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Is there a heat pump technology that I can just swap my gas furnace to? With no additional insulation requirements and no other strings attached?

• SuperQue 4y ago
  Yes. But it depends a bit on the climate where you live. What you're looking for is an air-to-air heat pump. Basically it replaces the outside unit of your traditional air conditioner. But it can heat or cool. For example: https://www.trane.com/residential/en/products/heat-pumps/ https://www.trane.com/residential/en/products/heat-pumps/
  • toast0 4y ago
    If they only have a gas furnace, then they may not have an outside unit currently. Piping a refrigerant line and signalling from where the furnace is to a suitable location for the outside unit may be easy or hard depending on their home. Of course, if they have a furnace and an air conditioner, it's a lot easier to change to a heat pump and that's it (or more likely, a heat pump and just in case resistive heating)
• falcolas 4y ago
  Just did this myself, but I augmented our gas furnace, instead of replacing it. The two technologies can work in tandem, if it gets too cold for the heat pump to work efficiently. You do need more room for the heat exchanger. But you can also get “mini split” units which are basically single room units.