I had it in my head that when our condo boiler system busted I was going to buy a gas fireplace, then i am so happy that I lived in the condo with a boiler for years before it quit on me, however one year with a boiler & I will never go to another system again, but the winter season season is long, brutal & chilly in Elgin, Illinois! You need a quality furnace to get by! A gas fireplace just doesn’t have the right component to do it.
A boiler system can heat an entire building or a small condo without a hitch.
It can be hooked up to baseboards, the flooring, water tank, or even the driveway. It heats through electricity or water, whatever you want. It doesn’t require any repair either; Boilers are tanks of heating systems. The only reason someone would replace one is that replacement parts are no longer made. They can live comfortably for fifty years. If you can manage to track down worn parts, expect closer to 76 years of life. Once my boiler system quit on me, I instantly got on the horn & started calling my local Elgin heating dealer. I wanted a boiler system that was built to last. I wanted to buy one heating system & live with it the rest of my life. I sprung for the newest, most expensive model on the market. It genuinely was lavish & hurt my bank account. When you look at it as a lifetime investment it is worth it. Also the workload that furnace is going to undertake means that it should cost a bit.