Goodman Air Conditioning And Heating Experts
My husband and I are in the process of updating the heat pump in our home. Our old heat pump is a Goodman heat pump and it's given us very reliable service for eighteen years. We have noticed that it's not cooling well and a service technician told us we were starting to leak freon. We have done a great deal of reading on the subject trying to choose the best heat pump. We've narrowed our search down and think we're going to buy a Goodman heat pump again.
We have followed the advice of experts. We read the advice from the home repair expert in our local paper. He said that today's heat pumps have much higher efficiency ratings than old heat pumps, such as the one we're going to be replacing. He said homeowners can expect savings of 30-40% on a new heat pump. We learned what different ratings mean and how they relate to energy efficiency and savings.
We like the fact that Goodman has been in business manufacturing quality heat pumps since 1982, and we like the fact that no matter what SEER or AFUE rating unit we choose we still get their 10 year parts limited warranty. The installer will come to our home to determine the size of heat pump that we should have in our home. There are many different factors that go into making this decision, such as the size of our home, the number of windows and the region of the country which we live in.
We also liked that Goodman has a list of qualified installers on their website. We were able to find several in our area. We chose a Goodman heat pump dealer who had a good knowledge about their product and who supplied us with references. We called the references and also called the Better Business Bureau to make sure there were no complaints.
Goodman offers heat pumps with SEER of 13, 14 and 16 for residential use. They also list the HSPF or Heating Seasonal Performance Factor for each unit on their site. The reason they do this is that the SEER or Seasonal Energy Efficiency Rating only rates the air conditioning aspect of the unit. The HSPF rates the heating ability. HSPF ratings are dong by dividing the amount of electric power used by the amount of heat generated. Most home heating experts suggest your unit have an HSPF of at least 5, with 7 being even better. The GSH13 pump has an SEER of 13 and HSPF of 7.7. The Goodman SSZ16 heat pump has a SEER of 16 and HSPF of 9.5. The compressor on this unit and the SSZ14 also have a limited lifetime warranty that states "if the compressor ever fails, a new one will be provided to the original purchaser of the heat pump system as long as they live in the same single-family residence." This is a phenomenal warranty not offered by other manufacturers.
With the help of the Goodman heat pump dealer we chose a GSH14 heat pump for our home. Installation is scheduled in about two weeks. We're looking forward to many years of carefree service.
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