A heat pump moves heat rather than burning fuel to make it, which means one piece of equipment heats the house in January and cools it in July. For a Kamloops home facing an aging furnace and no air conditioning, that is two problems solved in a single installation. We size, install and service heat pumps across Greater Kamloops, and we work on every make and model, including systems we did not put in.
Cold Climate Heat Pumps
The objection people raise about heat pumps is the cold, and it was a fair objection twenty years ago. Modern inverter driven cold climate heat pumps keep producing useful heat well below freezing, which covers most of a Kamloops winter. What matters is the sizing and the backup strategy, and both get worked out in the home before anything is quoted.
Ducted and Ductless
If the house already has ducting, a ducted heat pump uses it and the change is invisible once the work is finished. Where there is no ductwork, or where only part of the house needs help, a ductless system puts heads exactly where the problem is. Suites, additions, shops and older homes on baseboard or hot water heat usually land on ductless for good reason.
Hybrid Systems
Pairing a heat pump with a gas furnace gives you the efficient system for most of the year and the furnace for the coldest stretch, with the controls deciding which one runs. It suits a home with a furnace still in good shape and no air conditioning, since the heat pump adds cooling and takes over the shoulder seasons without the furnace being thrown out early.
Repair, Service and Rebates
A heat pump runs year round, so it earns its maintenance visit. We check the charge, the coils, the electrical connections, the reversing valve and the defrost cycle, and we repair every make and model. On the money side we are a FortisBC Trade Ally and a registered Clean BC contractor, so we check what your installation qualifies for and handle the rebate paperwork rather than leaving it with you.
