Heating a Home Is Easy with a Heat Pump
The challenges of keeping a home at the right temperature can be daunting. Even with central heating and air conditioning, it may not be practical to have vents in certain areas of the home. Halls, rooms with more windows, can unintentionally be at different temperatures, which can affect how efficiently the home is heated. Ducts and windows lose heat to the outside.
While a new heating system may not completely solve all of these problems, a heat pump can make a home’s heating much more efficient.
Heat Pumps: Definitions and Physics
Instead of creating their own heat and that heat being pushed around by air, heat pumps move from one place to another using small pipes filled with liquid. This piping runs from the compressor, which collects the heat and distributes the heat throughout the home, usually behind baseboards.
Heat radiates from the walls creating an even temperature without creating pockets of heat that would naturally happen with other forms of heating. Because furnaces and boilers produce their own heat and it tends to be distributed through vents, there are places in the house that are naturally warmer.
Basic Parts of the Heat Pump:
- Refrigerant: The liquid/gas in the coils distributes the heat or cold.
- Condenser: This part helps distribute the heat by converting gas to liquid.
- Compressor: This part moves the refrigerant throughout the system.
- Evaporator: This part collects the heat and converts the liquid to gas.
Why Go Ductless?
- Temperature Zones: Because each mini-split unit is independent of the others, different temperatures can be set in different home areas. This saves unnecessary heating by allowing temperature adjustment.
- Less Initial Cost: Because there is no need to install large ductwork, these units may actually be cheaper to install.
- Size: Often smaller than traditional HVAC units. Ductless heat pumps are more easily concealed.
- Retro-Fit: Ductless is an excellent way to upgrade a heating or cooling system in a home that is older or has no previous ductwork.
Less Energy Used Equals More Money Saved
All of these pieces, no energy-burning heat source, tubing in walls, individual units that can work independently of each other add up to one simple thing: saving money. When a homeowner does not have to pay for oil, gas, or electricity to produce heat, this reduces bills. When energy is not lost through the air in large ducts, it reduces bills. When certain areas that are not used can be turned down, it reduces bills. A heat pump installation is a great way to save money on all fronts.
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