What Ice on Your Heat Pump Means
As the days get colder, and you start to rely on your heat pump to keep your home warm, you may notice ice start to form on the outside unit. Now, that may seem like a pretty strange thing, especially in Florida.
As the days get colder, and you start to rely on your heat pump to keep your home warm, you may notice ice start to form on the outside unit. Now, that may seem like a pretty strange thing, especially in Florida.
The days are going to start getting pretty cold in the next month or two. At least, as cold as things get in Florida. If you’re going to be using your furnace on a regular basis to keep your home warm, you’re going to want to watch out for some problems that could crop up.
Here in Florida, we have a bit of time before winter really sets in. That means more time to prepare your home heating system.
Winter is coming, and even here in Florida it’s important to make sure that you’re ready before the cold weather hits. Now, for the most part home heating preparations involve installing new heating systems or maintaining old ones.
We may have another month or two before the cold weather really sets in, but it’s never too late to get your home ready for winter. Centralized heating is great for a number of reasons, which is why it’s the most popular home heating system type in the country.
Furnaces are among the most popular heating systems in the country. This happens to make furnace problems among the most numerous heating problems in the country, as well.
We live in Florida, which is famous for its brief, mild winters and long humid summers. In light of that, furnaces and other heating systems tend to take a back seat to air conditioning systems, and may not always receive the attention they need.
In many cases, people will purchase a furnace that is ether too small or too large for their home. This causes all kinds of problems, since a furnace that is too small will struggle to heat the home properly, and oversized furnaces can cause as many problems as undersized ones.
Like many mechanical systems in our homes, we expect our heaters to work for us whenever we need them: turn them on, and they start providing heat. When a heater breaks down, it’s an immediate cause for concern. If it keeps breaking down...
Gas furnaces are among the best ways to have heating for your home, since they provide high levels of warmth while remaining very energy efficient. A gas furnace usually costs much less to run than an electric model, for example.