I have a traditional split genre Heating, Ventilation, and A/C plan installed in our house.
- The air handler houses an air conditioning and an electric oil furnace, which connectes to air duct installed in our attic.
Even though I live in a fairly mild weather conditions, I tend to use our air conditioning on a bi-weekly basis throughout every time of the year outside of the Winter season. Sometimes I run our air conditioning just to control the moisture levels indoors, since the rampant humidity can cause discomfort and lead to air quality complications. It’s not the most energy efficient idea to dehumidify our indoor air, but it’s the best approach I have at our disposal. Unfortunately, although our plan does a fairly good task at cooling our home, the electric oil furnace connected is anything but effective. The air duct seems to have a harder time insulating the heat from escaping into the attic compared to when I run the cooling system and need to keep cool air from escaping instead. It took myself and others years to figure out that it was the exhausting design of a fan-forced plan that was to blame for our inefficient central heat, not merely the brand and model oil furnace I owned. I lacked the money to try radiant flooring of any kind, although I discovered these good space gas heating systems that are built to look love fireplaces. The a single I found on a special sale at a nearby furniture store has a place for a giant TV where a traditional mantle is located on a real fireplace. It even has shelving on either side of the middle area where the heat emanates from. Aside from the remote controls, I like how beautiful and lovely it looks, and how amazingly effective it is at maintaining a comfortable indoor environment even during the most intense Winter cold snaps. I don’t know I could ever go back to a fan-forced setup after owning a single of these amazing space heaters.