HEATING

Various devices fueled by wood, gas, oil, coal or electricity used for heating a house.

wood firing

Creates heat by burning wood; nowadays, heating with wood is usually reserved as a backup.


fireplace	slow-burning stove	chimney

fire irons [1]	fire irons [2]

forced warm-air system

In this type of system, air is heated in a furnace and blown by a fan through a network of ducts to the rooms of a dwelling.


forced warm-air system	electric furnace [1]	electric furnace [2]

types of registers

forced hot-water system

Water heated in a boiler flows up to the radiators, where it releases its heat to the ambient air; the water then returns to the boiler to be reheated.


forced hot-water system	boiler [1]	boiler [2]

oil burner	column radiator

heat pump [1]

Device exchanging heat between two environments of different temperatures; it can either heat or cool a house, depending on how the circuit is set.

heat pump [2]

Device exchanging heat between two environments of different temperatures; it can either heat or cool a house, depending on how the circuit is set.

House

HEATING

wood firing

forced warm-air system

forced hot-water system

heat pump [1]

heat pump [2]

auxiliary heating [1]

auxiliary heating [2]

auxiliary heating [3]

auxiliary heating [4]