Integrated Heating Systems: Details of How They Work

Everything's getting smaller. Cars today have tiny engines that rival the big Detroit V-8's when I was growing up. Computers have gone from roughly the size of a planet to something that fits in your shirt pocket. Heating systems are no exception.
Furnaces are smaller now than they ever where in the 50's and 60's. Problem is, most of them are still less efficient than they could be. What's more, in order to get one of the newer, more efficient furnaces, you have to remove the old furnace. What is a furnace, anyway? It's nothing more than a fan, a cabinet and a source of heat. Most of the time, that source is flame. Produced by oil or gas, it's still a flame. Flames dry the air and have potential problems, like CO emissions. Since your furnace is just a fan with a box in it, why not keep it? There is a way to convert it. Using new technology in Tankless water heaters, you can simply install a hot water coil inside your existing duct system, add a small pump module, disable the gas and vent and voila! You have a forced air furnace that is less dry, puts out more heat, is considerably more efficient and will never poison you or need to be replaced! Of course, you may need to install a new motor at some point, but that's a pretty inexpensive repair. The bottom line is that you are now heating your home and your hot water with one appliance. And that appliance is 87% efficient. As the temperature of the return water increases, the tankless unit will simply modulate down, only heating the water as necessary to keep your house warm.
Oddly enough, this is not a new concept. Integrated systems are in almost every office building in the world. Many use smaller point-of-use fan coils to heat individual rooms or offices, fired off a central boiler. America is finally waking up to more efficient, effective and environmentally friendly ways to heat. Why throw your old furnace in the landfill, when you have a perfectly good box with a fan in it! All you need is the right Tankless system. Since you also get unlimited hot water at the same time, you have all the bases covered for a much lower price than replacing your furnace. More and more homeowners are seeing the advantages to making better use of what they already have. The future lies in conservation of our resources. Here's one huge way to do that and put money in your pocket at the same time. I think that's a win-win!