If you are on Natural Gas, this is much cheaper than Electricity in most cases.
If you are on Propane Gas, electricity may be about the same cost depending where you are located and the availability of the propane.
If you are considering all electric and you require heating as well as cooling, then you should look into installing a heat pump.
Air to Air is good. Not to costly to buy and install. Can be costly to operate.
Hybrid Air to Air are more costly to install but can save some in operating costs depending on you climate.
Ground source open loop, closed loop are costly to install but the operating costs are much less then the other options
Read the following for rewiring for selecting contractors:
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Selecting contractors:
1/ Look up local contractors first. work out from the closest to your location. If someone you trust has had work done
similar to yours, ask them about the contractor they used. If they were completely satisfied with their
contractor(s), ask for their telephone number.
2/ Select at least 5 your are interested
3/ Do a google/yahoo search on each of the contractors you are interested in; look for praises (check who is writing the praises to see if they have any connection to
the contractor
4/ When you are satisfied with at least 3 contractors per job, have them give you written estimates with details of work
to be done, terms, guarantee(s), cost of extras (how much do they charge if they find something not covered by the contract), paymant schedules if necessary and
whatever else you can think of to protect yourself.
5/ If the contractor tries to pressure you into signing the contract immediately with a high deposit (more than 15% - deposits over 10% normally are not paid untill material is delivered and left at your site) reject that contractor. Be careful, high pressure can be someone who sounds very convincing, but has
many reasons why you should sign on the dotted line NOW.
6/ It is always good to have another adult with you when a contractor inspects the work to be done.
7/ If you do not get at least 3 written estimates signed by the contractor - not you (do not sign yet) , go back to 1. repeat until you get written estimates signed by the contractor - not you (do not sign yet).
Read the estimates over with some who has some knowledge of the work that has to be done.
This may take longer than you thought; do not rush into it. Research, research, helps.
When you are ready choose by being informed.
Good Luck
Is it natural gas or propane? What appliances/equipment do you have that are gas that you are looking to change? Range, Water heater, dryer, boiler/furnace, etc
It all depends on the scope of work. It could get extremely pricy. Also per unit of energy, electric is about 3.5 times more expensive than natural gas (at least where I live, $0.12 per kwh for elec and $10 per MMBTU of gas), so you would be spending more in the long run on utilities.
Can someone please give me a estimate Price on that. Thanks
