Greater Austin Area Heater Systems Services

Travis County: Austin, Round Rock, Cedar Park, Pflugerville, Leander, TX

A variety of technologies are available for heating your home. Listed below are the most common heating technologies used.

• FURNACES – Furnaces are the most common way to heat a home; 65% of single-family homes in the United States have a central forced-air furnace that distributes heated air throughout the house via ducts. More than two-thirds of these are fueled by natural gas; other heat sources are electricity, oil, and propane.
• ELECTRIC HEATING – Not including heat pumps, 14% of single- family homes are heated with electric resistance heat; most are central forced-air electric furnaces, but many homes use electric space heating, either wall-mounted or baseboard, as their main heat source.
• HEAT PUMPS – 10% of U.S. homes use heat pumps. These systems can be air-source or ground-source, and are ducted or ductless.
• BOILERS – Boilers are used for heating in 8% of U.S. homes. Boilers use natural gas, oil, electricity, or propane to heat water for steam or hot water that is distributed via pipes to upright radiators, baseboard convectors, or radiant floor tubing. Combination units can provide space and water heating.
• WOOD AND PELLET-FUEL STOVES – These provide a way to heat your home using biomass or waste sources and are a primary heat source for 3.5% of single-family homes.
• SOLAR – Active solar heating uses the sun to heat air that is then ducted or blown into living space. Less than 0.4% of homes have active solar heating. Solar water heaters can preheat water for radiators or radiant floor heat.

Common Heating System Options