{"id":752,"date":"2021-01-11T11:00:15","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T16:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kennihans.com\/blog\/?p=752"},"modified":"2021-01-11T13:49:28","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T18:49:28","slug":"geothermal-heat-pumps-everything-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kennihans.com\/blog\/heating-service\/geothermal-heat-pumps-everything-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Geothermal Heat Pumps: Everything You Need to Know"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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A geothermal heat pump is simply one of the coolest\ninventions of modern history–not that we are biased as a HVAC company or\nanything! What is so amazing about geothermal is the fact that you are using\nthe heat from the soil right below you to keep your home warm during the winter\nmonths. Then, in the summer you extract the heat from your home and send it\nback to the ground. You don’t need a lot of energy from the utility company in\norder to do this (just a little bit for moving parts) so your bill goes way\ndown.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, the cost upfront is higher, but you also get the\nbenefit of claiming a tax credit against it. This year the credit for a\ngeothermal project is 22% of the total cost of the installation.  So, in short, your bill can go down to about\na third of what it is, your installation price really costs you 78% of the\nprice while you use renewable energy! What’s not to love?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Here’s why “The Kennihan Way” makes a big\ndifference when deciding to install a geothermal system in your home:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– You don’t need that much space<\/strong>: One of our projects\nin an Allison Park neighborhood required four vertical loops in the ground. We\nneeded a 20 foot by 20 foot space where one loop was at each corner of this\nsquare. Since we couldn’t fit the drilling rig into the backyard we did all the\nwork right in the front yard. A few months later no one knew we were ever\nthere!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– You know the price from the start<\/strong>: There are slim\nchances of changes. Part of our commitment when creating a proposal is giving\nyou a price with no surprises.  We put a\nbig effort in finding out all the details so both you and our team members have\npeace of mind as we go through this project together.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

– We provide the RIGHT amount of HEAT<\/strong>: In order to\nbring the price down, some contractors may calculate how much air conditioner\nyou need and install the equipment and the loops for our cooling season. We\nbelieve this to simply be the wrong approach. In our state of Pennsylvania, the\nheat demand for your home will be greater than your cooling demand ever\nbe.  This is a corner we will not cut. We\nbelieve you are looking at this project as a long term investment where you can\nreap much benefit for many years.  This\nmay mean our proposal may show an extra loop in the ground and a bigger size\nunit because we want you to get the heat from the ground<\/em>, not the backup\nelectric heat strips that will come on often if you size the project to satisfy\nonly the cooling needs. Your project may cost a little more upfront, but the\nbenefits will be much more for the long term.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– We’ll generate your domestic hot water mostly from the\ngeothermal system too!<\/strong>  The water\nheater will be putting little to no effort in heating water so it will last you\nlonger.  Install a tankless water heater\nand the long term savings just keep getting better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– We install it, and<\/em> we service it<\/strong>: we are\nhere to take care of your geothermal system for the long term, honoring the\nwarranties while they last and beyond. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you have considered geothermal for your home but have had your doubts give us a call. We’ll be happy to answer your questions and help you find out if this is an option for you.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A geothermal heat pump is simply one of the coolest inventions of modern history–not that we are biased as a HVAC company or anything! What is so amazing about geothermal is the fact that you are using the heat from the soil right below you to keep your home warm during the winter months. Then, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[76],"tags":[127,161],"class_list":["post-752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-heating-service","tag-announcement","tag-geothermal-heat-pumps"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kennihans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kennihans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kennihans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kennihans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kennihans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=752"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.kennihans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":759,"href":"https:\/\/www.kennihans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/752\/revisions\/759"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kennihans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kennihans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kennihans.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}