If your Lancaster home’s an older one, or even if it’s relatively new, and you’re annoyed with the HVAC system you’ve got, 2018 could be the year –
should be the year – you move up to geothermal. Prices probably won’t ever be better. And, if you need assistance with initial expenditures, interest-free loans are often available to homeowners from manufacturers, vendors, and installation contractors. You’d be smart to consult
now with Gochnauer at Home, the Lancaster geothermal authority, about what financing options you may have – especially if you’re sincere about installing a geothermal heating and cooling system this year. Gochnauer at Home can also advise you as to whether or not any current state or local homeowner programs might offer some sort of financial relief. Tax credits may be available as well. After all, geothermal heating and cooling systems are unmistakably a step (or two, or three!)
up in energy efficiency over the more customary HVAC systems.
There’s some good news, too, about the installation cost of a geothermal enhancement. First, a recently installed geothermal system will significantly slash your home’s utility bills. You could see immediate savings of anywhere from 20 to 50 percent on cooling – and 30 to 60 percent on heating! As time goes on, then, your geothermal system will pay for itself. And you’ll certainly have your geothermal system for a very long time.
Consider that a regular furnace, even when rigorously maintained, might give you only 15 years of decent service. A geothermal system? It’s mechanics are designed and engineered to last up to 30 years. And the ground loop buried in your yard is good for 50 years at least!
So … up-front cost considerations aside, a geothermal heating and cooling system is more beneficial for you no matter how you look at it. Among its strongest advantages are …
- having an unceasingly – and easily – renewable source of energy, straight from the earth,
- being an efficient “two-in-one” system – heating and cooling [[capability bundled in one trim package
- reduced operating costs – since geothermal systems use so little electricity,
- a remarkably long lifespan – as mentioned previously,
- markedly quieter operation than traditional heating and cooling systems – since most of your geothermal system is buried in the earth, and the parts of it that aren’t aren’t put through the same stresses and strains,
- reduced repair costs – other than a light schedule of inspections and changing or cleaning filters, you have fewer maintenance necessities with a geothermal system since its relatively few parts are just transferring heat from the ground, not producing it,
- cleaner and safer operation – in contrast to combustion appliances, geothermal systems carry no danger of carbon monoxide poisoning, instead providing clean, marvelously breathable air, and, of course,
- heating and cooling capabilities that rank among the most environmentally friendly of any system available – since, in the winter, a geothermal system is merely transferring heat from the ground into your home, and in the summer, it’s removing heat to keep your home cool.
So why hold out? Make this the year you retrofit and renew your home with a geothermal heating and cooling system. Talk to Gochnauer at Home now about the proper way to go about it!