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They always put an auxiliary heat in with heat pump, even if it’s a cold climate one. Usually electricity, sometimes propane. So get them to put in a gas furnace. It’s exactly the same install as a conventional AC with gas furnace. It should cost more only because there’s a reversing switch. So $30k is absolute lunacy. That should cover a full geothermal solution with drilled wells and all that (which is worth it if you can pay for it but not for the average person).
My thermostat knows it’s a heat pump, and I can set a minimum threshold temperature (outdoor) at which the pump doesn’t run and it just goes straight to gas. I can set it so the gas basically alwaus kicks in
Yeah, I already use ecobee thermostats which can do that.
I can only hope they’ll continue to work until I either save that kind of money or something improves on the price