For the weather in our local area, I think that a boiler heating plan is best, then while a gas furnace uses air to distribute heat throughout the house, a boiler uses water, and the advantage of water is that it heats up faster and retains heat longer.
Rather than blowing tepid air into a room and having it rise straight up to the ceiling, the boiler radiates heat into the air.
This avoids chilly spots, drafts and stratification. The temperature from floor to ceiling remains within many degrees of the thermostat setting. The pipes that circulate the water create a closed loop system, requiring no modern water to be added; It eliminates the introduction of contaminants into the breathing air, but a gas furnace uses air duct which is often overrun with mold growth, decomposing rodents, dust, dander and bacteria. The air duct commonly sacrifices up to 30% of the heated air to holes and leaks and the seams. That doesn’t happen with a boiler. This style of plan also offers versatility. A boiler can be connected to any combination of radiators, baseboard oil oil furnaces and radiant flooring. All many of these possibilities are charmingly clean, totally silent and especially energy efficient. They are unobtrusive and don’t require furniture to be arranged to accommodate them. The radiant flooring component is totally concealed beneath the carpet, tile, hardwood or virtually any kind of floor. A boiler can also supply towel warmers, heat the swimming pool or heat the tepid tub. It can supply tepid water for a snow melt plan installed beneath outdoor walkways, driveways and the garage floor, eliminating the need for plowing or shoveling.