Well, if you are like me, you cannot believe our heating bills are this high this year. We bought a new home in March of last year. We of course had everything inspected, including the HVAC system. Actually 2 of the 3 HVAC units in our new home were fairly new, one compressor installed in 2019 and another in 2020. We still have one of the original units from when the home was built in 1997.
Everything was going well through the extremely hot summer we had as it related to our utility bills. But all of a sudden, our January and February bill jumped completely off the charts. I thought maybe January was so high because our large family came to stay with us during the Christmas holidays. But when I received the February bill for usage in January, I immediately called the utility company to see what was going on.
First of all, I did not realize it cost more to heat your home than to cool it. Next the home we came from, which we had lived in for 22 years, was heated with a gas furnace and when we purchased a new unit in 2020, we put in a combo heat pump and furnace unit. So our heating bills were not high.
I assumed since we had 2 new units installed at our new home in 2019 and 2020, that since they had no furnaces that both units were heat pumps. Well to my surprise, this was not true. The previous owners put in the same cheaper units as they had previously, which were heated with heat strips.
So, the morale of this true story is before buying a home regardless of the year the compressors were put in or replaced, you need to be ensured they are heat pumps or a gas furnace heating systems being used. Using a Heat Strip heating system can run your utility bill off the charts.
When you are looking for maintenance, repairs, or inspection, I recommend Action Heating and Air Conditioning in Semmes, Alabama.
Action Heating and Air Conditioning offer an affordable maintenance program to fit your needs and budget. Their technicians have been thoroughly trained to perform the needed services to ensure your HVAC system is ready for whatever winters we may have.
They have been serving the Mobile, Semmes, Theodore, Daphne, Fairhope, Silverhill, Foley, Robertsdale, Loxley, Gulf Shores, Orange Beach, and surrounding areas in South Alabama since 1997. They are in their second generation of ownership with trained technicians that are always friendly and courteous. Please call them at 251 272-5900 if they can help you with any of HVAC system needs. Also, you can check out their website at https://www.callaction.net to learn about them and all the services they offer as well as some informative blogs that you may find interesting.
