Heat Pump Installation in Kenner, LA
A new system here will heat from November through February and cool from April through October every year. Tell us about the house, and a licensed contractor who covers Jefferson Parish will get in touch.
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Kenner asks a heat pump to run most of the year
A heat pump here works nearly year round. Homes need cooling April through October, seven months, when afternoons average 90°F. Heat runs November through February, when winter nights average 47°F, mild enough that a heat pump can carry the load on its own without much help.
Any split-system heat pump installed new has to meet 14.3 SEER2 for cooling and 7.5 HSPF2 for heating, the federal minimum since January 2023. With storms bringing damaging wind through the parish, 38 such events over the last ten years, a heat pump installed now is built to those minimums from the start.
- 4 months
- November through February, your system heats
- 7 months
- April through October, it cools
- 47°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 90°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
Louisiana requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license.
The Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors issues this license, and it covers the contractor, not the job in front of you. The board has that contractor on record. It does not mean anyone from the board has looked at your heat pump.
That part falls to the local building office. Installing a heat pump in most cities and parishes needs a permit before work starts and an inspection once it is done. The license tells you the contractor is on record with the state. The permit and inspection are what get your installation checked.
Source: Louisiana State Licensing Board for Contractors
- Is a heat pump better than a furnace?
- It depends on what you need it to do. A furnace only heats. A heat pump heats and cools, which matters here since homes need cooling April through October and heat November through February. A heat pump also runs on electricity rather than gas, so if your home already heats with electricity, it's a straightforward swap. Where a furnace still has the edge is on the coldest nights, since a furnace burns fuel to make heat while a heat pump moves heat from the outside air, and that gets harder as the air gets colder.
- What's the difference between a heat pump and an air conditioner?
- An air conditioner only cools your home. A heat pump does the same job in summer, but it can also run in reverse to heat your home in winter. The outdoor unit on a heat pump looks like an AC condenser, and it works the same way when it's cooling. The difference is a valve that lets it switch direction and pull heat from the outside air into your house instead.
- Does a heat pump work in cold weather?
- Yes, but it works harder as the temperature drops. A heat pump pulls heat from the outside air, and there's less of it to pull as the air gets colder. Winter nights here average 47°F, which a heat pump handles fine. Some heat pumps add a backup heat source for the occasional colder snap, and a contractor can tell you whether your home needs one.