The furnace at my mother's house in Houston went out and I tried to get her HVAC guy to replace it with a heat pump. (The AC is 30 years old and also needs to b

The furnace at my mother's house in Houston went out and I tried to get her HVAC guy to replace it with a heat pump. (The AC is 30 years old and also needs to be replaced) He clearly had no idea what a heat pump is and came up with the following excuses to not install a heatpump: 1. Heat pumps are only for extremely cold weather 2. The heat from heatpumps is too hot, they only install them at elder care facilities where they need extra heat 3. It's far more complicated than a furnace / AC setup, and will require a lot more maintenance. Not sure what this all means for the industry if common HVAC guys don't even know about heat pumps yet.