Heat Pump Installation in Denton, TX
A new system here will heat from November through March and cool from May through October every year. Tell us about the house, and a licensed contractor who covers Denton County will get in touch.
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Denton asks a heat pump to run almost year round
A heat pump here works most of the year. Homes need cooling from May through October and heat from November through March, so the system is on for 11 months. Summer afternoons average 94°F, and winter nights average 36°F, so the same unit has to handle both jobs well.
More than half of homes here heat with electricity, so when the power goes out, the heat pump stops with it. Denton County has seen 20 winter storms and 115 damaging wind events over the past ten years, and across Texas a third of households lost power for at least 24 hours in 2024. Any split-system heat pump installed new today has to meet federal minimums of 14.3 SEER2 for cooling and 7.5 HSPF2 for heating, so a properly installed system is built to hold up to both the heat and the cold this county sees.
- 5 months
- November through March, your system heats
- 6 months
- May through October, it cools
- 36°F
- the average winter night it heats against
- 94°F
- the average summer afternoon it cools against
NOAA nClimDiv, 1991–2020 normals
Texas requires HVAC contractors to hold a state license.
Texas licenses the contractor, not the job. The Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation tests the contractor and keeps a record of that license, so the number on the paperwork traces back to a real person the state has checked. That covers the contractor. It does not cover any single install by itself.
In most cities and counties, a heat pump install like this one needs a permit from the local building office, with an inspection once the work is done. That inspection is what checks the actual install, the wiring, the refrigerant lines, the setup, separate from what the state license already tells you about the contractor.
Source: Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation
- Is a heat pump better than a furnace?
- It depends on what you're weighing. A heat pump moves heat instead of burning fuel to make it, so it handles both heating and cooling from one system, and in a place like Denton where winter lows average 36°F, it doesn't have to work as hard as it would somewhere colder. A furnace burns gas and only heats. Over half the homes here already heat with electricity, so a heat pump fits how this area is set up.
- What's the difference between a heat pump and an air conditioner?
- An air conditioner only cools. A heat pump does the same job in summer, but it can also run in reverse to heat your home in winter. Mechanically they share most of the same parts, the compressor, the coils, the refrigerant line, which is why a heat pump can replace both your furnace and your AC.
- Does a heat pump work in cold weather?
- Yes. A heat pump pulls heat from the outside air even when it's cold, and it keeps working down to temperatures well below what Denton sees. Winter nights here average 36°F, which is well within the range a heat pump handles without trouble. Newer units are also held to a federal minimum of 7.5 HSPF2 for heating efficiency, so they're built to perform through a full winter.