Natural gas?

[Sigarms]

I have a dual fuel heat pump unit. First year it dropped down to about 25 the house started getting colder instead of warmer... I had the thermo set for Automatic (it keeps the house in a range between x and Y and determines what is needed to get there). THis was a new unit installed in a previously NON hvac house. Come to find out with a heat pump it no likee the automatic setting when it gets below 30. It was SUPPOSED to flip to using LP then. It got confused. I changed it to heat mode and wella the problem went away.

I have no doubt whoever wired in your thermostat either wired it incorrectly, didn't use a hardwire outdoor sensor or didn't have enough wires to begin with.

 

[Sigarms]

But make dang sure you have soft water with a tankless water heater or you will destroy it fast.

On any tankless, it's pretty standard to ensure the heat exchanger is cleaned at least once a year. Kind of mandatory if you're on well water.

Use vinegar...

 

[old and tired]

37 years, in the same house, gas for everything... love it. Can power the whole house in winter comfortably with 2300 watt generator.

We just got a whole house dehumidifier... jury still out with that, I think it work fine but we always had to have one for the basement. Our basement is somewhat "conditioned" space...

We do monitor our indoor gasses... (I married a nerd) and the gas stove / oven really jacks up co2 (not nearly as bad as when I come home from drinking!!)

We open the kitchen door to the screened in porch when the weather is nice.

To answer your question, Yes, I would connect to natural gas...

 

[Torvy]

We have 2 gas pipelines that cross the property. We were told they would not run a line...so we have propane. NG is cheaper and more dependable for the rare weather issues. I used to worry about gas for my stove. I wouldn't be without one today.

It's very humid here, so whole house dehumidifiers are almost standard on new builds. Just had ours back up due to algae. I now have a new maintenance task.

CO2 is not really a noxious gas. Levels on the space station are well above what we have here on earth.

CO, though, will end you.

 

[dstig1]

On any tankless, it's pretty standard to ensure the heat exchanger is cleaned at least once a year. Kind of mandatory if you're on well water.

Use vinegar...

Our first one self destructed in under a year due to hard water. I didn't get to a softener right away so 4 months of running hard water after we moved in killed it a few months later. We had tons of issues in those first few months with fixtures plugging from hard water deposits precipitating out in the fine passages and screens, and so did the tankless. Had I known how big a problem this would be, I would have done the softener prior to move in. And no it was not particulates as we did have a whole house filter on from the get-go.

 

[Sigarms]

We just got a whole house dehumidifier... jury still out with that, I think it work fine but we always had to have one for the basement. Our basement is somewhat "conditioned" space...

Whole home dehumidifier actually ties into your duct system and should be wired into your thermostat and having a motorized damper isn't a bad idea IMO.

I bought one for our old home and I'm just going to install it with the new HVAC system when it's installed later. I'm also going to buy a dedicated crawl space dehumidifier for the unconditioned below grade un finished basement in the new home.

Just make certain the dehumidifier you have is rated for the square footage of being tied into. Generally never want to oversize heating or cooling in your HVAC system, but there is no issue oversizing the dehumidifier.

If the dehumidifier is done right, you should be able to take it down the air down to 40 RH no problem if you want to.

 

[mjonesnh]

Thanks, would never have thought of that.

That said, average January temp in the town (coldest month in the area) is perhaps low 30's (having lived in Schuylkill and Crawford counties in Pa, I can personally attest to the fact that it's colder in Pa in the winter time ).

Besides that, heat pump I'd put in would handle it down to about 10F no problem. I'd just throw the gas furnace on so I could get a free hookup (most gas consumption would be stove and possibly a tankless water heater).

Have a Trane heat pump installed 2016. Aux. strips don't kick in unless extremely windy till 17F. Has been down to -10F here in Middle TN. a few years ago. Heat pump plus strips kept house at 72F thermostat setting

 

[phantom309]

We use propane for furnace, stoves and water heater.

I have two tanks, but only use about 1/3 tank per year. I top off once per year, but could go quite a few years without a refill if needed.

We live in a sparsely populated area, so if things break, we're the last to get fixed. As a result, I like to avoid being dependent on other people and infrastructure for these essentials.

 

[lman]

We have lived in our current house for over 30 years and it's all electric with geothermal, no gas and I am glad we don't have it!

Three of our previous houses were built in the 70's and early 80's & each had natural gas with their original old style furnace.

I don't miss the burning hot heat from the registers, or the occasional smell of gas near the furnace when it had just fired up & started heating.

I realize the new gas furnaces are way better and light years ahead, but sorry I prefer geothermal.

We also have geothermal heat and no gas. I was told that geothermal heating cost is comparable to natural gas. Natural gas is not available here. We also use an induction cooktop that heats as fast as gas. Also have a heat pump water heater. No gas here unless I drink too much milk or eat beans.

 

[ultrarunner]

The farm has natural gas and sewer lines running through the homestead…years ago the pioneer homestead family was offered free hookup but declined…

The cost now to hook up to sewer is about 100k and not sure for the gas… do propane it continues to be which is pricey here.

Western States have gone to the mat to eliminate solid fuel burning and reduce natural gas feasibility…