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Got quote to convert my home to Geothermal

WarbirdsWarbirds Member Posts: 16,940 ✭✭✭✭
edited May 2017 in General Discussion
If you recall I'm looking for a new hvac upgrade. Trying to cover all my bases I went ahead and got a quote to upgrade the entire system to geothermal.

This includes:

Tree trimming in the area the where they would drill.
A vertical system, heating, cooling to the tune of a 4 ton system.
Removal of blown in insulation and replaced with spray foam insulation.
Some system that would heat a pool.- Pool will be installed a few years later when my kids are big enough.

4 ton system requires 4 vertical bores.

In a nutshell the all in cost of the system is $35,000

If this was some type of forever home- I could consider it, but the fact is there is just no break even point in the foreseeable future.
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  • mogley98mogley98 Member Posts: 18,291 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    No recoup there, my old instructor at Tech school installed his own ground source heat pump system in his backyard. Not sure how large a loop but he claimed it worked well.

    quote:Originally posted by Warbirds
    If you recall I'm looking for a new hvac upgrade. Trying to cover all my bases I went ahead and got a quote to upgrade the entire system to geothermal.

    This includes:

    Tree trimming in the area the where they would drill.
    A vertical system, heating, cooling to the tune of a 4 ton system.
    Removal of blown in insulation and replaced with spray foam insulation.
    Some system that would heat a pool.- Pool will be installed a few years later when my kids are big enough.

    4 ton system requires 4 vertical bores.

    In a nutshell the all in cost of the system is $35,000

    If this was some type of forever home- I could consider it, but the fact is there is just no break even point in the foreseeable future.
    Why don't we go to school and work on the weekends and take the week off!
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  • Irish 8802Irish 8802 Member Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    At my age I'm not even looking to solar,not enough time to recoup.
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  • likemhotlikemhot Member Posts: 2,885 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I know what ya mean I don't even have them fill the propane all the way for the summer [:0]
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  • jimdeerejimdeere Member, Moderator Posts: 26,286 ******
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by likemhot
    I know what ya mean I don't even have them fill the propane all the way for the summer [:0]

    [:D]
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  • remingtonoaksremingtonoaks Member Posts: 26,245 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by likemhot
    I know what ya mean I don't even have them fill the propane all the way for the summer [:0]


    So you're going to wait to die until 20 minutes after they fill it for winter?[:D]
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  • fideaufideau Member Posts: 11,895 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Re think the spray foam insulation. Check into the horror stories I have heard about that. Be sure whoever does it knows what they are doing.
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  • DirtyDawgDirtyDawg Member Posts: 1,075 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have a 14 ton ground source geothermal system heating and cooling approximately 7,000 ft2 of climate controlled ministorage. Best investment I ever made, but I did it at the very beginning and built my business model around it. Total electric building, and worst electric bill was $520 in the middle of a hot summer a few years ago. My cost for electric has gone up considerably over the last 12 years, and, I know it will go up another 20% by 2019. The closing of coal plants and replacement with wind does nothing but drive up the cost of electric. It's the liberal agenda dream. If you plan on having the home 20 years. I say go for it.
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  • gunnut505gunnut505 Member Posts: 10,290 ✭
    edited November -1
    If you're going to blow 35K on 4 holes, have them drill one deep hole, and stop when they hit oil!
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