Electric heating unit for your home is an indispensable part for the winter days. Whether you are going to install a new system as the primary heating unit or to compliment another system, it is always essential to look for a cost-effective, energy efficient and long lasting heating system. If you are overwhelmed to determine whether to invest on ducted heating system or other type of heating unit, it is essential to know what are the types of heating system available in the market at present to make a wise decision.

These kind of heating systems are the most widely used heating systems around the world since here you can burn gas, oil, propane or electricity to produce heat for your home. Here the central heating unit generates the heat into the air and distributes all over the house through ductwork.

Since this type of heaters have the capability to produce good amount of heat within a short time, it is ideal for small areas like bathroom where you require producing heat for small time.

The specialty of geothermal heat pump system is that it can draw heat from your home’s ground and use it for cooling the household. Although the cost of installation of geothermal heat pump is expensive, but once you install it, you don’t need to pay much to run it.

You also have the option of wall-mounted electric panel heaters that are comparatively cheaper to run and safer to use since they discharge the convective heat.

By using heated water pumping through the pipelines to the radiators, hydronic heating system is operated. It can also perform as under-flooring heating system.

Since older days, the demand of wood heaters and furnaces remains since they can discharge wonderful, cosy and radiant heat. But nowadays, when people have easy to handle option with ducted heating or ducted gas heating, it is hard to maintain the steady fuel supply and occasional cleaning of those wood heating system to keep them going.

Compared to other types of heating systems, the ducted gas heating system is energy efficient, environment friendly and cheaper. Moreover, they need little maintenance to operate for the long run.

While choosing the right kind of heating system for your home, you must consider about a machine that can perform both heating and cooling purposes. Here comes the importance of reverse cycle air conditioners that can effectively perform as heat pump heaters. 

Heat Recovery Ventilators (HRVs)

Heat recovery ventilators are another great way to keep your house warm. Though they do use energy, these are the great way for ventilation of a tightly sealed home and maintain the home temperature.

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