When both of us moved in, our house was already equipped with a fairly new forced air gas furnace, but unblessedly the new home lacked central a/c.
While the weather in our local section tends to be cold and snowy for the majority of the year, our brief Summer season can bring high temperatures and horrendous humidity, but my fiance and I both agreed that both of us wanted a cooling method installed.
I contacted a local Heating and Air Conditioning company for an estimate, and after inspecting the home, she recommended that both of us invest in an electric heat pump. Since a heat pump is way more lavish to purchase and install than an a/c, I was reluctant. I did some research and l acquired that combining an electric heat pump with a natural gas gas furnace is called a dual fuel system, and it provides all sorts of advantages. A dual fuel method pays for itself in energy savings. This is because the heat pump is more efficient than a conventional a/c or gas furnace. It combines heating and cooling capacity and works by simply moving existing heat between the inside and outside of the house. In the summer, it operates similarly to an a/c, pulling heat from the indoor air and pumping it outdoors by way of refrigerant. The fortune is that the heat pump is effective at dehumidifying and costs less to run. For heating purposes, the heat pump avoids burning fossil fuels and utilizes ambient heat in the outside air. The operation is clean, safe, quiet and undoubtedly environmentally friendly. The disadvantage of a heat pump is that it struggles to keep up with demand when the temperature drops below cold. At that point, the gas furnace starts up and handles the heating needs for as long as necessary.