The Superbowl of Home Heating: Oil vs. Gas
Our country loves the Superbowl, so much so that we use this
unofficial holiday to pit other things against each other, from beers to
chicken wings to puppies.
We’re not immune to this trend either. Consider this blog post the Superbowl of home heating, where we put oil heat up against gas.
Both types of heat offer pluses and minuses, so it’s
important to review your furnace installation options before you make your
pick.
Oil heat
Oil heat has typically been much more costly than gas heat,
with annual heating bills in the range of $2,000-$2,500.
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With luck, you’ll never need the information in this
article. Your furnace will perform admirably all winter, keeping you and your family
warm.
But if you do have furnace issues, it helps to be ready and informed. In this blog post we’ll look at some issues you might want to watch out for, while also discussing the benefits of the Mitsubishi Electric heating and cooling system.
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When you bought your home, your heating system seemed solid.
But now that you’ve lived there for a few years, you’ve noticed some problems.
Heating and cooling bills that are higher than normal. Rooms
that seem too warm or not warm enough. You’re considering switching to a new
kind of system (gas instead of oil, a boiler
rather than a furnace), but the idea seems daunting.
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Every so often, life throws us a small, unpleasant curve.
You bite into a shiny red apple, and find out it’s bland and pulpy inside. You congratulate yourself for leaving early for work, only to run into construction.
Or you fire up your gas furnace, but only feel cold air blowing out. Continue Reading... 
When it comes to picking a gas furnace, it’s possible to have too much of a good thing.
A heating system that’s too big can be a waste of energy, and might require extra-large duct work, further hurting your energy savings. On the other end of the spectrum, a furnace that’s too small won’t be able to keep your home warm. Continue Reading... 
If you made a pie chart showing your home energy costs, the biggest piece of the pie would read “heating and cooling.”
Keeping your home warm each winter – and cool each summer – can account for more than a third of your annual energy usage.
And those energy bills can climb even higher if you’re using an inefficient heating system. Here are a few ways you can increase the performance of your gas furnace this winter. Continue Reading... 