A warm air heating system can offer you warmth along with the peace of mind of efficiency and reliability. The benefits include; fast warm-up times, no more radiators, no pipes to leak or freeze up and the ability to enjoy water heating and electronic air cleaning.

It is good for your health too; on top of low carbon emissions and low noise levels, it also offers more filtration than central heating, with additional special filters for the likes of asthma sufferers, which usually come as an extra.

Most heating systems for homes in the UK are gas boilers. If you have a gas supply, the obvious, and usually the cheapest way to heat your home is with a gas boiler. But warm air heating is another, cost-effective way to heat your home. This was a relatively popular method of heating back in the 70s and 80s but has declined in use for domestic properties, with just a handful of manufacturers in the market. But this doesn’t mean to say it’s not right for you.

What is a Warm Air Heating System?

A warm air heating system uses a vent to pull in the heat from the outside and heats it over your gas flame. This warm air circulates via the ducts, vents or grills that are installed within the home. These heating systems are often managed by a thermostat, either to control the whole house or on a room to room basis. They work a lot like air conditioning units, in as much that they blow air around the home.

Warm air heating’s selling point is that it heats the house very quickly (by warming the air in the house rather than the house itself), but this means it cools just as quickly as it was warmed. Due to the requirements needed now on insulation, as well as the high availability of insulation, warm air would work at its best in a new home.

Warm air heating can be seen as an old way to heat a home, which is wrong. The modern way of running a warm air heating system has electronic controls, such as Hive to allow you to control the temperature of each room.

When is warm air heating worth it?

Warm air heating is a good option for some properties. Usually in a small property which is still under construction, allowing the ducting to be built into the renovation stage; this doesn’t mean to say that only new houses can have it, it’s just a little easier to install as the house isn’t habitable. In a modern, well-insulated property, which is able to accommodate a warm air system, there a warm heater must definitely be considered as an option.

How much does it cost?

To fit a new warm air system will obviously depend on the property it is being installed in, but generally warm air is cheaper to run on a day to day basis. With typical fuel savings of up to 28% and increased thermal efficiencies of up to 25%.

To find out more about warm air heating give one of our engineers a call or email us. We can visit your property to chat about warm air and see if we think it’s the best option for your home.