Trying to decide between a heat pump and gas furnace. Home in south Louisiana.

I have experience with a gas furnace in my current house but no experience with a heat pump. From what I gather:

Gas furnace
Pros: heats up faster, air gets hotter
Cons: dry heat (hotter air may be con)

Heat pump:
Pros: doesn’t dry air as much, gentler heat
Cons: not great for really cold days

Still up in the air on which is cheaper to operate.

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Posted by Tigerpaw123

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Posted on 2/20/19 at 9:43 pm to poochie

Gas furnace by a mile

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Posted by biggsc

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Posted on 2/20/19 at 9:48 pm to poochie

Gas furnace

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Posted by highcotton2

Alabama

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Posted on 2/20/19 at 10:23 pm to poochie

I have a dual fuel system which works like a heat pump but when it gets cold instead of using emergency heat strips it kicks over to gas. Going on 10 years now and have had zero problems with it.

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Posted by cave canem

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Posted on 2/20/19 at 10:24 pm to poochie

Heat pump in the deep south.

My latest house has them and I was skeptical at first but they work just fine.

Just how often are you running your heater in south Louisiana?

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Posted by Chuker

St George, Louisiana

Member since Nov 2015

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Posted on 2/20/19 at 10:59 pm to poochie

If you access to natural gas then a furnace is a no brainer. If you're on propane than I'd lean toward heat pump. There are tons of heat pumps installed with more being put in all the time. My american standard guy almost always puts in a heat pump when furnace isn't feasible and since he services a lot of rural areas he installs a ton of pumps. Straight electric heat strips are almost obsolete as far as he's concerned.

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Posted by VanRIch

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Posted on 2/21/19 at 6:43 am to poochie

If you do go with a heat pump, put it as far away from your bedroom windows as possible. Idiot contractor put them right outside our bedroom window and that bastard is loud as hell. I’m going to eventually build something to go around it to dampen the sound a bit.

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Posted by ihuntsum1

Member since Jul 2013

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Posted on 2/21/19 at 8:23 am to poochie

What no one has asked yet is, are you considering a water source heat pump or an air source heat pump. I have a 20 year old once through water source heat pump and it has been great. I will admit that my situation is somewhat unique. Water flows from the well, through the heat pump, and out into a pond. If I were starting from scratch, I would have routed the water through the slab prior to discharge in the pond.

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Posted by Hamma1122

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Posted on 2/21/19 at 8:51 am to poochie

Gas furnace. Heat pumps aren’t meant for south LA

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Posted by jmh5724

Member since Jan 2012

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Posted on 2/21/19 at 1:24 pm to poochie

My A/C guy talked me in to the heat pump when I built 2 years ago. Haven’t had any issues yet. The units are located next to my bedroom and they are quiet. The house never dropped below 70 degrees when we had hard freezes the last two winters. Trane units fwiw

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Posted by keakar

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Posted on 2/21/19 at 2:53 pm to poochie

heat pump smeat pump

get a gas furnace for heat

get an a/c unit for cooling

forget about heat pumps, they are garbage and a complete scam just like hybrid cars

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