Finally up on Geothermal, I must say it has been a great improvement with Groundloop inc. Once they got started it has been nothing but smooth sailing.They drive about 2 hours to get to my house and they do excellent work. From the backhoe company to the installers. They are super friendly, very neat and efficient.
Install was as follows
4/18/13 - 4/19/13 Dug two 350' wells and installed loops & grout. They smoothed out all of the dirt (well at least as smooth as it can get with a backhoe) They even smoothed out an uneven hill in my yard at my request for free. I must say I was impressed. I thought that I would end up with piles of dirt.
4/23 Dug 4' trenches for pipe & fused pipe & manifold leading into the house. Drilled through basement wall and sealed. Disconnected old furnace mo
4/24 Connected unit to duct work, installed flow center and connected pipe & removed old furnace
4/25 Installed new returns upstairs. They even used excess insulation to cover my DIY project of insulating my ceiling recessed lights. Also connected and sealed duct work going to my bedroom. It had major leaks. (two more unexpected freebies)
Now running on auxiliary electric heat. It sounded really loud when blowing through duct work. I was worried at first but when I called Ted he told me that was normal when using the auxiliary electric heat. Fan will run on high. I should never need to use it, but it's there as a backup.
4/26 Installed return in basement & Aprilaire A700 humidifier. filled ground loops with fluid and removed old oil tank. NOW OFFICIALLY RUNNING ON GEOTHERMAL! It is much quieter & a very even temperature throughout the house.
What's left? Installing hot water tank for desuperheater install humidifier control and check everything out. Should be completely done on Monday 4/29.
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