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Originally Posted by SSM_DC5
Were you heating with forced air gas furnace before installing heat pumps?
I don't know if certain prior setups, but I was told if I switched from hydronic radiant floor gas heating to electric heat pumps, my heating bill would go up by a lot during the winter months.
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There's a lot of details in these sort of statements that need to be added to make sure the comparison is apples to apples.
Was whoever told you that thinking Air to Water Heat pump (retaining hydronic floor), or like a multi-split heat pump?
Gas energy cost is definately much cheaper than energy costs for resistive electric heat (IE electric baseboards).
But heat pumps average about 3 times the efficiency of energy usage. IE: for one unit electrical energy use, you move 3 units of heat.
In our climate (south west coast) it makes energy cost about on par with gas.