Heat Pump Installation in Zephyrhills, FL
A new system here will heat from December through February and cool from March through November every year. Tell us about the house, and a licensed contractor who covers Pasco County will get in touch.
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A heat pump here works almost every day of the year
Zephyrhills asks for cooling nine months a year, March through November, with summer afternoons averaging 91°F. Winter is short, just December through February, and nights only drop to an average of 50°F. That is mild enough that a heat pump can handle the whole year on its own, but it means the system is working in one direction or the other across all twelve months.
Any new split-system heat pump has to meet the federal minimum of 14.3 SEER2 for cooling and 7.5 HSPF2 for heating. With nine months of cooling against three of heat, the SEER2 number is the one carrying most of the load here.
- 3 months
- December through February, your system heats
- 9 months
- March through November, it cools
- 50°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 91°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
Florida requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license.
The license is issued by the Construction Industry Licensing Board, and it belongs to the contractor, not to any single job. That means the same license has to cover this heat pump install just as it would any other job that contractor takes on, and the board has a record of who holds it.
For this job, that license is what stands behind the work. In most cities and counties, an installation like this also needs a permit from the local building office, with an inspection once the work is done. That permit and inspection are separate from the license itself, one is the state's record of the contractor, the other is the local check on the finished work.
Sources: Florida Legislature · Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation
- Is a heat pump better than a furnace?
- For Zephyrhills, yes, because winters here are short and mild. Your home needs heat only from December through February, with nighttime lows averaging around 50°F. A heat pump handles that easily, and then it switches over and cools your home the other nine months of the year, which a furnace can't do at all. A furnace makes more sense in places with long, hard winters, and that's not this climate.
- What's the difference between a heat pump and an air conditioner?
- An air conditioner only cools. A heat pump cools the same way an air conditioner does, but it can also run in reverse and pull heat from the outside air into your home. Since Zephyrhills needs cooling nine months a year and heat the other three, a heat pump covers both jobs with one system instead of pairing an air conditioner with a separate furnace.
- Does a heat pump work in cold weather?
- Yes, and in Zephyrhills it barely has to work hard at it. Winter nights here average around 50°F, which is well within the range a heat pump handles without trouble. Heat pumps lose efficiency in true cold, well below freezing for extended stretches, but that's not what winter looks like here. A heat pump sized and installed for this area will keep up through every cold snap the winters bring.