| There used to be a time when your choices for | | | | heating costs. |
| heating your home were severely limited. For | | | | Even smaller homes can use a centralized system |
| most, the fireplace was one of the main sources | | | | that heats one room then spills that heat into |
| for heating the home and often this would only | | | | other rooms without using a duct system. Some |
| heat one room. I suppose that's why many of | | | | units are so effective that you may want to put |
| the older homes/cabins were essentially one big | | | | the unit in a room other than the rooms you |
| room and a loft for sleeping. Today our choices | | | | want to heat. You can even set up a floor level |
| range from high tech to low tech, but even the | | | | duct system that would allow you to control |
| lowest tech heaters do a pretty good job of | | | | where the heat goes. Rooms like the bathroom |
| heating the space it's in as well as many spaces | | | | may not need heat all day but at night you could |
| it's not. The high efficiency gas furnace for | | | | open the vents and let the heat in. |
| example, comes in a variety of different units, | | | | Many homes and apartment complexes use high |
| sizes, and models. | | | | efficiency gas furnaces that are basic wall units |
| If you have a small home you can get a high | | | | centralized in the living room, and these can |
| efficiency gas furnace that won't use a great deal | | | | effectively heat an entire house/apartment (with |
| of gas (some models use electricity in small part | | | | the doors open in the bedrooms/bathroom). You |
| to get the unit going) but will heat very efficiently. | | | | can find a variety of different types of units in |
| Larger homes can take advantage of all kinds of | | | | your town or online. It would be best to do your |
| different systems such as central heat ducts that | | | | research before you start looking. Look up what |
| carry the heat from a central furnace into the | | | | types are available and what they are capable of. |
| rest of the house. There are also units that are | | | | Once you figure out how they work and what is |
| designed to be used in just one room, allowing | | | | best for your home then start looking up dealers |
| you to put a unit in every room to individually | | | | who sell the units. At worst, using this technique |
| heat a room. This can be better if you don't use | | | | you will know the terminology and what to ask. |
| all areas of the home and want to conserve on | | | | |