liquid petroleum, oil and even wood, and each of them have their main advantages and disadvantages for the homeowners. So what is the best way to heat your rooms this winter the most efficient way?
Only in the US alone if you use natural gas or bottled liquid petroleum, you might be paying per year an average of over $3000. Of course, it might be a bit more or less, based on where you live and how much heating you actually need. Also it is dependent on the quality of your furnace. An inefficient one will add lots to your average costs.
This is why it is very important that you get your furnace regularly checked as well as cleaned for a proper maintenance. Like I said, if it's inefficient, it will cost you more, when you could use that extra money for your Christmas shopping instead.
Also you need to make sure that you change regularly your filters. They are not expensive and they need replacing on a regular basis for the furnace to give you optimal heat. The caked up filter will increase also your electricity bills and will keep your home colder than it should be.
An additional thing you need to do is clean the heating registers that are along your wall. These usually get dirty, full of hairs, dust and other debris. Unfortunately these work by air convection, so clogging up will mean extra time to heat up your room, which also means additional costs to bear.
If you know that you need to buy a new furnace, why don't you get one with an Energy Star rating? This is a very efficient way to get your rooms warm, allowing you to get a great heat per dollar ratio every winter.
Solar home heating is one of the most energy efficient heating for winter that there is, however, so you might want to look into that to save money and keep your home warm as well.
