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A home furnace heats your home and hot water system. There a number of types
of furnaces that can be found in the home. Also, home furnaces can operate
off of several types of fuel. For example, gas fired furnaces, oil burning
furnaces, coal fired furnaces, and electric furnaces are commonly found in
homes. In some cases, even wood burning furnaces can still be found.
Each type of home furnace has unique advantages and disadvantages, and the
advantages can be a function of the current fuel rates for the particular
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With today’s modern home the two most common types of home
furnaces used are gas fired and oil fired furnaces. Both are fairly easy to
install, albeit by a professional, and both provide a high level of energy
efficiency. In general, gas furnaces typically cost more to operate but are
usually lower cost to install. That’s why builders often install gas furnaces
over oil furnaces.
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In many cases there may be more than one furnace in the
home. For example, in our home we have an oil burning hot air heating system
for heating our home and a separate oil burning furnace for heating our hot
water. We specifically chose two separate furnace systems for our home so
that we could turn off the heating of hot water when we were not going to be
at the home for extensive periods of time. This way our house stays warm and
we don’t have to pay for the constant reheating of unused water. |
Electrical furnaces are also commonly used for heating hot water. Electrical hot
water heaters are fairly inexpensive to install, but like gas furnaces, can be
expensive to operate. It basically comes down to the kilowatt-hour rate your
local electric utility charges you for electricity. If it’s very high then you
may want to use a gas fired or oil fired furnace to heat your hot water.
For information on maximizing your
wood stove’s home heating efficiency see
the “Installation
of Hood over Wood Stove Ebook”.
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