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Heat Pumps - Back Into The Spot Light

Heat Pumps aren't a new technology, or even one which has recently undergone a scientific breakthrough which has catapulted them into the spot light! In fact, Heat Pumps have been around for many years. What has brought them back into the spot light is the increasing awareness of the way our lives have an impact on the environment and the ways we can change our homes to reduce this impact.

Heat Pumps offer today's Kent, Auburn, Seattle and the surrounding Washington area homes and business owners a sustainable alternative to gas, oil and electric heating; all of which use non-renewable fossil fuels to generate heat for the home. Instead of this, Heat Pumps use the natural heat which exists within the atmosphere and ground to generate the same heat. As a result we can now heat our home and water supply from a completely self-sufficient and an in-exhaustible supply of fuel!

So, how does a Heat Pump work? Well, the three main types of Heat Pump are: Air Source Heat Pumps, Ground Source Heat Pumps, and Geothermal Heat Pumps

Let's break them down...

The Air Source Heat Pumps

The Air Source Heat Pump is possibly the hardest of the three to figure out. Basically, it steals heat from the air! That's it! Opposite to the way a refrigerator steals heat from the interior of the fridge and expels it out of the back, an Air Source Heat Pump steals latent heat from the air outside your home, compresses it and transfers that heat to your water and central heating supply.

The Ground Source Heat Pumps

Boiling away under our feet is a furnace of molten rock so vast it is hard for our minds to comprehend! It is an almost infinite supply of energy and it is what our very existence depends on. Within this molten rock there is a huge amount of un-tapped heat energy and this is projected up through the Earth and into the ground we walk upon.

As the name suggests, a Ground Source Heat Pump uses coiled tubing, laid deep in the ground to extract the natural heat energy from the Earth. This heat is then compressed and transferred into the home as a usable form of heat for your central heating and water supply.

The Geothermal Heat Pumps

Geothermal Heat Pumps work in a similar way to Ground Source Heat Pumps; in that it extracts heat energy from the ground. But instead of burying a closed loop of piping within the ground Geothermal Heat Pumps make use of very deep bore holes which drill straight down into the Earth. Pipe systems can then be buried as near to the hotter depths as possible and in exactly the same way.

In Summary

The three varieties of Heat Pump are right for different situations and scenarios. But one fact rings true for all three... Once you have paid for the Heat Pump you will have an in-exhaustible supply of heat for your home for many, many, many years to come!

So if you are looking for heat pump installation or repairs then please call us today at 888.630.9224 or complete our online request form.

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