Submitted by kvsmothra t3_11olofj in BuyItForLife
Historical_Air_8997 t1_jbub9va wrote
Reply to comment by kvsmothra in Keep or retire our trusty old furnace by kvsmothra
You didn’t say where you live, if you live in a place where it’s consistently below 20F I think I’d still with natural gas. As heat pumps begin to struggle as it gets that cold and electric is expensive.
I upgraded two years ago from a 1946 American standard oil converted to gas boiler to a newer boiler. I didn’t go electric because it’d cost 3-4x the price to heat my house in the winter.
Heat pumps are supreme in places with a mild winter or no winter. If you do go heat pump where it can get sub 20 for awhile then I’d recommend have an auxiliary heating system installed.
kvsmothra OP t1_jbusawg wrote
Yeah, I’m in VA so relatively mild winters. It gets below freezing but not super cold for super long. Still, we are pretty spoiled to warm oil heat.
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