{"id":730,"date":"2018-10-29T11:00:36","date_gmt":"2018-10-29T15:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.trustcolliers.com\/blog\/?p=730"},"modified":"2018-10-25T16:35:30","modified_gmt":"2018-10-25T20:35:30","slug":"electric-furnaces-vs-gas-furnaces-clear-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.trustcolliers.com\/blog\/heating-service\/electric-furnaces-vs-gas-furnaces-clear-choice\/","title":{"rendered":"Electric Furnaces vs. Gas Furnaces: Is There a Clear Choice?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-732 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.trustcolliers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/furnace-with-pipes-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"furnace-with-pipes\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.trustcolliers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/furnace-with-pipes-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.trustcolliers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/furnace-with-pipes-768x1157.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.trustcolliers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/furnace-with-pipes-680x1024.jpg 680w, https:\/\/www.trustcolliers.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/furnace-with-pipes.jpg 956w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019ve landed on this post, you\u2019re probably in the middle of planning for the coming winter with a new heating installation. You might be in a new house that doesn\u2019t yet have a heating system to call its own, or your old heater has finally ended its days and needs to be replaced.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the situation, right now you\u2019re facing a question about your home heating future. Whatever system you decide to have installed, it will be with you for ten years or more\u2014so you want to make the right choice. We\u2019re here to help with the most common choice dilemma: go with a gas furnace or an electric furnace.<!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>Why Gas Furnaces Are So Popular<\/h2>\n<p>To answer the question posed in the post title, no, there\u2019s no obvious choice when it comes to gas vs. electric. At least not in general. When it comes to individual homes, sometimes there absolutely is a clear choice. And often, that choice is a natural gas furnace.<\/p>\n<p>Gas furnaces are the most common type of heating system found around the country, and for a few good reasons:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>They offer high heating levels. When it comes to sheer heating output to defeat the coldest night or a drafty house, the gas furnace is tough to beat.<\/li>\n<li>They\u2019re convenient, since natural gas is piped directly to homes. There\u2019s no need to worry about filling up a propane tank or forgetting to take delivery.<\/li>\n<li>They can help save money, since natural gas is a less costly energy source than electricity.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>However, Electric Furnaces Are Sometimes the Clear Choice<\/h2>\n<p>You\u2019ve probably already figured out why sometimes an electric furnace is the better choice\u2014if a home doesn\u2019t have a natural gas connection, then it can\u2019t have a natural gas furnace! The electric furnace offers a flexible option, because it works for <em>any<\/em> home. And there are some advantages to consider with electric furnaces:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Although they cost more to run season after season compared to gas furnaces, electric furnaces are less expensive to install initially\u2014and this may be better for a current household budget.<\/li>\n<li>Electric furnaces don\u2019t suffer as much wear over their lifetimes (no gas exhaust to deal with), and therefore tend to have longer lifetimes.<\/li>\n<li>For households concerned about potential health hazards due to natural gas use, an electric furnace offers fewer safety worries.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Still Unsure? We Can Help<\/h2>\n<p>You may still be unsure of the best choice to make if either a gas or an electric furnace is an option for your home. Not to worry! You don\u2019t want to install any type of furnace on your own, so have the heating professionals involved in the process from the start. We offer excellent <a href=\"\/service-areas\/plymouth-in-hvac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">furnace services in Plymouth, IN<\/a>, and we\u2019ll begin with helping you choose the right type and size of system. (Who knows? You may end up going with a heat pump or another completely different type of heater instead.)<\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"\/contact\/schedule-service#content\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Arrange for a great furnace installation this fall with a call to us.<\/a> Collier\u2019s Heating &amp; Air Conditioning: For Over 30 Years, A Company You\u2019ve Grown to Trust!<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whatever system you decide to have installed, it will be with you for ten years or more\u2014so you want to make the right choice. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[120,93,131,15,119],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trustcolliers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trustcolliers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trustcolliers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trustcolliers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trustcolliers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=730"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.trustcolliers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":734,"href":"https:\/\/www.trustcolliers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/730\/revisions\/734"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.trustcolliers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trustcolliers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.trustcolliers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}