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Message: [QUOTE="Petero, post: 4815421, member: 3102"] The solution we decided on for our 12 room 2 story 4,200 sq foot 1850 farm house with a natural gas single zone forced air system was a ductless air sou rced mini split system. It is a series of 5 external units some with mutiple heads others are single . They range in size from a single 12K btu single unit to a 3 head 36k btu unit totaling 10 heads. Each major room has specific sized head The visual iimpact both internally (from the heads)and externally has been virtually zero (and I have a picky wife). In fact the mini split sound has been a vast Imrovement over the roar of our central heating ducted system Every home is different and it is important to work with your installer to come with the best plan possible We retained our natural gas furnace as a backup. We are converting the system over to propane for the very limited number of days (2 days last winter) we use it. The goal is to eliminate our natural gas use entirely. The dream is to add battery backup system to our solar system (when the costs drop) and say goodbye to the power company entirely, but we aren't their yet. Shop hard, we had quotes in the $60k range to $26K from a smaller guy before those glorious rebates. It took 2 1/2 days to install the system. How much money can (should) they charge for that amount of time??? Good luck!! [/QUOTE]