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SELWYN TIMES Tuesday <strong>May</strong> <strong>24</strong> <strong>2016</strong> 23<br />
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SELWYN HOME PROFESSIONALS<br />
EFFICIENT AND COST EFFECTIVE<br />
HOME HEATING<br />
heatING a home can account for a third<br />
of a household’s energy costs depending<br />
on the age, style and insulation level of the<br />
house along with how rooms are used.<br />
an insulated, double glazed home<br />
will be easier to heat due to less energy<br />
escaping, while a house built for the sun<br />
capitalises on free heat.<br />
homes should be a comfortable healthy<br />
temperature, not chilly or so hot that only<br />
a t-shirt need be worn in the middle of<br />
winter. Overheating the home is simply an<br />
unnecessary expense.<br />
heating sources include electricity, gas,<br />
solar, and pellet or log fires with each<br />
varying in heat and cost efficiency.<br />
Permitted and reasonably popular<br />
in selwyn are log fires. These can be<br />
economical when there is a good supply of<br />
free or cheap dry wood. They are cosy to<br />
sit by though their emissions impact on air<br />
quality and the environment as does coal,<br />
gas and oil.<br />
an alternative is a heat pump and<br />
Consumer NZ found these the most<br />
economical form of home heating. In<br />
contrast, un-flued gas heaters were the<br />
most expensive to operate while natural<br />
gas central heating was more affordable<br />
than LPG.<br />
Underfloor heating is nice to walk on<br />
though some find their feet get too hot. It<br />
uses electric cables or a hydronic system<br />
heated by electricity, gas, solar power,<br />
or heat pump water-filled pipes that are<br />
effective with a well-insulated floor. There<br />
is however, the potential for fluid in the<br />
pipes to freeze, if the system is turned off<br />
during cold weather.<br />
heating up a concrete floor uses lots<br />
of energy and it takes time to get up to<br />
temperature. The rooms may also become<br />
uncomfortably hot on warm days, leading<br />
to windows being opened which wastes<br />
energy dollars. If people are home during<br />
the day then underfloor heating can be<br />
heating sources include<br />
electricity, gas, solar, and<br />
pellet or log fires with<br />
each varying in heat and<br />
cost efficiency.<br />
worthwhile providing a low safe radiant<br />
heat.<br />
any central heating system needs to<br />
be temperature controlled and able to be<br />
channelled to any part of the home. Piped<br />
or ducted central heating uses a variety<br />
of energy sources moving heat generated<br />
in one area such as from a log burner, to<br />
other rooms in the house.<br />
solar central heating draws on the sun.<br />
Water heats up as it flows through hoses<br />
on the roof then into radiators in the<br />
house however with little opportunity<br />
to store solar power at present back-up<br />
heating may be needed for those dull days<br />
and weeks.<br />
standalone and wall mounted heaters<br />
are also useful. They provide instant heat<br />
and take the chill off a room. Fan heaters<br />
warm the air whereas radiant heaters<br />
warm objects in the room so the heat<br />
stays longer. Wall mounted panel and oil<br />
column heaters usually have timers and<br />
thermostats so while more expensive to<br />
run, can be regulated to operate more<br />
efficiently and may be a safer option where<br />
there are children.<br />
With any form of heating, a ceiling fan<br />
can help circulate warm air and push heat<br />
down from the ceiling.<br />
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