I am planning to use in-floor radiant heat with the fluid electrically heated in my planned northern NY house{{gwi:807}}. It has been suggested to me that I should consider a cold climate heat pump, such as those manufactured by Mitsubishi or Fujitsu. I looked up these mfrs' products on the web{{gwi:807}}
and they do have products usable down to -15F. I understand that these will be much less expensive than resistance heating, although resistance heating will still be neaded as a backup. Negatives of these mini splits - they are ugly, both inside and outside (in my opinion) and the outside unit may possibly be noisy (I have heard the inside units and they are not too bad, but I can hear them).
Does anyone make a heat pump{{gwi:807}} with the efficiencies of the above mini splits, but which can heat the fluid for my radiant system? I have looked into heat pump domestic hot water heaters, but their "outside" unit is in the basement and they are not designed for cold weather.

What do these mini-splits cost? I estimate my heating load will be about 10000-15000 BTU/hr.
Any commets?

This post was edited by MTVhike on Sat, Sep 13, 14 at 17:03