Sounds like GSHP might end up being the best route for me to go. Where I live, the temp regularly gets into the double-digits below zero. And frost is definitely a concern up here too. It's not uncommon for cars parked outside to be completely covered in a sheet of ice in the morning! My house sits on an acre that's at least half open space, so hopefully that will give me plenty of room for a sufficient loop field.
I was actually talking to a guy I go to school with just a few weeks ago about radiant floor heating (I assume that's what you meant by "warm floors"?). He said he's installed it before and that it's extremely effective. From a quick online search, it looks like it's not unheard of to combine GSHP and radiant heating. What's your opinion on combining the two?
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