If your heat pump and supplemental heat source can t keep your house warm 25 f you need to find out what the problem is.
Pump attic heat back into house.
If you had a thermostat in the house and in the attic so that it would only run when you need heat and the attic is hot.
What do you think.
Here s why it might be a good idea.
A heat pump is in its simplest explanation an ac condensor that has a reversing valve allowing the process to reverse and bring heat into the home rather than remove it.
Heat pump pricing for the geothermal heat pump itself range from 1 500 to 13 000 depending on the model not including installation.
What about using an attic fan in reverse to draw hot air out of the attic and into the house.
Heat pumps blow less hot hot air.
However an air water heat pump has one disadvantage and that determines the best place to install it.
I went back into the attic a few days ago and unplugged it again.
When it s running the air produced by a heat pump is definitely warmer than the ambient temperature but not as hot as the air produced by a gas furnace.
When private individuals bring a heat pump into their house this is an air water heat pump in 80 percent of cases.
Some installers believe that placing these systems in a garage or attic space may make the system more efficient by decreasing the difference in temperature.
Now i don t know what to do.
It is efficient and affordable.
Either the heat pump isn t sized properly the heat strips are inadequate or the heat pump isn t functioning properly.
Depending on the size needed to heat and cool your home or business installation can cost 10 000 or more.
As a result you experience slower less severe air.
But it s precisely because of these disparate temperatures that you should place your heat pump and air conditioner condenser outside.
I have a 2 story barn style house built in the late 60 s with not a lot of cellulose left in the attic.
Our house has roughly the same sq footage downstairs as it does up maybe 1 100 upstairs and 1 300 downstairs.
It would need a damper to keep from losing heat when not in use.
Solarattic sells a system the pool convection system 2 that sucks hot air out of the attic of your house and pumps it into a heat exchanger to heat your pool.
In the summertime the temperature.
The house is total electric and i have been installing through the wall heat pumps for comfort.
Heat pump in attic good idea or bad.
Find a good hvac contractor to help determine how well it s working.
It is the perfect companion to the solar panels on the roof and low temperature heating in your home.
The rest of the time you heat your home with a heat pump.
