There is no central heating or cooling system installed in my house; The cabin is over two hundred years outdated plus the walls were constructed with the studs turned sideways to create more living space… Because of this, there isn’t enough space to accommodate conventional ductwork! In the section where every one of us are located, every one of us can get by with portable air conditioners, box fans plus open windows in the summer, however, the demands of the Wintertide weather are a immense challenge.
The people I was with and I deal with temperatures down to twenty-several below zero, plus the frigid weather often lasts for numerous months straight! We’ve combined different types of furnaces to combat the freezing frigid plus heat the home.
In the family room, every one of us installed a natural gas fireplace, which is both aesthetic plus effective. It provides a good deal of heat plus keeps that section of the cabin quite comfortable. In the dining room, every one of us have a compact, natural gas, ventless heater. I am not content with the performance of this little heater. It is a single-phase model, which means that it is only capable of operating at a single speed. When the temperature in the dining room drops, the ventless furnaces starts up plus blasts at maximum capacity until it achieves the temperature control setting. It then shuts off until the temperature drops again. This causes absolutely unpleasant plus continual temperature change. The ventless heating also creates a film on the windows in the dining room. I have a set of French doors leading to the dining room that include twenty small panes of glass! During the winter, these windows continually look cloudy plus require yearly cleaning. The ventless oil furnace further demands a good deal of repair. I need to make sure to clean the air filters every few afternoons, however otherwise, the filters become blocked plus the oil furnace refuses to shut down. It baffixs a orange light plus runs non stop. I worry about it overheating plus becoming a safety risk.