We had natural gas for our old HVAC but the system was 40 years old. To get it up to code more than doubled the cost so we ended up going with an electric heat pump for our new HVAC. I’m a little embarrassed to admit that but it’s probably reasonable to wonder what the costs would be for a a family to get a hybrid HVAC installed.
Since you live in Alabama, an electric heat pump is probably fine 99% of the time, although I was surprised that Alabama did have a few really cold days last winter. Your only struggles will be when there are occasional power outages - loss of air conditioning in summer and heat in winter.
What we learned was that the infrastructure in a house to be set up for gas and electric really increased installation costs. Although I kind of regret it now, it seemed too expensive to replace the old gas HVAC with gas.
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Looked it up. Their product sounds good. Wish we had nat gas available out here in the boonies.
We had natural gas for our old HVAC but the system was 40 years old. To get it up to code more than doubled the cost so we ended up going with an electric heat pump for our new HVAC. I’m a little embarrassed to admit that but it’s probably reasonable to wonder what the costs would be for a a family to get a hybrid HVAC installed.
Since you live in Alabama, an electric heat pump is probably fine 99% of the time, although I was surprised that Alabama did have a few really cold days last winter. Your only struggles will be when there are occasional power outages - loss of air conditioning in summer and heat in winter.
What we learned was that the infrastructure in a house to be set up for gas and electric really increased installation costs. Although I kind of regret it now, it seemed too expensive to replace the old gas HVAC with gas.