Gas and Oil Home Heating Furnaces - forced hot air with AC hot water?

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stimpn8r
06-03-06, 08:49 PM
Moving into house i just purchased. Will be replacing current forced air (oil fired) heat with new forced air with AC,house has electric hot water heater. Is there a system that can heat ,cool and do the hot water without a seperate hot water heater?

hankhill6018
06-04-06, 08:05 AM
A warm air furnace with A-Coil will give you heat and A/C. A boiler can give you heat and hot water. There is no one system (that I'm aware of) that will give you all three.
chiguy
06-19-06, 10:50 AM
If you can swing the extra upfront cost for the wells, go geothermal. Mine heats and cools and does hot water and cost very little to operate. Hydro Delta (what I have) makes units that have desuperheaters and also units that have dedicated hot water heating if you're willing to spend a little more. www.hydrodelta.com

Grady
06-19-06, 02:21 PM
A warm air furnace with A-Coil will give you heat and A/C. A boiler can give you heat and hot water. There is no one system (that I'm aware of) that will give you all three.

You could use a boiler for your hot water & put a hot water coil in the air handler used for A/C, to heat the house. This type of system is refered to as Hydro-Air & works just like the heater in your car. Hydro-Air has been done for years & is now enjoying a resurgance in popularity. It really shines when homes have more than one air handler such as up & down stairs.