I already have the air duct inside of my home, and the smart thing would be to get a furnace installed and be my full time furnace.
The issue is that no matter what I study online, I don’t adore the sound of a furnace, but first, you can get a gas, oil or electric based a single.
The disadvantages seem to outweigh the benefits to me. For a gas furnace you have a complicated set up with a flue plan and gas hookups, but a dirty gas furnace also is awful for the indoor air conditions, and could potentially be a problem. A dirty furnace that overheats could light on fire, release carbon monoxide or just be a major gas furnace repair. An oil based furnace is safer but super costly to use, however secondly an on site oil tank needs to be in your house, then it is big and really ugly. An electric furnace should only be occasionally used because it is just so darn costly using power or a fuel. It also isn’t the most powerful of gas oil furnaces either. I have the air duct, although I don’t want to use it. I have thought about sealing off my vents and maybe getting a boiler plan or even a ductless heat pump. A boiler would be a big plan that uses pipes stretched throughout the home to heat. It would last a long time but be really costly to set up. A heat pump only needs an outdoor air compressor and indoor air handler set up, however, a heat pump is not enjoyable with temperatures below 40 degrees. So what do I do now?