Atlanta Heating

Atlanta’s climate is quite varied and so most homes have a heat source to warm them when the weather gets cold. Gas furnaces are most common, though some homes have electric furnaces which are also called modular blowers and use a heating coil with an air handler, making them entirely electric.

Gas furnaces use natural gas or liquid propane as their fuel source, both of which are affordable and burn cleanly. Part of their equipment is a motorized fan, or blower, that circulates air throughout your home’s duct work when it is heated by the furnace or cooled by a central air conditioner unit.

Since the furnace blower supports the functioning of the central air conditioner, it is essential that these two components be properly matched for compatibility. The furnace or the air handler, if the home uses a hybrid system that contains a heat pump, must also be matched with the duct work in the home so that the amount of air the blower moves is compatible with the size of the duct work. When your system’s components are designed to work together, it will produce the highest levels of both indoor climate comfort and energy efficiency.

This is one important reason that it is necessary to have a qualified Metro Atlanta heating and cooling contractor handle the sizing and installation or your system or components. It is also a reason why many homeowners prefer to replace an entire HVAC system at the same time so that system components are matched for maximum performance. Proper sizing and compatibility is especially important when installing very high efficiency units that rely on that compatibility in order to make the best use out of advanced features like humidity control or multiple-stage heating or cooling.