What a Kansas winter asks of a heat pump
Lawrence asks more of a heat pump than most of Kansas. Summer brings long humid stretches in the mid-90s; winter brings cold fronts that can drop the temperature 40 degrees in an afternoon, with lows in the teens and single digits. Modern cold-climate heat pumps handle both — but only when they’re sized, charged, and maintained by people who’ve watched a Kaw Valley norther roll in.
Cold-climate sizing is the whole game
The design temperature matters: a system sized for a mild climate goes helpless at 15 degrees. We size for single-digit nights and pair with electric backup strips or your existing gas furnace in a dual-fuel setup — efficient through October and April, covered in January. From the historic homes around Old West Lawrence to new construction in west Lawrence, we’ll tell you straight whether a heat pump makes sense for your house — and if it doesn’t, we’ll tell you that too.
Seasonal changeovers
Twice a year this system switches personalities, and each switch deserves a check: defrost operation and heat strips before the first freeze, charge and coil condition before the first 95-degree week. It’s the same visit as a standard tune-up, timed to the season the system is about to enter.