It is the perfect companion to the solar panels on the roof and low temperature heating in your home.
Pump attic heat back into house.
In the summertime the temperature.
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.
What about using an attic fan in reverse to draw hot air out of the attic and into the house.
It is efficient and affordable.
When private individuals bring a heat pump into their house this is an air water heat pump in 80 percent of cases.
But it s precisely because of these disparate temperatures that you should place your heat pump and air conditioner condenser outside.
It would need a damper to keep from losing heat when not in use.
Our house has roughly the same sq footage downstairs as it does up maybe 1 100 upstairs and 1 300 downstairs.
It has a wood burning heater but not for real heat.
What do you think.
Heat pump in attic good idea or bad.
Either the heat pump isn t sized properly the heat strips are inadequate or the heat pump isn t functioning properly.
Now i don t know what to do.
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.
Here s why it might be a good idea.
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.
I have a 2 story barn style house built in the late 60 s with not a lot of cellulose left in the attic.
Heat pumps blow less hot hot air.
The rest of the time you heat your home with a heat pump.
As a result you experience slower less severe air.
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.
Heat pump pricing for the geothermal heat pump itself range from 1 500 to 13 000 depending on the model not including installation.
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.
However an air water heat pump has one disadvantage and that determines the best place to install it.
What you probably have in your attic is the air handler the piece of your system that blows moves the air through the coil and ducts.
I went back into the attic a few days ago and unplugged it again.
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.
Find a good hvac contractor to help determine how well it s working.
