Let me start off by saying I purchaced this house a little over 2 years ago. I had a home warrante at the time. The heat pump wasn't working properly. I put a digital thermometer in the vents and when the heat kicked on the temp would rise out of the vents. Then the unit would turn on the outside unit and the warm air turned into 60 degree air. Needless to say I had many cold days. I had a contractor from my home warrante place come out. It took 2 techs later to figure out some little wire was never hooked up to the outside unit. After that it worked much better.
To date. It seems that maybe my unit is too small, or just cant keep up. I know I obviously need to replace some windows with bad seals on them. But the air coming out of the vents doesnt seem warm to me. Let me get you my unit #'s and maybe that can help.
The unit is a carrier
inside unit 40Aq030300BB
outside unit 38qno24310sm
The house is 1120 sq ft. My basement is also finished with a full 1120 sq ft. The basement is 3/4 in the ground with a walk out if that makes any difference. The people that lived here tapped into the floor ducts and pulled air vents into the basement rooms. I have almost eliminated all of these. It is cooler in the basement but now it is a little warmer in the main floor.
I have 2 returns 1 on the main floor in the hall. 25x20 and one 20x20 celing tile vent in the basement with a 6 in. duct coming off of it.
I hope I gave some helpful insite to my house. If their is anything I left out please ask.
The last 2 days it has only been around 20 degrees outside. My unit is running NON-stop. On the little control box it doesn't even kick on to Emergency heat. If I do it manualy I GET HEAT. Normal setting produces a whopping 77 degrees coming out of the vent. If I bump up the temp on the thermastat it goes into AUX mode and gives me a whole 80-81 degrees. Now if I put it on EMER. I get 100+ coming out. Now I know that is probably extreme and I can't expect that all the time without paying for it. I still feel I should have better that 80 coming out of the vent with normal heating shouldn't I.
Not that it may matter or not. But in the summer when it gets around 95 degreees. The house can't seem to get cool either. I have good insulation in the roof. Still I know I have to replace windows and that is coming this spring. I do have double pain glass windows. Some of them are leaking.
What gives? Do I need to upgtrade my unit? units? What should I look for if I want to stay with a heat pump.
Sorry for all the questions, and the long post. This has been bugging me for 2 years or better now.
To date. It seems that maybe my unit is too small, or just cant keep up. I know I obviously need to replace some windows with bad seals on them. But the air coming out of the vents doesnt seem warm to me. Let me get you my unit #'s and maybe that can help.
The unit is a carrier
inside unit 40Aq030300BB
outside unit 38qno24310sm
The house is 1120 sq ft. My basement is also finished with a full 1120 sq ft. The basement is 3/4 in the ground with a walk out if that makes any difference. The people that lived here tapped into the floor ducts and pulled air vents into the basement rooms. I have almost eliminated all of these. It is cooler in the basement but now it is a little warmer in the main floor.
I have 2 returns 1 on the main floor in the hall. 25x20 and one 20x20 celing tile vent in the basement with a 6 in. duct coming off of it.
I hope I gave some helpful insite to my house. If their is anything I left out please ask.
The last 2 days it has only been around 20 degrees outside. My unit is running NON-stop. On the little control box it doesn't even kick on to Emergency heat. If I do it manualy I GET HEAT. Normal setting produces a whopping 77 degrees coming out of the vent. If I bump up the temp on the thermastat it goes into AUX mode and gives me a whole 80-81 degrees. Now if I put it on EMER. I get 100+ coming out. Now I know that is probably extreme and I can't expect that all the time without paying for it. I still feel I should have better that 80 coming out of the vent with normal heating shouldn't I.
Not that it may matter or not. But in the summer when it gets around 95 degreees. The house can't seem to get cool either. I have good insulation in the roof. Still I know I have to replace windows and that is coming this spring. I do have double pain glass windows. Some of them are leaking.
What gives? Do I need to upgtrade my unit? units? What should I look for if I want to stay with a heat pump.
Sorry for all the questions, and the long post. This has been bugging me for 2 years or better now.