How Do I Establish Whether Geothermal Heating and Cooling Is Right for My Burlington Home?

You might well ask someone who still doesn’t know about geothermal heating and cooling if they’ve been living underground for, oh, say, the last half century. Of course, that person would surely miss the irony of your question, since the source of geothermal heating and cooling lies underground.

Anymore, though, most Burlington homeowners have heard at least something about the benefits of a geothermal HVAC system. More of them are mulling one over, too – either as a replacement or upgrade to their existing system or as the system they install in that new home they’re having built for them.

Thinking about going geothermal yourself? Well, the benefits certainly are attractive:

• Supplanting your conventional HVAC system with a geothermal one could help you reduce your heating and cooling costs by as much as 80 percent!
• Geothermal heating and cooling systems are amazingly energy efficient. That, plus the fact that they don’t fight the environment, but work with it, make them the most environmentally friendly HVAC systems you could own.
• With the options geothermal systems provide – package units, split systems, and duel-fuel systems, to begin with – you’re in a better position to assure that the system you select is the most efficient and effective for your Burlington home.
• Geothermal heating and cooling systems are designed, engineered, built, and installed for generations of trusty operation. The fact that they have fewer parts, need less maintenance, have vertical or horizontal loops installed underground or in ponds or wells, and call for the heat-exchange equipment to be located indoors, out of the weather, makes a considerable difference.
• A geothermal heating and cooling system can be installed any time of the year. The weather and the temperature are no handicap, and no extra fees are charged for “seasonal reasons.”
• Very little of your yard space is required for a geothermal heating and cooling system. And what space is necessary is discreet; the “curb appeal” of your home should be completely unaffected.
• Finally, geothermal heating and cooling systems are becoming ever more budget-friendly – even in the (one would hope) temporary absence of federal tax credits and rebates. Advances in system design and manufacturing processes as well as increased competition in the marketplace are what’s helping drive costs down.

Before you decide to replace or retrofit your current HVAC system with a geothermal system, contact the pros at Crabbe Service. We can help you make the right choice – and see that you get the best geothermal heating and cooling solution for your Burlington home.