Heating your Dayton home in winter can be costly, especially if you have a gas or an electric furnace. Geothermal heating provides an effective way to heat your home while keeping your energy bills down during the winter months.
How Does Geothermal Heating Work?
A geothermal system pulls heat from the ground into your house in order to make it warmer. This type of heating system does not produce or generate heat using fossil fuels or other sources of power. Instead, it moves heat that is already present into your home. Geothermal systems include a series of pipes that are installed in the ground outside your home. These pipes move ground heat to a heat pump that is used for warming up your home.
Benefits of Geothermal Heating Systems
Geothermal systems offer a number of benefits compared to other heating systems. They don’t rely on natural gas, oil, or other fossil fuels in order to heat homes, making them a cleaner source of heat.
Geothermal systems provide a cost-effective way to heat your home. With this type of heating system, your home needs less energy to warm up in winter. This leads to lower energy bills during the winter months.
Geothermal systems aren’t only used for heating. You can use this type of system to cool your home off during summer. How does this work? When it’s hot out, your heat pump pulls warm air out of your home and moves it to the loop of pipes in the ground. This helps cool your home off, even on the hottest summer days.
With a geothermal heating system in place, you can heat and cool your home more efficiently and enjoy lower energy bills. You also won’t have to worry about fluctuating natural gas or oil costs, and you’ll have a renewable source of energy to depend on for keeping your home comfortable.
If you’re considering switching to geothermal heating in your Dayton home, please contact Ace Hardware Home Services. We can give you additional details on this type of heating system.
