When I moved into my Lowell, Massachusetts household I figured I was stuck with the heater that came with it.
The previous owner relied on a boiler system that was in the basement. The boiler then heated air that rose as well as went up through a series of grates in the dining room floor. That was it as far as heating. There also was no cooling system! For years I dealt with inferior heating as well as no AC, i kept a space heater on the dining room table for when my kids ate dinner. It was awful, but when that boiler finally died I did some major renovating as far as Heating as well as A/C went. I detached the boiler as well as covered all the grates. I contacted a Lowell Heating as well as A/C corporation as well as talked about my options. I ended up selecting a dual fuel system for my household in Massachusetts. It is basically a heat pump as well as a gas furnace combinated. For the cold, winter season season the gas furnace is what is heating my house. Then when the hot as well as cold temperatures get a little warmer, the heating function of the heat pump can operate. In the summer, the cooling function of the heart pumps what I use. I would say most of the year I am relying on the heat pump which is a more energy efficient way to provide temperature control. I save so much energy on my bills doing this. I need the gas furnace choice though since the hot as well as cold temperatures in Lowell do get down below freezing. It was a smart buy for me in Lowell, Massachusetts.