Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
02-24-2013, 10:39 PM
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Replies: 94
Views: 49,793
Calculating Payback
ITD your calculations are a little off, electric baseboard heat produces 3,413 btu per kilowatt hour of electricity. This is the baseline of how efficiency on a Geothermal system is measured,...
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
02-17-2013, 12:57 AM
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Replies: 94
Views: 49,793
walls and insulation
8" walls are overkill as well, 1" spray foam insulation followed by conventional insulation is fine and efficient. The fact is that 75% of your heat loss is through the roof and glass, sinking...
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
02-15-2013, 03:16 AM
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Replies: 94
Views: 49,793
Natural Gas
If you have Natural Gas, and a Small Home, yes, stick with it. Natural gas is a great form of energy, its locally produced, inexpensive, abundant and clean, unfortunately most of us do not have...
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
02-14-2013, 10:48 AM
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Replies: 94
Views: 49,793
Reply to all
What I was trying to say when I said there are more bad installers than good, was a heavy suggestion to check references and reputation of anyone you use. I was also making the point, that this is...
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
02-13-2013, 12:27 AM
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Replies: 94
Views: 49,793
water pumps
I noticed in one of the postings that drilled wells and open loops were discouraged because of pump issues. The reality: Especially in a seasonal home that goes long periods of time without the pump...
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
02-13-2013, 12:19 AM
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Replies: 94
Views: 49,793
undersized loops
Yes, frequently installers try to cut expense by undersizing the loop, this causes the system to fail when demand is high, unfortunately there are a lot of installers that were never formally trained...
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Forum: Home, Cottage or Land Maintenance
02-12-2013, 09:31 PM
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Replies: 94
Views: 49,793
Geothermal - setting the record straight.
A customer of mine asked me to set the record straight, there is a lot of discussion about Geothermal Heating and Cooling on here, and most of what I have read is very VERY incorrect or greatly...
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