subject: Heating and Cooling Your Home This Winter - The Essentials [print this page] You are more likely to buy just a new furnace than install a complete new heating system or systems. In choosing a new furnace , this cold winter, or converting from one type to another you must first determine what type of unit is best for your house , and what type of energy is most economical for your part and region of the countryEven if you had Eddy Dixon at your side , a most experienced heating engineer from the old school , who would insist that a Lennox Pulse Furnace was the only way to go , it would be most likely that what would be the eventual installation in your new address or haunt would be what the construction firm had on hand. What the contractor decides , or gets a deal from the heating equipment wholesale , is usually what will be installed in your new home or condo. The benefit of buying a new home , rather than an older used property is that the heating equipment installed will be new , reliable and should often be the latest models - that is they are equipped for heating the household with oil-fired furnaces and warm- air distribution systems and equipment.After finding the costs many homeowners often decide that all in all its best , to leave their heating system as it is. They may have higher fuel and maintenance costs however there are no large scale capital outlays in one sitting. All in all any major improvements , renewals ,restorations or repairs to your property or properties will end up costing you a lot more than any initial estimate by the worker or their firm. You can bet that in the end that the budget will be overrun in any home reno or construction project. Count on it , its a fact and eventuality of life and living in a cold climate - Most home heating calls by experienced heating engineers are seldom short in nature - requiring not a single solitary hour - but rather are much longer in duration and complex.If anything can be said it is that the main consideration is the availability and price of fuel. Is the home on a natural gas feeder line? If not is propane available locally either by regular top ups by a mobile team or if not available for pickup. Hope that you do not run out of fuel oil in the dead of winter. Winter blizzards do block the roads and highways on which your delivery person uses to service and top up your oil tank? All the same questions can be applied to concerns regarding fuel oil deliveries as well, if not to hydro electricity in the households' area,Natural gas it seems is first choice - both for availability in urban areas as well as being a clean fuel overall burning bright and clean with little smoke and little sooty residues. Oil heat is next - Oil furnaces must have ongoing maintenance schedules. Fuel deliveries to the household must be planned , systematic and punctual. In general terms heating a home by electricity serves to be the most expensive form of heating yet serves as the only option for many. Often apartment blocks are heated by baseboards each internal to each suite . This way the cost of heating the areas with radiant heat can be largely pieced off individually to each tenant - with the electrical utility both collecting the fees , and dealing with non payment for power as well - baseboard heaters, portable heaters and even electrical heating in central heating furnaces.Snug as a bug in a rug in a home with a good , well maintained home heating furnace. Stay warm and comfy.
Heating and Cooling Your Home This Winter - The Essentials
