Residential Geothermal Services

Geothermal heat pumps have been in service for over forty years. A geothermal system is the most efficient and reliable air conditioning and heating system available today. While there are always new ideas coming to the marketplace, time tested technology like geothermal heat pumps have a proven record of reliability that has not been surpassed by anything yet developed. A geothermal heat pump derives its efficiency by drawing heat from the ground in the heating cycle, and rejecting heat into the ground in the cooling cycle. The steady temperature of the ground provides a much more stable transfer medium than the ever changing air temperature that affects standard air conditioning condensers and heat pumps. Every homeowner has noticed that on a very hot day the air conditioning does not work as well as it does on a mild spring day. Standard air conditioning rejects heat into the air outside of your home. When the air temperatures rise into the nineties and higher, the air can absorb only a fraction of the heat an air conditioner is trying to reject. A system that is rejecting heat into the ground does not have this problem because the ground temperatures do not fluctuate the way that air temperatures do. In fact, ground temperatures remain very nearly constant throughout the year.

At Allen Kelly & Company, Inc. we install a system known as a closed loop system. This means that we circulate a fluid through a sealed loop buried in the ground to transfer heat to and from your home. Some geothermal installers use an open loop design that draws water from a well and the dumps that water somewhere outside of your home. While the open loop is slightly more efficient, it introduces contamination into the equipment and it waste water. We at Allen Kelly & Company, Inc. believe that the closed loop design, while more involved to install, gives the best results for our customers. There is no contamination, which increases maintenance cost, and our customers do not have to worry about a well going dry due to drought conditions.

When we install a ground loop we us a material specially designed for use in geothermal systems. When we build our loops, all joints are fused together resulting in a stronger, more reliable loop design than is possible with glued joints or mechanical fittings. The polyethylene pipe that we use has an estimated life span exceeding fifty years. A loop that is properly installed and not tampered with should outlast the life of the building it is serving. Each of our loops is designed for the specific job where it is being installed. When you are ready to Come Home to Comfort an Allen Kelly & Company, Inc. geothermal system is the ultimate solution.