[nemo44x]

It will certainly cost more, especially since you can’t share the venting and blower. But I’d get it quoted to compare. Electric systems have really come down in price per SqFt. Now your climate doesn’t get month after month of freezing temperatures so maybe it won’t be as dramatic but the energy cost savings can be huge. Plus the overall experience of it is the best imo.

You could still circulate air with the blower running in fan mode and you may not need humidifiers as that’s the biggest negative to forced air heat imo.

Curious which humidifier systems you’re looking at?

[poutine]

I got it quoted. Basically would be around $50k CAN for heated floors (it's a big house). Ducted mini split heat pump (2 units to handle the house size) was $60k. Central hybrid gas-heat pump was $30k.

I put in heated electric floors in the bathrooms (about $1k each).

Byrant has a humidifier (https://www.bryant.com/en/us/products/humidifiers/) that integrates with the system. It also has integral HRV. As well as an air purifier: https://www.bryant.com/en/us/products/air-purifiers/dgapa/

It's not a bad compromise for our climate. Currently living in a home I designed that has mini splits everywhere and I really dont like them. Not enough air circulation and it's really hard to balance given a well insulated house on mildly cool days which is very common here.

I intend to always keep the fan going to circulate the air in order to clean (we have allergies) and humidify.

[nemo44x]

> I put in heated electric floors in the bathrooms (about $1k each).

Smart man.

> Currently living in a home I designed that has mini splits everywhere and I really dont like them.

I have a similar opinion. They're fine in a 1-off room that is isolated but I don't like them much otherwise. They don't look good at all.