In many private houses, wood or pellet heating boilers are used to provide heat. In both cases, the downside is that you have to spend not only money, but also time for the procurement of both firewood and pellets. The fuel must then be stored dry, which requires special facilities or more space in the boiler room.
Heat pumps
If it is important to reduce the existing heating costs as much as possible, then it is advantageous to replace the electric heating with a heat pump. This will help reduce the electricity bill for heating by three to five times, depending on the type and application of the heat pump. On the other hand, if the heating costs of the existing heat pump are still too high, it can be supplemented or replaced with a solar pump or solar heat pump system. This will help save six to eight times more money compared to the operating costs of electric heating systems.
For many, grandparents, close or distant relatives - usually elderly people - live in homesteads or villages where private houses have never had central heating installed. In such buildings, heating is provided with the help of several furnaces and thermal walls.
Briquettes or firewood are used as fuel, which must be bought in time, sawn, split, and brought to the barn. There, the firewood must dry for one or more years, and as a result, it must be brought to the respective furnace before it is fired. All this is a very laborious process that requires a lot of strength and energy. Therefore, senior citizens pay separately for some or even each of these activities.