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[quote=Anonymous]We have a heat pump.  We have found an HVAC company we like who comes out twice a year, once in the early fall and once in the early summer, in order to do a twice a year maintenance inspection.  What they do is they clean out anything that needs to be cleaned, test it, and add more freon to the outdoor a/c units if needed.  This way you keep on top of maintenance and if problems arise they can be dealt with ASAP.  Our heat pumps are really old, so we want to make sure we're on top of maintenance.  I have never done anything cleaning wise to the heat pumps besides changing the filter every 3 months.  You may want to schedule the HVAC tech for a fall maintenance check and ask about the thing you've noticed inside the heat pump.

I will say that heat pumps put out far inferior heat than furnaces.  We were warned about this before we bought a house with a heat pump instead of a furnace.  The a/c with a heat pump is perfectly fine, but the heat is terrible.  We are cold all winter long unless we crank it up and then our heating bills are ridiculously high.

As for the outdoor faucets, one of ours has a shut off valve inside the house and the other does not.  Doesn't seem to make a difference in terms of function.  But we bought "faucet bibs" or something like that (forget the name), it's like an insulated sock that goes over the outdoor faucets to keep them from freezing in the winter.  I think we got ours at Plow and Hearth.  You're also supposed to empty out the faucets of water when you're done watering plants for the season, in order that water doesn't expand and cause problems in the faucet when it's freezing outside.  If you need more help with locating your faucet valves I would bring in a handyman or plumber for a consult.[/quote]

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