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Old 04-23-2022, 10:47 PM
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Originally Posted by rsmurano View Post
We have a newer home in ST Catherine and when I looked at the heat pump they put in, it looks like it is undersized for our house sq footage. We have a 2038 sq ft house with a 3 ton heat pump and when I check on many sites online, the right size for a 2000 sq ft house is a 4 ton heat pump.
Has anybody else ran into this and if so, have you brought this up to the developer?
The rule of thumb is about 600 SF per ton. 3 tons is about the correct size. I think 4 tons would be oversized.