Republic Heat Pump Repair Service
In summer, heat pumps function similarly to air conditioners. They draw warm indoor air in, extract its heat and humidity, and distribute cool air throughout buildings. In winter, heat pumps source heat from outside. High-performance heat pumps can source outdoor heat even when local temperatures fall below freezing.
There are several signs that you need a heat pump repair:
- Reduced airflow
- Lukewarm air coming from your vents
- Loud grinding, hissing, or whistling sounds
- Doesn’t warm or cool to thermostat setting
- Won’t switch between heating and cooling
- Strange smells
Poor airflow could signal a dirty air filter, a blocked condensate drain, leaky air ducts, or heavy debris behind your air vent covers. Poor airflow and lukewarm air can also be a sign of a refrigerant leak.
When heat pumps make grinding noises, they may have bent fan blades, insufficient lubricant for their moving parts, or worn bearings. Hissing or whistling sounds from the outdoor condenser are a sign of operational stress.
If you have a refrigerant leak, your heat pump compressor will have an increasingly hard time pressurizing and depressurizing refrigerant to move it. Scheduling an emergency heat pump repair could prevent compressor failure.
When summer ends and the weather in Republic grows cool, heat pumps should automatically switch from cooling homes to heating them. If yours doesn’t, it may have a faulty reversing valve.
Heat pumps can last up to 20 years. With professional heat pump installation and diligent maintenance, some heat pumps last as long as 25 years. If your heat pump has already supplied over two decades of service and needs a costly repair, it may be time to schedule heat pump replacement with our detail-oriented HVAC company in Republic.
If you’ve never experienced the radiant heat, reliable cooling, and year-round humidity control of a heat pump, now is a great time to consider installing one. In ideal operating conditions, heat pumps can produce more than four times the heating and cooling energy that they consume in electric energy.
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