We debunk some pretty common myths about what does and doesn’t heat a house efficiently.

Ouadie Rhabbouron
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Space Heaters Are More Effective Than Your Furnace

Sometimes it can seem like your furnace just isn’t quite cutting it and a few space heaters are the perfect solution to cold spots throughout your home. While space heaters serve as a perfectly adequate temporary solution, even the most efficient space heaters are nowhere near as efficient as gas, and the electricity used to run them is going to end up costing you a lot of money.

That money would be better spent repairing your heating system so it sufficiently heats your entire home without producing any cold spots. Here, find out how to fix it if your heater isn’t working.

If it’s mid-December and your home is feeling a little chilly, the last thing you might think to do is turn on your ceiling fans. However, many ceiling fans have a switch on the side that changes the direction they spin from counter-clockwise to clockwise.

By spinning clockwise, the fan will pull up cold air, in turn forcing hot air down from where it has risen to and sending heat to more areas in your home.

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Fireplaces Are a Great Way to Heat a Home
While the idea of spending the holiday season curled up next to a fireplace sounds like a cozy one, the cold reality is that fireplaces generally provide a pretty inefficient and costly way to heat a home.

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