Attic Heat Pump

When private individuals bring a heat pump into their house this is an air water heat pump in 80 percent of cases.

Attic heat pump.

So why put an hvac system up in the attic at all. Individual indoor units mounted on walls or ceilings connect to an outdoor condenser. Well mainly it s a way to save space. It is the same model as the one recommended by the homeowner s hvac contractor.

An outdoor unit which houses the fan condenser and compressor and an indoor unit which holds the evaporator and fan. Your attic is the most susceptible room in the house for this. The heat pump goes outside replacing your ac condenser if you have central air whereas the part that goes in the attic is referred to as the air handler. However an air water heat pump has one disadvantage and that determines the best place to install it.

Our house has roughly the same sq footage downstairs as it does up maybe 1 100 upstairs and 1 300 downstairs. A heat pump won t work as well or provide as much annual energy savings as it should unless the rest of your home is efficient too. This photograph provided by mitsubishi shows a ducted minisplit installed in an attic. A ductless mini split heat pump system allows for heat pump use in homes without ductwork.

Attic hvac systems save space. It is efficient and affordable. Since you ll be using less material shorter ducts won t cost you as much as longer ones. Homeowners benefit from the savings heat pumps offer as well as the system s inherent zoned comfort control.

There will be a lower cost for parts. The heat pump is working flawlessly since nov providing radiant floor heating and preheating our hot water to a aero therm hybrid hot water heater. It is the perfect companion to the solar panels on the roof and low temperature heating in your home. Heat pumps can only operate to a certain point before they are no longer capable of providing the heating that the home needs.

I live in chelsea up on holt hill and am a very pleased customer. Heat pump in attic good idea or bad. You may be able to use your existing furnace as the air handler for a new heat pump. Our duct work for the first floor is in the crawlspace and for the second floor the ducting is between floors with baseboard registers throughout.

A ducted minisplit in the attic. When your system itself is in the attic however you don t have to worry about this because your ducts won t have to run all across the attic. So before you buy a heat pump consider.