Many older homes are starting to show their wear, and now may be a good time to do some heavy duty energy upgrading. One of these ways is with a propane furnace. With so much concern over environmental issues, prices of electricity going up as well, saving money and conserving energy have become top priorities. Electrical furnaces, take longer to heat up, because the energy used is different than a direct gas furnace.

Especially in areas where natural gas isn’t widely available, propane is a far more efficient way to heat your home. They are easy to maintain, have better performance. They will last up to ten years longer than an electric heat pump, they end up being more economical in the long run. Propane can cost up to 50% less than electricity, and cost much less to operate. If you are on the power grid, and have an outage, it’s not going to affect keeping your house warm. You can also tie into your hot water heater as well, using one unit to heat up two different things.

If you are planning a new construction, a propane heater should be the main source of home and water heating. Propane is widely available, and large tanks can be buried to prevent being an eye sore on your property. Many times, if you are a new customer, propane suppliers will not only put in the tank for free, change out any lines and hook everything up for free. This helps them promote new business, and you have all of it hooked for free. While they will hook up the propane lines to all of your appliances, they will not install heaters, water tanks, and those kinds of things.

Buying a propane furnace is not only cost effective, the prices for propane furnaces are comparable to electrical ones, and can be directly connected to all your existing conduits with minimal adjustment. You can also find many different wall mounted propane furnaces, and portable ones as well. Reddy Heater makes an excellent wall mount propane convection heater for around three hundred dollars. You can even find kits to convert your natural gas unit over to propane for under a hundred dollars.

When you are in the market for a propane furnace, make sure it has a warranty, the longer the better. In most cases, the extra charge for the extended warranty is less than $100, very reasonable considering you can get up to an extra 3-5 years. Many of these furnaces do need some electrical power, mainly for the electronics, but may also require their own circuit breaker. Also make sure that you look at the company’s website closely. They may offer a discount on the product itself, but with shipping charges and other hidden fees, it may cost as much as another stores advertised price, or even higher.

You should really have a professional install your propane furnace, one who is qualified and licensed to deal strictly with propane and propane accessories. Before you fire it up for the first time, you should also have a building inspector come in and make sure everything is up to code. With the proper installation, a propane furnace should give you years of trouble free use.