Heat Pump Installation in Belmont, MA

Most heating equipment in older homes was chosen by matching the size of whatever came before it, and that habit carries a cost when you switch to a heat pump. An oversized unit short-cycles and leaves rooms clammy; an undersized one struggles on the coldest nights. So our installations start with the house rather than the old boiler. We walk every room, note the windows, the insulation we can see and the rooms that have never held heat, and turn that into a heat-loss based design. From there the choice between ducted and ductless becomes straightforward. If the home has usable ductwork, a ducted air handler can serve it quietly. If it was built around radiators, as so many colonials and two-families were, ductless heads go where they will do the most good. Either way the equipment is a cold-climate model meant to keep heating when the thermometer drops well below freezing. Before anything is ordered, the full scope sits in a written proposal: equipment, head locations, outdoor unit placement, line-set routes, controls and what becomes of the existing heater. You read it, ask questions and decide on your own schedule. If your electricity comes from Belmont Light, the proposal also notes which light plant rebate the design is aimed at, so the paperwork lines up with the equipment from the start.