Installing a new high efficiency furnace in your home has several important advantages. The most obvious advantage is that you will save money on heating costs because the new systems are more efficient and therefore use less fuel to heat your home. They also require less frequent servicing and maintenance, so that is a further saving.
High efficiency furnaces are available for all the major fuels, including gas, propane, oil, and electricity. Buying a new efficiency furnace is a large bill to swallow, but in the long run can decrease overhead expenses.
New high efficiency oil furnaces are cleaner burning and require less maintenance. All dealer installed high efficiency furnaces come with a manufacturer's warranty to protect you against breakdowns or defective components.
Some of the newer ones have a system that notifies the HVAC contractors that something is wrong. This eliminates the guesswork on figuring out the pending and potentially life threatening problems that might develop.
An older furnace might not have the ability to let you know something is wrong until it is too late. This can lead to problems such as puff backs or your furnace not firing correctly. In the extreme case puff backs can release a large amount of carbon dioxide into your system and if this goes undetected for too long, in some circumstances it can be fatal.
Propane furnaces have come a long way since they first came out. Newer models can reduce heating costs by more than 50% when compared to previous generation units. Obviously this results in a significant saving in heating cost, at the same time as releasing less harmful residue and greenhouse gas into the air.
These furnaces have 3 distinct ways to be installed. There are wall mounted ones, standalones, and combo-heaters. Wall mounted units work well when you need to heat a relatively small, enclosed area such as an office, kitchen, bathroom or rec room. Some units like this are quite adequate to heat an entire home if it is small enough. The combo-heater uses one heating system to heat your water as well as your space. This is a good way to make the most efficient use of your heating dollars.
Natural gas furnaces have become very popular for offices and homes over the last two decades. It is a cleaner burning fuel and a produces a hotter flame. There may be one slight drawback with these heaters, and that is fuel pricing. Natural gas prices have been rising so much recently due to the supply and demand effect. These units may not be available for all locations.
One type that has not been mentioned and has been around for years is the electric heater. Your image of an electric heater is probably of a small space heater. The newer higher energy efficiency furnaces are actually the top dog of new furnaces. Because of the emphasis on the problems with burning of fossil fuels it is likely that electric furnaces will become the furnace of the future. As new sources like wind and solar become feasible for generating electricity, the electric furnace will increasingly be seen as the "green" alternative.
With all of the newer high efficiency furnaces out on the market there are plenty of choices. All furnaces have specific advantages and a few unique drawbacks. So before running out to save those extra dollars on the energy bill, research the type of heating system that will work best for you.
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