Gas heater vs heat pump

[tphaggerty]

Where in the Norhteast? Lots of people around here use regular air heat pumps. I have solar and do others in my area (NY, just north of the city). Don't know of anyone with a ground source heat pump.

Gas heat is cheapest to install, most expensive to run. We visited many neighbors with pools before putting ours in. Since we don't have piped natural gas, lots of them had propane gas heaters. They all said that it was so expensive to run that they only heated the pool for company! Not what I wanted!

[ElleM]

Where in the Norhteast? Lots of people around here use regular air heat pumps. I have solar and do others in my area (NY, just north of the city). Don't know of anyone with a ground source heat pump.

Gas heat is cheapest to install, most expensive to run. We visited many neighbors with pools before putting ours in. Since we don't have piped natural gas, lots of them had propane gas heaters. They all said that it was so expensive to run that they only heated the pool for company! Not what I wanted!

Hi, thanks for the replies. I'm in the Pittsburgh area. Hot summers and cool spring and fall. I have natural gas heat to my home and wouldn't need to go the propane route. I'm not too crazy of the thought of having a big propane tank around anyway. The only thing I'd need to do for the heat pump installation wise is have a 220 line installed, and the location is close to the box in the garage so that shouldn't be a big deal.

I'm looking at the Hayward Heat Pro for an above ground 21ft round:

http://www.haywardnet.com/inground/p...rs/HeatPro.cfm

Thanks for the post link Chem Geek. I looked around yesterday but didn't see anything.