My fiance plus I were severely excited to transfer south. My buddy and I purchased a home in an area with long, boiling summers plus short, mild winters. The residence is equipped with a packaged unit that provides both heating plus cooling. It works by transferring heat from one location to another. In cooling mode, the system pulls heat out of the air plus delivers it outside by way of refrigerant. In heating mode, the system draws ambient heat from the outside air, compresses it to a higher temperature plus delivers it indoors. The first winter time we spent in the house, the weather set records for cold temperature. My buddy and I had been told that the low hot plus cold temperatures never drop further than the high forties. That winter, the temperature plummeted into the twenties. Our boiler couldn’t keep up. My buddy and I bundled up in layers of sweatshirts plus heavy socks. Several times, the heating unit froze, plus we needed to shut it off genuinely plus attempt to thaw it out. My fiance finally purchased an electric furnace that is designed to look like a wood-burning stove. It adds some ambience plus also some extra heat… Just that little electric furnace was enough to make a difference in our level of comfort. My buddy and I have not needed the electric furnace since that first year. We’ve now lived in the home for six years. The winters have been beautifully mild. However, if we get another especially cold season, we’ll be ready. I am especially thankful that we’ve never had any complaints with the system in cooling mode. It certainly combats the high heat plus humidity we face for more than half the year.
