The regional differences are interesting, I've never lived anywhere that didn't have hydronic heat. The apartment we lived in had natural gas but everywhere else has been oil.Our new farmhouse is oil fired hot air. If I were going to live in it in the winter I would explore converting to hydronic. Curt
Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 1:25 PM, Allan Streib via Mercedes<mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: Geothermal will do a lot better than a regular heat pump. There is more heat under the ground than in the air when temperatures are that cold. I've never lived in a house that had anything other than a natural gas furnace for primary heat. Allan OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes: > Our geothermal heat pump has been doing fine so far - it's 12°F here > now - hasn't turned on the resistive strips yet. It's supposed to get > to -7 Monday so that will be a real test. The house is a "modular > home", code for a gussy'd up double wide, 1600 sq. ft., and leaky. > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
