Heat Pump Installation & Replacement in Augusta Township, Michigan

Temprasure does not install heat pumps in Augusta Township that will lean on strip heat for a quarter of the winter. We size cold-climate equipment to the Ann Arbor design temperature, verify the ductwork in the 1960s–90s rural ranches and newer acreage builds on former farmland around Lincoln High School can move the airflow a heat pump needs, and pair with the furnace or size the backup so the house is comfortable on the coldest nights without a shocking DTE Energy bill. The estimate is free, the written quote is one flat number including the Washtenaw County permit, and if a heat pump is not the right fit for your house we will say so.

Augusta Township houses and what that means for heat pump installation

Augusta's housing is a long timeline laid out along the roads. The 1860s–1920s farmhouses have Michigan basements, two or three additions and forced-air systems that were added long after the house was built, usually with ductwork that never reached the upstairs properly. The 1960s–80s ranches and split-levels that make up the biggest share of the township sit on crawlspaces or shallow basements, with furnaces in hallway closets or utility rooms and ductwork under the floor that has collected decades of moisture and rodent traffic. Newer acreage homes and the subdivisions off Whittaker and Bemis Roads are 1995–2015 colonials and ranches on full poured basements with 80 or 90 percent furnaces, many on propane, and condensers sized by the builder's rule of thumb rather than a load calculation. Manufactured homes with package units or small furnaces are common on the back roads. A good number of properties also have a pole barn or shop with a hanging heater we end up servicing.

Dual-fuel is the heat pump install that fits most of Augusta Township. The 1960s–90s rural ranches and newer acreage builds on former farmland around the Sumpter Township line have gas furnaces that are often under 12 years old and perfectly sound, paired with air conditioners that are not. Replacing that AC with a cold-climate heat pump and a matched coil gives the house a new high-efficiency cooling system and a second heat source that handles fall, spring and the 30-to-45-degree winter days on electricity. The furnace runs fewer hours and lasts longer. The balance point, where the system switches from heat pump to furnace, is the detail that decides whether the Augusta Township, MI homeowner actually saves money, and we set it on the thermostat based on the equipment's capacity curve and current DTE Energy rates rather than leaving it at a factory default.

In Augusta Township the furnace is the one appliance nobody thinks about until it fails at 11 p.m. with the temperature falling through the teens. That is when the phone rings, and that is when being 9 miles away matters. We know the 1960s–90s rural ranches and newer acreage builds on former farmland along Lincoln Schools campus area and the basements near Lincoln High School, we carry parts for every brand that went into Washtenaw County homes, and we charge the same flat rate at midnight that we charge at noon. Augusta Township has about 7,500, spread across the southeast corner of Washtenaw County people and a lot of twenty-year-old furnaces; we would rather tell you yours has five winters left than sell you a new one it does not need.

Local details we plan around in Augusta Township

• High water tables along Stony Creek and Paint Creek flood crawlspaces, and we find rusted-through duct trunks and water-damaged furnaces in those areas after wet springs.
• Mechanical permits for Augusta addresses go through Washtenaw County, and the county inspector covers the southern townships on a rotating schedule.
• Septic systems serve nearly every home, and condensate from a high-efficiency furnace should be neutralized or routed away from the septic line.
• Augusta is low, flat and open, and the land along Stony Creek and Paint Creek holds water well into spring, so basements and crawlspaces in the township's middle run damp for months. Winter wind crosses the fields with nothing in the way, and the exposed north and west sides of farmhouses and acreage homes carry heavier heating loads than their square footage would suggest. Summer humidity is high across the creek bottoms, and shade is scarce outside the older farmsteads with their windbreaks.