The Department of Energy On Heating

A variety of technologies are available for heating your home. In addition to furnaces and boilers, heating options include wood and pellet heaters, active solar heating, and heat pumps, which are used for both heating and cooling. In addition, a combination of proper insulation, air sealing, and energy-efficient windows and doors will help ensure that your home is both comfortable and energy efficient.

When it comes to heating with a fired burner your normal choices are gas and oil.  When it comes to gas you have either natural gas feed by underground pipes or bottled gas (compressed) stored at your location.

You can chose to heat your whole house or just certain rooms using either portable heaters (normally electric powered) or a fuel burning fixed unit that is fired only when the room (or rooms) are occupied.

In every case it is important that no matter the type of unit or fuel that is maintained so it is both efficient and safe to operate.

Aaron’s Mechanical Service would like to add that you want the person who services your HVAC system or furnace to be a trusted and qualified service person.

Did You Know?
There are 370,000 house fires per year
17% are heating related or 62,900 house fires per year
3,500 people die each year in house fires
Approximately 3,000 deaths per year (CDC report) from carbon monoxide exposure (CO) each year (poorly ventilated gases from a burning process or automotive source)

All heaters need space! Keep things that can burn, such as paper, bedding or furniture, at least 3 feet away from heating equipment, fireplaces and stoves.

• Place portable space heaters on a hard, level, nonflammable surface. Do not put space heaters on rugs or carpets, near bedding or drapes, and keep children and pets away.  Look for a model that shuts off automatically if the space heater tips over.  Do not use heating equipment to dry wet clothing.

• Never use the stove or oven to heat your home.  Never leave portable heaters, wood burning stoves or fireplaces unattended.  Turn them off before leaving or going to bed.

• Keep the fire in the fireplace by using a glass or metal screen large enough to catch sparks and rolling logs.

At Aaron’s Mechanical Service we want you to stay comfortable all year round.  If your HVAC unit or heating system needs service or replacement please think of us and call at 623-388-4436 and we will come to you and solve your air conditioning service needs.

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