Regardless of whether your Salem home is old or new, if you’re exasperated with the HVAC system you’ve got, 2018 could be the year –
should be the year – you upgrade to geothermal. Prices will surely never be as good again. And, if you need assistance with initial expenditures, interest-free loans are often available to homeowners from manufacturers, vendors, and installation contractors. It’d be to your advantage to speak
now with Mill Creek Heating, the Salem geothermal experts, about what financing options you may have – if, in fact you’re really committed to installing a geothermal heating and cooling system this year. Mill Creek Heating can also clue you in as to whether or not any current state or local homeowner programs might offer financial relief of some kind. Tax credits may be available too. After all, geothermal heating and cooling systems are definitely a step (or two, or three!)
up in energy efficiency over ordinary HVAC systems.
There’s some good news, too, about the up-front cost of a geothermal retrofit. First, a newly installed geothermal system will cut your home’s utility bills significantly. You could see immediate savings of anywhere from 20 to 50 percent on cooling – and 30 to 60 percent on heating! As time goes on, then, your geothermal system will pay for itself. And you’ll certainly own your geothermal system for a very long time.
It’s generally conceded that a traditional furnace, even when well maintained, might last something like 15 years. A geothermal system? It’s mechanics are designed and fabricated to last up to 30 years. And the ground loop dug into your yard is good for 50 years at least!
So … up-front cost considerations aside, a geothermal heating and cooling system is a wiser choice for you no matter how you look at it. Among its prime attributes are …
- having an eternally – and easily – renewable source of energy, straight from the earth,
- being an efficient “two-in-one” system – heating and cooling [[capacity bundled in one tidy package
- minimal operating costs – since geothermal systems demand so little electricity,
- an unusually long lifespan – as mentioned previously,
- appreciably quieter operation than standard heating and cooling systems – since the greater part of your geothermal system is buried underground, and the portions of it that aren’t aren’t subject to the same stresses and strains,
- minor repair costs – aside from a modest schedule of inspections and changing or cleaning filters, you have fewer maintenance needs with a geothermal system since its relatively few parts are merely transferring heat from the ground, not producing it,
- cleaner and safer operation – unlike combustion appliances, geothermal systems carry no risk of carbon monoxide poisoning, instead delivering clean, wonderfully breathable air, and, of course,
- heating and cooling capabilities that are among the most environmentally friendly of any system available – since, in the winter, a geothermal system is just transferring heat from the ground into your home, and in the summer, it’s removing heat to keep your home cool.
So what’s holding you back? Make this the year you retrofit and upgrade your home with a geothermal heating and cooling system. Talk to Mill Creek Heating now about the proper way to go about it!