| There are many different kinds of boilers for | | | | really change very much to install it. If you are still |
| residential and commercial applications. There are | | | | on an electric power grid, then it would be a good |
| hot water boilers that force hot water through | | | | ideal to change over to natural gas, or propane if |
| pipes to radiators in the home, and there are | | | | it is available in your area. |
| steam boilers that boil water and force hot steam | | | | There are many advantages of using natural gas |
| through pipes to warm your house. Many older | | | | instead of an electric boiler. One of them is that |
| apartments have these steam boilers, and in | | | | an electric boiler takes longer to heat up, and |
| most cases they work extremely well. It is often | | | | more energy to maintain it's heat. With a natural |
| more costly to replace a boiler with a different | | | | gas boiler, the heating element is direct heat, |
| kind of furnace, than to just replace the boiler unit | | | | which heats up faster, stays hot longer, and is |
| itself. | | | | much more fuel efficient. Even if natural gas isn't |
| A water boiler furnace, whether it heats the | | | | available in your area, propane usually is. Many |
| water or makes steam, is available in either | | | | companies offer incentives for new customers, |
| electric or natural gas models. If you have some | | | | like hooking up natural-gas lines, offering free |
| kind of renewable energy grid, whether solar or | | | | propane tanks with their service, and propane |
| wind, or even some other source, then an electric | | | | companies can even dig a hole and bury the tank |
| boiler is an ideal choice, because you don't have to | | | | so it won't be an eyesore on your property. |