We install, repair, and service heat pumps across the Thompson Valley, including dual-fuel setups that pair a heat pump with a gas furnace and switch between them at the temperature where each is cheapest to run.
Call (970) 555-0134 for heat pump service or a free installation estimate.
What heat pump service covers
- Repair: reversing valve failures, defrost control problems, refrigerant leaks, fan and compressor issues, and the classic complaint — the unit blows cool air in heating mode or leans on auxiliary heat constantly.
- Installation: sizing with a Manual J calculation, pad and line-set work, electrical, and thermostat setup including the auxiliary heat lockout settings that keep your bill sane.
- Dual-fuel configuration: setting the switchover balance point so the gas furnace takes over only when it is genuinely cheaper or the heat pump cannot keep up.
- Seasonal service: coil cleaning, refrigerant charge verification, defrost cycle testing, and condensate checks twice a year, since a heat pump works both seasons.
- Auxiliary heat checks: the backup strips or furnace that carry the coldest nights get tested before winter, not discovered dead during it.
Signs your heat pump needs service
- It runs constantly and the house still drifts below the set temperature
- Auxiliary or emergency heat shows on the thermostat for hours at a time
- Ice builds on the outdoor unit and never clears between defrost cycles
- The outdoor unit is much louder than it used to be
- Heating bills spike compared to last winter with similar weather
- Air from the vents feels cool in heating mode
- The system short-cycles — on for a few minutes, off, on again
One normal behavior worth knowing: on cold, damp mornings the outdoor unit steams during its defrost cycle. That is the system melting frost off itself, and it looks alarming the first time you see it. Ice that never melts, though, is a service call.
Heat Pump Services in Loveland homes
Loveland's elevation and temperature swings shape how heat pumps should be set up here. At 4,982 feet the thinner air holds less heat for the outdoor coil to pull from, so sizing needs the altitude factored in rather than copied from a sea-level chart. Our shoulder seasons are long — weeks of 40-degree days in October and April — and that is exactly where a heat pump shines, heating a home for far less than a furnace cycling on and off.
The newer homes around Mariana Butte and in Centerra include all-electric builds with no gas service, where a cold-climate heat pump is the whole heating system and the auxiliary strips need to be staged correctly for the canyon cold snaps that drop temperatures into the single digits. For homes with Xcel natural gas already in place, dual fuel usually wins the math: heat pump for the mild majority of hours, furnace for the deep cold.
Propane homes out toward Carter Lake are strong candidates too, since propane is typically the priciest way to heat a house in this valley.
What affects the cost of heat pump work
Most Loveland homeowners pay between $250 and $1,200 for a heat pump repair, depending on the part. A new heat pump installation runs most homeowners $8,000 to $18,000. What moves the number:
- System type: a heat pump replacing an AC alongside an existing furnace costs less than a full air-handler conversion.
- Capacity and cold-climate rating: models rated to hold capacity at 5 degrees cost more than mild-climate units, and in Loveland that rating matters.
- Electrical work: panel capacity and new circuits for auxiliary heat add cost on older homes.
- Ductwork: the same ducts serve heating and cooling, and leaks or undersizing get fixed during install or not at all.
- Rebates and credits: federal tax credits and Loveland Water and Power efficiency rebates have applied to qualifying heat pumps in recent years. Programs change, and we will check what is current when we quote.
Related services
Comparing a heat pump against a straight furnace swap? Furnace Installation lays out the gas side. For ductless, room-by-room heat pumps, see Mini-Split Systems. A twice-a-year HVAC Tune-Up keeps either system honest.
Call (970) 555-0134 for heat pump services in Loveland, CO.