Menu
Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
New posts
New media
New media comments
New profile posts
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Members
Current visitors
New profile posts
Search profile posts
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Forums
Non-Cattle Specific Topics
Coffee Shop
Northern Construction Specifications
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Help Support CattleToday:
Message
<blockquote data-quote="cre10" data-source="post: 646239" data-attributes="member: 8518"><p>Geothermal is the route to go. Typically around here you design it to a -5 degree heating day. This will give you geothermal heat 95% of the time and then on the occasion when it does dip below you have your resistance strip heat that kicks in. Up north you design for lower temperatures and use a larger heat exchanger (more pipe in the ground). Here in the US you have a 30% tax credit for installs and lots of electric companies are giving a $750 per ton rebate. Average house is 4 tons and average outside cost is $900 per ton. This offsets the extra cost for the heat exchanger outside and levels the playing field with conventional systems. Geothermal is more expensive initially but the cost savings add up quickly to make that money back. I've literally been around hundreds of these jobs. I know of a guy with a 3000 sq ft house, indoor pool, 3 deep freezes, big tv's and his bills are on average $110. This is in the midwest so he sees temperature extremes both ways. Then I know of some other people with a similar house minus the pool and their bills hit $400. It is a brand new house and now they are regretting not going geo. The biggest thing is insulation and tightening up the house. A blower door test will expose all the potential problems..outlets, seal plates, attic fans, recessed lighting, fireplaces, etc. Wet blown cellulose is the way to go! I've got geo in my house and couldn't be happier. I do burn a lot of wood though, not because I need to but bc I enjoy getting out for the exercise of cutting it, cleaning up the place, and love propping my feet up in the recliner relaxing and watching the fire. A gas furnace will be around 90% efficient if that while geo is up to 400%. Another guy I know has an old farm house. The power company is doing an audit on his house to compare what his bills were with propane and what they are now since he has geo. Haven't talked to him since December but at that time he had saved $900 already as a result of getting rid of propane and going geo. The biggest thing with geo is make sure you have a good installer and check his references!! There are some guys that do less than ideal work.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cre10, post: 646239, member: 8518"] Geothermal is the route to go. Typically around here you design it to a -5 degree heating day. This will give you geothermal heat 95% of the time and then on the occasion when it does dip below you have your resistance strip heat that kicks in. Up north you design for lower temperatures and use a larger heat exchanger (more pipe in the ground). Here in the US you have a 30% tax credit for installs and lots of electric companies are giving a $750 per ton rebate. Average house is 4 tons and average outside cost is $900 per ton. This offsets the extra cost for the heat exchanger outside and levels the playing field with conventional systems. Geothermal is more expensive initially but the cost savings add up quickly to make that money back. I've literally been around hundreds of these jobs. I know of a guy with a 3000 sq ft house, indoor pool, 3 deep freezes, big tv's and his bills are on average $110. This is in the midwest so he sees temperature extremes both ways. Then I know of some other people with a similar house minus the pool and their bills hit $400. It is a brand new house and now they are regretting not going geo. The biggest thing is insulation and tightening up the house. A blower door test will expose all the potential problems..outlets, seal plates, attic fans, recessed lighting, fireplaces, etc. Wet blown cellulose is the way to go! I've got geo in my house and couldn't be happier. I do burn a lot of wood though, not because I need to but bc I enjoy getting out for the exercise of cutting it, cleaning up the place, and love propping my feet up in the recliner relaxing and watching the fire. A gas furnace will be around 90% efficient if that while geo is up to 400%. Another guy I know has an old farm house. The power company is doing an audit on his house to compare what his bills were with propane and what they are now since he has geo. Haven't talked to him since December but at that time he had saved $900 already as a result of getting rid of propane and going geo. The biggest thing with geo is make sure you have a good installer and check his references!! There are some guys that do less than ideal work. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Non-Cattle Specific Topics
Coffee Shop
Northern Construction Specifications
Top