HVAC Contractors
Long Island Heating Contractor - Homan and Homan
Savannah HVAC Contractor - Superior Heating and Air
Memphis HVAC Contractor - Precision Heating and Air Conditioning
Washington HVAC Contractor - Dana's Heating
Cumming HVAC Contractor - Cheeks HVAC
Cape Cod HVAC Contractor - Solutions Heating
Scottsdale HVAC Contractor - Accel HVAC
Brownwood HVAC - Heritage Heat & Air
Orange County HVAC - Ames Plumbing
Detroit HVAC - Aire Service One
North Carolina HVAC - Affordable Comfort
Palm Beach County HVAC Contractor - Florida Air Temp
Maryland HVAC Contractor - Level Heating
Houston HVAC - Aardvark A/C
What You Should Know About Heating & Air Conditioning
by Gary Wilson, of Wilson Services, Inc.
This section is meant to help people with basic phrasing regarding heating
and cooling. With hundreds of Hampshire County homeowners calling our company
every year, it is normal that not everyone understands how to describe what they
have for a heating system, or even more so what they ideally want or need.
You generally have either one of two classifications in your home: HVAC or
Hydronic Heating. HVAC stands for Heating, Ventilation,
Air
Conditioning, but it widely accepted as referring to a ducted system, also
known as forced warm air, forced hot air, central AC, central air, or a
combination of these terms. The other popular method of heating is Hydronic
Heat. Hydronic heat is very popular in the New England region of the country
(and certainly in other pockets of the country as well). It refers to either hot
water heat or steam heating. Many regions of the country are strictly HVAC, such
as urban sprawl communities and high volume housing developments. However, when
it comes to residential neighborhoods in older small cities in New England, you
would be hard pressed to find warm air systems.
When you describe what kind of system you have to someone, you generally
describe two subjects in the same breath: the fuel (or energy such as electric,
solar, or geo-thermal), and then the kind of system (as described here). So, you
might say, I have a natural gas hot water baseboard system, or I have an oil
fired forced hot air system with AC. Most folks in the industry say the energy
used first, then the type of system.
