Why I Love My Heat Pump

Janet Forrester | Sep 04, 2025

I often reflect that I might have married had I found a man with the qualities of my air-source heat pump.

Low maintenance – gets the work done without asking for praise.

Steady – keeps the temperature within a half a degree, no blowing hot one minute, then cold the next.

Flexible in changing circumstances - flips from heating to cooling at the touch of a dial, just what you need during a heat wave or menopause.

Ready with a back-up plan – adds auxiliary heat on the rare occasion the thermometer dips below -30C.

Costs the price of a single ticket - why pay for a tank and fuel delivery when you are already paying for electricity delivery?

No need to negotiate, worry about tank levels, timely fuel delivery, lane plowing, global energy markets or geopolitics; if there is electricity, there is heat (or air conditioning).

No need to understand how or why it works; it just does.

So, ladies, if your furnace is getting old and you are thinking of replacing it, consider an air-source heat pump. My guess is you won’t regret it.