How Do I Determine Whether Geothermal Heating and Cooling Is Right for My Salem Home?

You might well ask someone who still doesn’t know about geothermal heating and cooling if they’ve been living underground for, oh, say, the last half century. Of course, that person would more than likely miss the irony of your question, considering that the source of geothermal heating and cooling lies underground.

Anymore, though, most Salem homeowners understand at least something about the advantages of a geothermal HVAC system. More of them are considering one, too – either as a replacement or upgrade to their present system or as the system they install in that new home they’re having built for them.

Thinking about converting to geothermal yourself? Well, the benefits certainly are attractive:

• Trading your old-fashioned HVAC system for a geothermal one could help you lower your heating and cooling costs by as much as 80 percent!
• Geothermal heating and cooling systems are extraordinarily energy efficient. That, in addition to the fact that they work with the environment, not against it, make them the most environmentally friendly HVAC systems around.
• With the options geothermal systems offer – package units, split systems, and duel-fuel systems, first off – you’re in a better position to insure that the system you pick is the most efficient and effective for your Salem home.
• Geothermal heating and cooling systems are designed for generations of faithful operation. The fact that they have few parts, require less maintenance, have vertical or horizontal loops installed underground or in ponds or wells, and call for the heat-exchange equipment to be sheltered indoors, out of the weather, definitely helps.
• A geothermal heating and cooling system can be put in any time of the year. The weather and the temperature are no impediment, and no added fees are charged for “seasonal reasons.”
• Only a small patch of your yard need be dedicated to a geothermal heating and cooling system. And what space is necessary is inconspicuous; your home and landscaping will lose none of the “curb appeal” you strive to sustain.
• As if all this weren’t incentive enough, geothermal heating and cooling systems are becoming increasingly feasible from a cost perspective – even in the (one would hope) temporary absence of federal tax credits and rebates. Refinements in system design and manufacturing processes as well as growing competition in the marketplace are what’s helping drive costs down.

Before you consider replacing or retrofitting your current HVAC system with a geothermal system, contact the experts at Mill Creek Heating. We can help you make the right choice – and provide you with the finest geothermal heating and cooling solution for your Salem home.