{"id":5,"date":"2026-10-05T19:53:46","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T23:53:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.doctorx.ca\/blocks\/guides\/heat-pump-sizing\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T19:53:46","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T23:53:46","slug":"heat-pump-sizing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/demo.doctorx.ca\/blocks\/guides\/heat-pump-sizing\/","title":{"rendered":"How big a heat pump does your home need?"},"content":{"rendered":"<nav class=\"drx-breadcrumb wp-block-doctorx-breadcrumb\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumb\"><ol itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BreadcrumbList\"><li itemprop=\"itemListElement\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ListItem\"><a href=\"https:\/\/demo.doctorx.ca\/blocks\/\" itemprop=\"item\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Home<\/span><\/a><meta itemprop=\"position\" content=\"1\"><\/li><li itemprop=\"itemListElement\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ListItem\"><a href=\"https:\/\/demo.doctorx.ca\/blocks\/guides\/\" itemprop=\"item\"><span itemprop=\"name\">Guides<\/span><\/a><meta itemprop=\"position\" content=\"2\"><\/li><li itemprop=\"itemListElement\" itemscope itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ListItem\"><span aria-current=\"page\"><span itemprop=\"name\">How big a heat pump does your home need?<\/span><\/span><meta itemprop=\"position\" content=\"3\"><\/li><\/ol><\/nav>\n\n<p class=\"drx-summary wp-block-doctorx-summary\">A heat pump is sized from a heat-loss calculation for your home, not from its square footage alone. Insulation, windows, air leaks and the coldest temperatures where you live all change the answer. As a rough guide, newer, well-sealed homes need less capacity than older ones of the same size, and an oversized unit costs more and runs less evenly.<\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rough starting points<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"drx-comparison wp-block-doctorx-comparison-table\"><table class=\"drx-comparison__table\"><caption>Illustrative heating capacity by home (a heat-loss calculation decides)<\/caption><thead><tr><th scope=\"col\">Home<\/th><th scope=\"col\">Well sealed, newer<\/th><th scope=\"col\">Average<\/th><th scope=\"col\">Older, draughty<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody><tr><th scope=\"row\">Condo or small bungalow<\/th><td>1.5 to 2 tons<\/td><td>2 tons<\/td><td>2.5 tons<\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\">Two-storey, about 2,000 sq ft<\/th><td>2.5 tons<\/td><td>3 tons<\/td><td>3.5 to 4 tons<\/td><\/tr><tr><th scope=\"row\">Large detached home<\/th><td>3.5 tons<\/td><td>4 tons<\/td><td>5 tons, or improve insulation first<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What we measure<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Room sizes, window areas, insulation levels and an air-tightness estimate. It takes about an hour, and you get the calculation in writing.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rough starting points What we measure Room sizes, window areas, insulation levels and an air-tightness estimate. It takes about an hour, and you get the calculation in writing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"parent":3,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-5","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.doctorx.ca\/blocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.doctorx.ca\/blocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.doctorx.ca\/blocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.doctorx.ca\/blocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/demo.doctorx.ca\/blocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24,"href":"https:\/\/demo.doctorx.ca\/blocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/5\/revisions\/24"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/demo.doctorx.ca\/blocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/demo.doctorx.ca\/blocks\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}