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Sizing a heat pump for Gibson County means working from what this area genuinely demands, not from a catalog default. 127 severe weather events were recorded in Gibson County, Indiana between 2015 and 2024. At that rate, severe weather is a standing condition rather than an occasional disruption, and a contractor has to treat it as a baseline when selecting equipment capacity and specifying the install. A unit that fits the square footage on paper can still be the wrong choice if it was spec'd for somewhere that rarely pushes the system hard. The install quality carries that same pressure: penetrations, line sets, and electrical connections that would hold up fine in a calmer area face a different life here.
Ductwork sized and routed for the heating systems of an earlier generation may move air the wrong way, at the wrong volume, for a heat pump to perform as it should. Half the homes in Gibson County, Indiana were built in 1974 or earlier (2020-2024 ACS 5-year). A contractor quoting a heat pump here has to get into the ducts before the equipment conversation makes sense, checking for restrictions, leaks, and trunk lines that were never meant to carry this kind of load. The electrical service carries its own questions, though the ductwork is usually where the real scope decision gets made.
What a Heat Pump Installation Covers in Your Home
The outdoor unit is the piece a homeowner sees first, sitting on a pad beside the house, and it holds the compressor and the coil that pull heat from outside air. Inside, the air handler mounts in a utility space, basement, or closet and moves conditioned air through the home. These two units are the core of what gets placed.
A refrigerant line set runs between the outdoor unit and the air handler, connecting the two through a wall or floor penetration. A thermostat goes on an interior wall where it reads the living space and signals the system to run. A condensate drain line carries moisture away from the air handler to a floor drain or outside.
The drawing shows the general layout of a heat pump system, and a licensed contractor determines exactly how each piece applies to your house.
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127 severe weather events were recorded in Gibson County, Indiana between 2015 and 2024.
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, bulk CSV export, events 2015-01-01 through 2024-12-31.Half the homes in Gibson County, Indiana were built in 1974 or earlier (2020-2024 ACS 5-year).
U.S. Census Bureau, 2020-2024 American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesGibson County, Indiana holds 14,890 housing units (2020-2024 ACS 5-year).
U.S. Census Bureau, 2020-2024 American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesOwners occupy 76.7% of the occupied homes in Gibson County, Indiana (2020-2024 ACS 5-year).
U.S. Census Bureau, 2020-2024 American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesSevere Weather Events in Gibson County
How hard a heat pump works is shaped by what the weather here actually does. Equipment sized and installed for local conditions handles the load that local weather puts on it, which is why climate history belongs on a page about installation.
127 severe weather events, 2015–2024. Source: NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database.