Replace hydronic heating with forced air?

[Marcus Auerbach]

Something new with every house: I have a 1300 sft ranch under contract that needs major work and it also happens to have hydronic heating. The heat source seems old and I will replace it, which I normally do with the forced air systems anyway, but now the question is stay with hydronic or convert the house to forced air? I guess I would have to patch up the HWF and install all the ductwork in the basement. The house also had AC (got vandalized), but I think I have to go back and look how that even works with a hydronic system. Does anyone have experience with this?? Thanks guys.