Any homeowner will tell you, heating your home during the winter months is essential. However, because there are various types of heating options for a home it can be a difficult to determine which type of heating system may be the best option for you.
Furnaces are a common heating system for those homeowners who are not partial to boilers. These residential furnaces come in a variety and the type you choose depends on your own personal style.
Floor Furnace
A floor furnace is installed just below the floor of your home. It delivers heat directly to the room above it or to the room on each side of a partition in the event that it’s beneath a partitioned room. A floor furnace uses space-heating equipment to heat the rooms of your house by burning the fuel in an enclosed space.
Wall Furnace
A wall furnace is an outdoor furnace that is installed on the outside of or in the partition of a wall of the house. It then proceeds to radiate heat into the room or rooms on either side of the partition.
Pipeless Furnace
A pipeless furnace is installed in the basement. Like a floor furnace, a pipeless furnace radiates heated air into the room directly above it.
Central Furnace
Unlike the wall, floor, and pipeless furnaces which utilize space-heating technology to warm a specific room, central furnaces circulate warm air through the air ducts of the rooms with the use of fans. This guarantees warm air throughout all of the rooms in your household rather than one room in particular.
Outdoor furnace
There are different types of outdoor furnace, but one of the most popular types of outdoor furnace that can be found in a home’s backyard is the outdoor wood furnace. Wood is burned inside of a chamber, which heats water before pumping it into your home via pipes located two-feet below your house’s foundation. As the water is pumped through these insulated pipes, heat is provided in the rooms of your home. Outdoor furnace owners have reported having more efficient heating than other heating sources with an additional usage of 25% to 70% less wood.
Regardless of the type of furnace you use, wall furnace or outdoor furnace, it is important to perform routine maintenance on your furnaces. Routine repairs will keep your furnace working for years and will keep you and your family safe and warm.