{"id":977,"date":"2018-11-26T11:00:01","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T16:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.coolingunlimited.com\/blog\/?p=977"},"modified":"2018-11-20T14:34:08","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T19:34:08","slug":"benefits-of-forced-air-heating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.coolingunlimited.com\/blog\/heating-service\/benefits-of-forced-air-heating\/","title":{"rendered":"The Benefits of Forced-Air Heating"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-978 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.coolingunlimited.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Heating_iStock_000000919977_Full_800x516-300x194.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.coolingunlimited.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Heating_iStock_000000919977_Full_800x516-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.coolingunlimited.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Heating_iStock_000000919977_Full_800x516-768x495.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.coolingunlimited.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Heating_iStock_000000919977_Full_800x516.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s <em>cold <\/em>here during our Boston winters, so many people opt for boilers to heat their home; however, forced-air heating systems are an amazing way to heat your home. Furnaces are one of the most common heating systems across the United States for a reason\u2014they\u2019re energy-efficient, dependable units that you can count on when it gets cold. If you\u2019re moving into a new home and installing a heating system, or upgrading your current heating system, consider a forced air heating system. If you need great <a href=\"\/heating\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HVAC services in Boston<\/a><a href=\"\/heating\">, MA<\/a> then contact our team.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>How Forced-Air Heating System Work<\/h2>\n<p>Forced air heating systems, well, force air throughout your home. In more technical terms, when you hear the term \u201cforced-air\u201d heating system it\u2019s referring to a heating system that warms the home by distributing heated air through your central network of ducts.<\/p>\n<p>Forced air systems are different than boilers which use \u201cradiant heating,\u201d meaning that they heat your home through objects. In a boiler system, water travels through pipes and heats a radiator or baseboard heater that then releases heat through the room and raises the temperature of your space.<\/p>\n<h2>How This System Benefits You<\/h2>\n<p>So how does a forced-air heating system help you? We\u2019ve listed some of the best ways below.<\/p>\n<h3>High Efficiency<\/h3>\n<p>Forced-air furnaces are extremely efficient. Furnaces have a high AFUE rating around 78-84%. AFUE rating stands for \u201cAnnual Fuel Utilization Efficiency.\u201d The higher the AFUE percentage the more heat the furnace can deliver relative to the amount of fuel consumed. A high AFUE rating means that you\u2019ll expend a reasonable amount of energy for the amount of heat you use and save money in the process.<\/p>\n<h3>High Indoor Air Quality<\/h3>\n<p>Something that makes forced air systems great is that you can filter your air through them. If you install a furnace in your home you can install an air purification system, air filter, or humidifier directly into your furnace system. It\u2019s an effective way to change the air quality of your <em>entire <\/em>home rather than using small systems that only impact one room in your home.<\/p>\n<p>Your indoor air quality is incredibly important to your health, comfort, and your wallet. It\u2019s worthwhile to invest in a great forced-air system for this reason.<\/p>\n<h3>Comfort<\/h3>\n<p>It&#8217;s freezing here in Boston during the winter. When you come home from the cold with a freezing nose and icy fingertips, you\u2019ll want warmth quickly. You can have warmth quickly with a furnace because forced-air heating systems heat your home much faster than other systems. As soon as you set your thermostat and the system switches on there\u2019s warm air rushing into your home.<\/p>\n<h3>Affordability<\/h3>\n<p>Here at Cooling Unlimited, we recommend forced-air systems and forced-air <em>furnaces<\/em> in particular. Furnaces can have a high price tag for their initial cost, but the repair, maintenance, and replacement costs are a lot lower than other heating methods. Furnaces are also known for being dependable and long-lasting, so these benefits further offset the initial cost of installation.<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\">Looking to install a forced-air heating system? <a href=\"\/contact\/message\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Contact<\/a> our team here at Cooling Unlimited, Inc. We\u2019ll perform the best HVAC services available in Boston.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s cold here during our Boston winters so many people opt for boilers to heat their home, but forced-air heating systems are an amazing way to heat your home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[87,148,149],"class_list":["post-977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-heating-service","tag-boston","tag-forced-air-heating","tag-forced-air-heating-systems"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coolingunlimited.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coolingunlimited.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coolingunlimited.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coolingunlimited.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coolingunlimited.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=977"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.coolingunlimited.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":982,"href":"https:\/\/www.coolingunlimited.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/977\/revisions\/982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.coolingunlimited.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coolingunlimited.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.coolingunlimited.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}