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Originally Posted by amexsbow
My wife and I are looking in TV, but we would like to have natural gas service for hot water and heater. Which new areas have natural gas service?
If no NG service is available in new areas, what is the cost for solar panels? Will the roof handle the load?
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Instead of natural gas for hot water, have a look at a high efficiency heat pump water heater. It takes heat from your already hot garage and turns it into hot water. They tend to cost around $1400, I think, which is expensive, but they are significantly cheaper than even natural gas. Likewise, heating and cooling with a high efficiency heat pump makes great sense in Florida. Compared to the costs of installing solar energy panels, these will have you saving big money very fast. They pay for themselves in savings in a couple years, even over the cost of natural gas. Again, the high efficiency heat pumps do cost more than the usual ones people install, but they pay for themselves fast.