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Frugal and Energy Efficient Living

TxRider

(2,183 posts)

13. What did you dig it with?

Reply to HereSince1628 (Original post)

Mon Jan 21, 2013, 01:06 AM

Jan 2013

I'll be installing this myself next month, still haven't gotten the cost of the digging nailed down. I want to rent a tractor with backhoe and loader, maybe a trackhoe, not sure yet.

I'm in a house I recycled, 1900ft farm house I bought and had moved here for 25k total, but the furnace is horribly inefficient, and there is no AC which just won't do in 105 degree summer heat so I settled on the geothermal for efficiency as well as a lot of upgrade on the houses insulation and such.

I already have my cost of living down to about $1200 per month, and half of that is mortgage and property taxes.

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In case you've never seen the hole for a horizontal geothermal field [View all] HereSince1628 Dec 2012 OP

I suppose if you dug that thing yourself, it might show some evidence of frugality!!! MADem Dec 2012 #1

Hopefully, the efficiency of the system in operation will yield savings HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #2

I thought they were vertical and have never seen this. cbayer Dec 2012 #3

Vertical is usually just used when space is limited. Kaleva Dec 2012 #4

It works pretty much as does a geothermal well... HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #5

Sounds like a great system. cbayer Dec 2012 #6

There are no local emissions. WE-Utilities requires a 300 amp electrical service HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #7

I hope you will continue to post about the results as winter really sets in. cbayer Dec 2012 #8

In the interest of frugality...the system may not go into service before mid-Mar... HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #9

Looks interesting. Curmudgeoness Dec 2012 #10

The pic is the trench that holds a heat transfer system for a geothermal assisted heat pump HereSince1628 Dec 2012 #11

Thanks, I love the details. Curmudgeoness Dec 2012 #12

What did you dig it with? TxRider Jan 2013 #13