With Professional Heater Installation, Don’t Take Shortcuts
Having a new furnace or heat pump installed in your Cincinnati home is important, and you should have complete confidence in the company that does it. You want someone with experience who is fully trained and certified to recommend the right products for your home and budget in terms of:
- high quality and reliability
- energy efficiency
- correct system size and capacity
- safety and code compliance
- effectiveness
Many HVAC companies fall short of high standards and cut corners during the installation of a new heat pump or furnace. They may work too quickly and miss important steps or safety considerations, all to offer a lower price. Your Cincinnati home isn’t comfortable, safe, or energy cost-effective without a properly functioning heater, and you don’t want to scrimp on its installation.
Problems With the Wrong Size Heating System
One of the most common errors in heating system installation is incorrect sizing.
If a central heating (or cooling system) is too big or too small for your home, this can cause a variety of problems, including:
- Poor Performance: Your home may end up with hot spots or drafts.
- Energy Waste: Inefficient systems can increase utility bills.
- Machine Stress: Strain on system components will shorten their lifespan.
- Noise: Overstrained equipment tends to run loudly, which can be bothersome.
- Moisture Issues: The wrong size can make indoor humidity control a real challenge.
Any of these issues will cost you and your family comfort and money. To do the job right, the HVAC technician should perform a heating load calculation for your home, then use the results to recommend the right system.
The process takes into account several factors that are unique to your home:
- size and layout, especially the number of floors, ceiling height, and square footage
- layout and orientation
- whether the house is shaded by trees
- the number, size, and type of windows in the home
- building materials and insulation
- countless other characteristics that affect how quickly the home heats or cools
All heating and cooling systems should be properly installed, but this is especially important for combustion systems, which must be fitted according to precise specifications. This is as much for safety as it is efficiency and performance (see below).
The heating technicians at Jansen Heating & Air Conditioning have the training, experience, and credentials to make you feel confident and secure in both the installation of your new heating system and its cost.
Three Benefits of Proper Heater or Furnace Installation
1. Energy efficiency. A furnace or heat pump carefully installed by a trained professional will operate at peak efficiency by providing the most heat using the least amount of fuel. That applies to electricity, natural gas, and other fuels.
Once the heater is installed, like any HVAC system, it needs annual maintenance to keep it efficient. This means both homeowner maintenance (air filter changes, etc.) and professional preventive maintenance.
2. Performance. In this context, performance means providing comfortable, consistent, and balanced heat throughout your house. The technician who installs your system should check airflow and the air distribution system to make sure all rooms heat evenly.
Even with a great furnace, if the air isn’t circulating as intended, you won’t get even heating in every room. If you have a large or multi-level home with just one thermostat, the technician may recommend installing a zoning system to properly heat all parts of the house, and not just the main floor.
Your heating installation tech may suggest multiple thermostats and mechanized ducts, to create independent temperature zones in your house, often divided by floor or level.
3. Safety. This is something you definitely don’t want to worry about. You should feel secure knowing all gas lines have been properly connected and positioned, all exhaust systems are correctly installed, the furnace burners (if applicable) are free of clogs, and the ignition system works the way it’s been engineered to operate.
Annual maintenance by a professional is essential to ensure that your heating system is as safe in its 10th year as it was in its first.
When you need a new heater, leave the installation to the pros. Jansen has the experience and training to make every aspect of your new furnace or heat pump installation go as it should, so your home stays comfortable, safe, and efficient.