Turn excess attic heat into hotwater.
Pump attic heat back into house.
Certainly not up in your attic because a leak in your attic can cause havoc.
There will also be new ductwork installed in the attic that will only serve the 2nd floor and will enter the rooms through ceiling registers.
A heat pump is in its simplest explanation an ac condensor that has a reversing valve allowing the process to reverse and bring heat into the home rather than remove it.
This unit most likely handles ac and heat.
In the off chance that the attic is sealed then you would need to provide a return of household air.
Using insulation only keeps the attic s heat from traveling through your home.
In either case you ll be pulling in particles of fiberglass or other insulating material.
Mark i haven t thought too much about what to do with the exhaust air other than running it out of the house from the first or second floor to create some sort of flow through the living spaces but not back into the attic.
This system of fluid filled piping absorbs below ground heat and moves it up to the home s heat pump where it is then transferred indoors to heat the home.
The water for my hotwater heater has to pass through it and pick.
My idea is to vent the build up of hot air that has risen to the ceiling in the hotspot rooms into the attic so that air from cooler parts of the house can move in.
Either the heat pump isn t sized properly the heat strips are inadequate or the heat pump isn t functioning properly.
Sometimes called ground source heat pump systems geothermal systems use a ground loop to tap into ambient below ground heat.
Low cfm similar to a bathroom vent 300cfm and only in the hot spots basically by adding an inline ducting fan to the return ducts for the hotspot rooms.
Noise disturbance from a heat pump.
For the same reason it is better to place other heat pumps such as a water water heat pump down in the cellar or on the ground floor.
Insulate the area well.
The thermostat will usually start at 95 degrees fahrenheit which is the temperature that the attic fan usually starts at.
Find a good hvac contractor to help determine how well it s working.
If your attic is vented most likely is then when the fan runs in reverse you ll be pulling in outside air to replace the attic warm air.
It will help to keep the attic much cooler in the summertime.
So i know there is heat in the attic generated by the sun.
If your heat pump and supplemental heat source can t keep your house warm 25 f you need to find out what the problem is.
What you probably have in your attic is the air handler the piece of your system that blows moves the air through the coil and ducts.
Moreover the compressor in a water water heat pump makes some noise.
Down in your cellar for example.
