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This and other comments here are very useful for me. Been thinking of getting a heat pump for the areas of the house that aren't reached by the pellet stove. It

This and other comments here are very useful for me. Been thinking of getting a heat pump for the areas of the house that aren't reached by the pellet stove. It regularly gets to -20C here but not usually for very long so I think we'd be fine. Also we could use it for cooling for the few weeks a year when it's 30C+.

monkeynotes 4y ago
Here we ofter have summer temps around +30C and winter -20C, in both I am very happy to have our heat pump. Our unit is operational down to -25C but for the handful of weeks where it does get that low we do run the gas furnace a little just to top up. We installed three mini splits in total for a ~2k sq ft 1800s draughty home. Before we had them our central air gas furnace, which is ~20 years old, would burn through upwards of $600 a month of gas in winter. With heat pumps we pay $180 a month equalized and we run heat or cool all year except for maybe a month in spring and fall where it's perfect 22c outside. Without this magical tech we'd be broke or cold in the winter and uncomfortable all summer.
- fnbr 4y ago
  Were you able to install it with your existing furnace or did you have to replace the furnace?
  - zucked 4y ago
    They mention mini splits, which could very well be installed in addition to or even in lieu of a traditional central HVAC.
EricE 4y ago
Ductless mini splits are perfect for your use case.