Attic Heat Pump System

Our duct work for the first floor is in the crawlspace and for the second floor the ducting is between floors with baseboard registers throughout.

Attic heat pump system.

When private individuals bring a heat pump into their house this is an air water heat pump in 80 percent of cases. However an air water heat pump has one disadvantage and that determines the best place to install it. Having it installed in the attic ensures that it is 100 percent protected from flooding caused by plumbing leaks and overflows. This photograph provided by mitsubishi shows a ducted minisplit installed in an attic.

Attic hvac systems save space. Leaks and overflows on a given floor will seep through the floors to affect everything below it including your hvac system. Heat pump in attic good idea or bad. Heat pump system cost factors.

It is the perfect companion to the solar panels on the roof and low temperature heating in your home. Our house has roughly the same sq footage downstairs as it does up maybe 1 100 upstairs and 1 300 downstairs. A ducted minisplit in the attic. Attic hvac systems also require shorter ducts.

It is efficient and affordable. Your hvac system will require shorter ducts. The outdoor unit commonly called the heat pump but technically known as the condensing unit is the most expensive part of most hvac systems. It is the same model as the one recommended by the homeowner s hvac contractor.

This is approximately 30 percent more than central heating and air conditioning systems minus the duct. An outdoor unit which houses the fan condenser and compressor and an indoor unit which holds the evaporator and fan. This will cause a lot of draft and heat loss during the winter as well as introduce a lot more dust from the fine particles of insulation that will become airborne as the system operates and pulls air back through the duct system return. Ductless mini split heat pump systems generally cost 1 500 to 2 000 per ton of cooling capacity for just the equipment not including installation.

With installation ductless mini split heat pump systems run an average of 4 000 to 5 000. So why put an hvac system up in the attic at all. Heat pump outdoor air placement reminds me of two buildings near our nations capitol. Well mainly it s a way to save space.

A project architect with one of the nation s largest developers asked me to climb up on a desk and look out and down on a large group of heat pump condensing units installed at the bottom of a 25 by 35 three story well created by several buildings.