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| we have 3 sources of heat. forced air, propane. easy to run and maintain. Hard to keep the 2nd floor warm. Air cools off some by the time it gets there. but like the "toasty warm" feeling you get from the furnace. Don't get that with electric heat.
also have an air source heat pump. More for the AC than the heater part of it. A friend of our bought it at cost for us and installed it. Was cheaper and more efficient than an AC unit. But we don't use the heat part of it. Prefer the forced air propane furnace.
Then we have a corn stove which cannot be beat. It heats similar to a wood stove with that "toasty warm" heat. Ours sits inthe dining room right at the bottom of the stairs to 2nd floor. Heat gets part way up but not all the way. 2nd floor usually stays about 55-60° in winter. Kids have electric mattress pads to stay warm. No problems.
we have a cinder block house, similar to a brick house, Hard to heat in winter and hard to cool in summer. Good luck.
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Furnace? Oil or propane
