How Do You Install A Heat Pump?
Use a heat pump to gather heat from outside sources and transfer that heat inside. To cool your home, a heat pump can take the heat already inside and send it outside. Using one of these units is the most efficient way to heat your home. Install a heat pump this year to save at least 30 percent on your heating and cooling costs. Step 1 Choose a location for the outside part of your heat pump and place it about 10 inches from the wall of your home. Ensure that you face the heat pump with the connections toward the wall. Leave at least 18 inches for service access at the back corner of the unit and keep the top 36 inches away from anything that can block the air vents. Step 2 Place your heat pump on a 4-inch slab of concrete that isn’t connected to your home. Ensure that you make the slab level and surround it with gravel so you don’t have problems with drainage from the heat pump. Leave a clearance of 3 inches from the coil at the bottom of the heat pump for proper drainage of frost bui
