Home gas furnace .. I do not want no more

[Richard]

Originally Posted by Palf70Step

Everyone I know down here can't wait to get rid of their heat pumps. Very inefficient and typically requires more maintenance and parts replacements than traditional heat/AC systems. My furnace is gas (pretty much always had it except in my real young days we had coal t heat the house and the house at farm. Real fireplaces aren't that efficient in today's standards for heat distrobuton. The fake gas and electric ones seem to be there just for visual rather than real heating.

Some of the newer direct vent sealed gas fireplaces with fans are basically just furnaces with a window. They can do a great job heating your space. We have one in the living room. My wife loves ours. Turn it on and run the forced air system fan to distribute heat to the rest of the house. Many years ago I installed an air intake for the forced air system in the living room to aid the heat distribution.