subject: Heating And Cooling Your Home This Winter - The Essentials [print this page] Furnaces waste valuable energy if they are not in excellent shape and condition. According to Energy , mines and resources Canada, you can save as much as 10 % of your yearly annual heating costs by simply having your home heating plant serviced twice a year. Faulty maintenance means higher heating bills , the annual service charge , guarantees maximum efficiencies and therefore savings and thrift to your family budget
Even 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. When buying a home, most people as average and ordinary consumers accept what ever the contractor oil previous owner had already put in place and installed. 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. The new system must be purchased and installed, and as such there may also be renovations as well as other costs. As with most construction and renovation eventual outcomes , unplanned for contingencies and downright emergencies often if not usually crop up - few of which are one hour emergencies to solve by a simple repairman or furnace-man.
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. Is the service reliable enough to be counted on in the dead of a cold January winter? 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 - although deliveries of the fuel oil must be arranged and maintenance done on the oil type furnace on a regular annual basis. Lastly in place is heating through electrical means - 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.
