Heat Pump Installation in Laurens, SC
A new system here will heat from November through March and cool from May through September every year. Tell us about the house, and a licensed contractor who covers Laurens County will get in touch.
Tell us about the job
It takes about a minute.
Ten months of work a year for your heat pump
Laurens County asks a heat pump to work most of the year. Homes here need heat from November through March, then cooling from May through September, which leaves it idle only a matter of weeks. Winter nights average 34°F through the season. Summer afternoons average 89°F.
Most homes here heat with electricity, so the heat pump carries that load on its own. A new split-system unit has to meet a federal minimum of 14.3 SEER2 for cooling and 7.5 HSPF2 for heating, and it will run on that most of the year, not just a few months.
- 5 months
- November through March, your system heats
- 5 months
- May through September, it cools
- 34°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 89°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
- Is a heat pump better than a furnace?
- A heat pump does something a furnace cannot. It cools your home in summer as well as heats it in winter, so it replaces both your furnace and your air conditioner with one system. Winters here average 34°F at night, mild enough that a heat pump can carry the heating load without much trouble. A furnace only burns fuel to make heat, so in a place that also needs cooling from May through September, a heat pump covers more of the year with one piece of equipment.
- What's the difference between a heat pump and an air conditioner?
- An air conditioner only moves heat out of your home. A heat pump does the same thing in summer, but it can also run in reverse and move heat into your home in winter. It uses the same refrigeration cycle as an air conditioner, just able to work both directions.
- Does a heat pump work in cold weather?
- Yes, a heat pump keeps working in cold weather. It just has less heat outside to move as the temperature drops. Winter nights here average 34°F, well within the range a heat pump handles without needing backup heat, and homes only need heat from November through March, so for most of those nights a heat pump alone is enough to keep up.