I can’t believe that we are getting ready to go into our 28th spring and summer with the heat pump we had installed by the HVAC company.
All those years ago, this heat pump was a good value for quality heating and air but certainly not the top of the line HVAC equipment.
But really, my wife and I weren’t all that worried about high end residential HVAC at the time. We were actually doing our best just to replace the heating and cooling equipment. The house itself had taken just about all of our savings when it came to coming up with the downpayment. Thankfully, the HVAC contractor for the HVAC company that we still use steered us to the heat pump we ended up choosing. He also gave us a tip that has ended up paying so many dividends over what is almost a thirty year span. Once that heat pump was installed, the HVAC contractor briefed us on just how important consistent, seasonal HVAC maintenance was. He told us that not only would it serve us by having the heat pump operating at peak efficiency, it would add years to the life of the heat pump. I just can’t believe that we got this many years out of the heat pump due to HVAC maintenance. Honestly, I thought if we were to get 20 years out of our heating and cooling equipment, we’d be fortunate. And yet, here we are going into year 29. It’s March and we just got the air conditioning tune up done. Believe it or not, the HVAC technician said we are good to go as this heat pump just keeps on pumping.