{"id":1185,"date":"2015-01-15T09:13:37","date_gmt":"2015-01-15T14:13:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dbheatingandcooling.com\/blog\/?p=1185"},"modified":"2015-01-14T09:17:46","modified_gmt":"2015-01-14T14:17:46","slug":"can-a-furnace-be-used-for-ductless-heating","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dbheatingandcooling.com\/blog\/heating\/can-a-furnace-be-used-for-ductless-heating\/","title":{"rendered":"Can a Furnace Be Used for Ductless Heating?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ductless heating and cooling has become very popular over recent years, which isn\u2019t surprising as these systems have a number of benefits you can\u2019t get with other types of HVAC systems. However, they do have their limitations, and one limitation is that a ductless system cannot provide heating via a furnace. But don\u2019t be so quick to toss that furnace out! Why? Because an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dbheatingandcooling.com\/ductless-mini-splits\/lg-ductless-mini-splits\" target=\"_blank\">LG ductless mini-split system<\/a> can act as a back-up heating system for your Bergen County, NJ home.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How Ductless Heating Works<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ductless systems provide heat by utilizing heat pump technology. What this means is that a ductless heating system has a component known as a reversing valve that allows the system to switch between heating and cooling capability. The system is set-up the same as a ductless air conditioning system: an outdoor unit containing the compressor and condenser connects directly to indoor blowers (up to 4) via a conduit placed in an exterior wall. The blowers contain the other necessary parts for heating and cooling, including a fan, coils and a small air filter. Everything needed to heat and cool your home is contained in these components, which is why it isn\u2019t necessary to have ductwork.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Benefits of a Ductless Heating System<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There are multiple benefits to be gained from a ductless heating system:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Great energy efficiency \u2013 heat pumps do not use fossil fuels and on average use about 25% of the electricity of a whole-home air conditioning system to operate, making them very energy efficient.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Customized heating \u2013 the indoor blowers operate individually, allowing you to customize your home\u2019s heating, very similar to the way a zone control system does.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Long lifespan \u2013 the average lifespan for a heat pump is 20-25 years; comparatively, a combustion heating system has an average lifespan of 15-20.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Very versatile \u2013 not only can a ductless system work with an air-source heat pump, it can also work with a geothermal ground-source or water-source heat pump.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If a ductless heating system seems like a good fit for your home, you may want to consider the installation of an LG ductless mini-split system.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The experts at DB Heating &amp; Cooling can help you determine if an LG ductless system is right for your living space, so <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dbheatingandcooling.com\/contact\" target=\"_blank\">call us<\/a> today!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ductless heating and cooling has become very popular over recent years, which isn\u2019t surprising as these systems have a number of benefits you can\u2019t get with other types of HVAC systems. However, they do have their limitations, and one limitation is that a ductless system cannot provide heating via a furnace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,6],"tags":[73,182],"class_list":["post-1185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-heat-pumps","category-heating","tag-bergen-county","tag-lg-ductless-mini-splits"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dbheatingandcooling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dbheatingandcooling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dbheatingandcooling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dbheatingandcooling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dbheatingandcooling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1185"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.dbheatingandcooling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1187,"href":"https:\/\/www.dbheatingandcooling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1185\/revisions\/1187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dbheatingandcooling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dbheatingandcooling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dbheatingandcooling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}