Spokane WA Heat Pump Installation is a heat pump contractor providing heat pump inspection for homeowners and property owners across Spokane County, WA and out to the Idaho state line. Every job starts from a load calculation rather than the size of whatever came out.
An inspection is a different job from a repair visit. Nothing is broken, and the question is condition, remaining life and whether what was installed matches what should have been. People book these before buying a house, when a contractor's diagnosis does not sound right, or when a system that is still under warranty is not performing. The output is a written report with actual measurements rather than a verbal impression, and because we are not being paid to find work, the report says what it says.
The temperature difference across the indoor coil is the fastest indicator of overall system health. A split outside the expected range points to airflow, charge or capacity problems, and it is the first measurement any real inspection takes.
An inspection is worth having only if it measures things. Anything else is a walk around with a clipboard.
On pre-purchase inspections the most valuable finding is usually not a fault but an installation shortcut. An oversized system, a line set reused after a burnout, missing insulation on a suction line or a condensate arrangement with no safety switch are all things that will cost the new owner money and none of them stop the system running on the day of the inspection. Those are precisely what a written report is for.
Turn the system on, confirm it produces warm and cold air, and write that it appeared to be operating normally at the time of inspection.
Measure temperature split, static pressure and capacitance, assess installation quality against how it should have been done, and put the actual figures in a written report.
The core measurements are temperature split across the indoor coil, total external static pressure, capacitance on each run capacitor compared against its rating, amperage draw on the compressor and fan motors compared against nameplate, and superheat or subcooling compared against the manufacturer's target for the day's conditions.
Alongside the measurements, the physical installation is assessed: line set insulation and support, equipment level and pad condition, clearances around the outdoor coil, condensate trap and safety switch, electrical terminations and disconnect condition, and whether the indoor and outdoor sections form a valid matched pair. Each finding appears in the report with a plain explanation of what it means for you.
Inspections are priced as their own piece of work, since they are diagnostic rather than corrective. The fee covers the visit, the measurements and the written report.
We deliberately do not quote repair work from an inspection. If we found problems and immediately offered to fix them, the report would be worth less to you. If you want the work done afterwards that is a separate conversation you are free to have with anyone.
Serial numbers, model numbers, refrigerant type and system age are recorded, and the matched pair is verified.
Temperature split, static pressure, capacitance, amperage and refrigerant readings are all taken under running conditions.
Line set, pad, clearances, condensate, electrical and duct condition are assessed against how they should have been done.
You receive a written report with the measurements, the findings and a plain explanation of what each one means financially.
Inspections need full access to everything, since the whole point is that nothing gets skipped.
Call for a load calculation and an itemised quote. You keep the numbers either way.
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