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<blockquote data-quote="Shadowrider" data-source="post: 3230135" data-attributes="member: 3099"><p>I told and told my sister to have a plumber run a gas line and go gas heat and conventional AC when she replaced her system a couple of years ago. But she swallowed the sales spiel on heat pumps hook, line and sinker and bought the latest, greatest green wonder. AC works great. Heat? She freezes to death even with electric backup and she hates it. I try to rub it in every chance I get.</p><p></p><p>The only way I'd have a heat pump is if it were geothermal and that pretty much limits you to new construction for the most part. My inlaws have it and along with the solar panels their electric bill is never over $40. It's a very viable option.</p><p></p><p>For insulation I'd go with plain old pink Owens Corning fibreglass. It's cheap so blowing in a little more in 5 years or so isn't really an issue. I'd probably do foam in the walls as long as I never planned on running any network cable or additional wiring.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Shadowrider, post: 3230135, member: 3099"] I told and told my sister to have a plumber run a gas line and go gas heat and conventional AC when she replaced her system a couple of years ago. But she swallowed the sales spiel on heat pumps hook, line and sinker and bought the latest, greatest green wonder. AC works great. Heat? She freezes to death even with electric backup and she hates it. I try to rub it in every chance I get. The only way I'd have a heat pump is if it were geothermal and that pretty much limits you to new construction for the most part. My inlaws have it and along with the solar panels their electric bill is never over $40. It's a very viable option. For insulation I'd go with plain old pink Owens Corning fibreglass. It's cheap so blowing in a little more in 5 years or so isn't really an issue. I'd probably do foam in the walls as long as I never planned on running any network cable or additional wiring. [/QUOTE]
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