Piedmont Natural Gas

Add Natural Gas to Your New Home Wish List

When looking for your next home, consider adding natural gas to your list of “must haves.” While granite, hardwood floors and shiny new appliances make a house look great, natural gas can make a home feel great.
In addition to lower energy bills, natural gas will fill your home with comfort and provide the reliability and efficiency your lifestyle requires.

Comfort
Natural gas furnaces produce heat that is 25 degrees warmer than air from an electric heat pump. Not only does a natural gas home feel warmer, it warms up quicker and requires less energy! The same holds true for water heating, as natural gas water heaters heat water twice as fast as electric water heaters. This means you can run the dishwasher, wash clothes and take a nice, hot shower without worrying about running out of hot water.

Affordability
Natural gas water heaters can save the average home owner in the Triad area $145 each year on energy bills when compared to an electric water heater. This cost advantage is here to stay, too, thanks to a 100-year domestic supply of natural gas that is keeping prices stable and affordable.

Reliability
Many natural gas water heaters and ranges will continue to operate when the electricity goes out, so you can cook meals and take a hot shower. In the event of an ice storm, natural gas logs can serve as a back-up heat source.
Natural gas appliances, such as clothes dryers, furnaces and water heaters also contain fewer moving parts than electric versions, adding years to the life of the appliance.

Efficiency
Not only does natural gas heat water faster and warm your home quicker, it does all of this while reducing your home’s carbon footprint! For example, homeowners in the Triad area can reduce their home’s carbon emissions by up to 57 percent and nitrous oxide emission by as much as 70 percent, just by choosing a standard natural gas water heater instead of a comparable electric unit.

Outdoor Living
The benefits of natural gas extend beyond the walls of your home and into the backyard. Simplify and enhance your outdoor living experience with a natural gas grill or outdoor natural gas fireplace. You’ll never have to refill a propane tank or run out of gas in the middle of grilling!

For anyone considering a new home, Piedmont Natural Gas provides the following list of builders who offer the comfort, affordability, reliability and efficiency of natural gas homes:

• Eastwood Homes
• K. Hovnanian Homes
• Keystone Homes
• Regent Homes
• Shugart Homes
• Tradition Homes
• Windsor Homes 

To learn more about the benefits of natural gas or
to inquire about getting natural gas service to your home,
call 1-877-279-3636 or
visit www.piedmontng.com.