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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I will say that heat pumps put out far inferior heat than furnaces.  We were warned about this before we bought a house with a heat pump instead of a furnace.  The a/c with a heat pump is perfectly fine, but the heat is terrible.  We are cold all winter long unless we crank it up and then our heating bills are ridiculously high. [/quote]

Ditto.  While I have always had a furnace, before we married, my wife's townhouse had a heat pump.  Even in a 2 story townhouse, we had a problem that the house (especially the first floor) never got warm unless we pumped it up to a level where the electrical bill was astronomical.  We used space heaters to augment the heat pump in some rooms (way cheaper), but my wife doesn't like to sleep with one on, even on a heat protected surface, so it was just cold at night.

I would suggest looking for whatever alternative heat sources you are comfortable with to augment your heat in the winter. Space heaters and electric blankets work, if you are okay with sleeping with them.  We have a room humidifier that puts out warm, moist air...it also helps add a little heat to the room, especially if we leave it running all day (it has two large tanks that we have to refill about every 3 days).  Also, if you have a desktop computer and leave it on constantly, think about putting your computer in the bedroom.  It puts out a small amount of heat over a prolonged period of time and will add that to your bedroom.  We find our office (which has both of our computers, plus two printers) to be the warmest bedroom in the house.

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