{"id":1360,"date":"2020-10-12T11:00:41","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T15:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.atlanticrefrigeration.com\/blog\/?p=1360"},"modified":"2020-10-19T15:34:10","modified_gmt":"2020-10-19T19:34:10","slug":"should-invest-geothermal-comfort-fall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.atlanticrefrigeration.com\/blog\/air-conditioning-service\/should-invest-geothermal-comfort-fall\/","title":{"rendered":"Should You Invest in Geothermal Comfort This Fall?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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When summer ends, people start to think about their home comfort systems\u2014and not just heater. Yes, fall is the time to schedule heating maintenance to ensure the heater is ready to handle the coming winter temperatures. But fall is also a time to consider making changes to the air conditioning system if it\u2019s coming to the end of its service life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week we offered a recommendation for an HVAC system upgrade that handles your heating and cooling needs: a heat pump installation<\/a>. This isn\u2019t the only way you can make a double-upgrade for your heating and air conditioning in Delaware<\/a>, however. This may be the fall that you finally decide to make your dreams of a geothermal heating and cooling system come true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut I didn\u2019t have dreams of \u2026 wait a minute, that sounds like a good idea!\u201d<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019re glad you think so. You probably weren\u2019t thinking immediately\nof going with a geothermal comfort system because it seems like such a big\nchange. It is a big change, but mostly a big change for the better. When you\nwork with our experienced technicians for a geothermal system installation, we\u2019ll\nmake the process as easy for you as possible. We\u2019ve helped many homes enjoy geothermal-based\ncomfort and we know first-hand how beneficial it can be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBut isn\u2019t a geothermal system just to heat a home?\u201d<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This is a common misconception, but we understand where it\ncomes from. After all, thermal<\/em> is right there in the name, and that\nmakes people think of heating. Because geothermal systems operate by accessing\nthe steady heat located in the earth, it\u2019s easy to mistake this for meaning geothermal\nis only good for providing warmth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But geothermal systems are types of heat pumps<\/em>, and if\nyou know anything about heat pumps (say, by reading our last post) you know that\nthey work as both heating and cooling systems. It\u2019s the same for a geothermal heat\npump. The underground coils of a geothermal heat pump allow the system to both\ndraw on the stable heat located six to ten feet below the frost line during\nwinter and to use it as a heat sink during the summer. The temperature in the ground\nhovers around 45\u00b0F during the year: that\u2019s enough to provide plenty of thermal\nenergy for winter comfort, but also cool enough to make it easy for a heat pump\nto deposit thermal energy from the house into the ground when the topside temperatures\nare extremely high.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So no matter if it\u2019s boiling hot or freezing cold outside, a\ngeothermal heat pump has an advantage over a standard air-source heat pump.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIs geothermal even possible for my home?\u201d<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A geothermal installation requires burying loops that carry\na water and refrigerant mix approximately ten feet or more underground. This takes\nup space, but our geothermal experts can find ways to maximize your property for\nthese loops. We can use different loop configurations to make it easier to fit in\na geothermal system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A geothermal installation won\u2019t work for all houses. You can\nrely on our team to help you find the comfort solution that works for your home.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Atlantic Refrigeration & Air Conditioning, Inc. offers geothermal heat pump installation for homes in Delaware and the Maryland Eastern Shore. Request an estimate today.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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