Hi, Thanks and first let me say I was off email for several days then when I got back to it I had hundreds of handyman emails to get through so this is why I am so slow in responding.
If I do go with geothermal I definitely will get the added water heater option. Did you read any ware how much area it takes to install the underground pipes? At 01:39 PM 2/16/2007 -0500, you wrote: >Hi Kevin, > >I have been reading about geothermal heating, very expensive to instal >however the foundation technology is heat pump technology. They claim this >to be 30 to 50% more efficient than resistant electric heating and the same >installation is used for heating and cooling. Some of the considerations >include no flame no domestic hydrocarbon burning and the same equipment can >be used for water heating. > >Heat pump efficiency though falls off badly at something a little below >freezing outdoors. If you get that sort of weather much then this might not >be a good choice for you however the other advantages are substantial. >Geothermal has the advantage that the temperature is always about 55 degrees >but you have to lay a lot of pipe under the ground to achieve useful heat >exchange which puts the installation cost way up but the running cost down >enough for fairly rapid pay-back. > >Anyway, the advantages of no flame, no exhaust, single mechanical unit, no >venting and therefore improved weather sealing, no domestic toxic emissions, >substantially reduced fire risk all are commendable. I highly recommend >inquiring about heat pumps in your local area and consider hot water heating >as part of the installation. All summer your air conditioner pumps all that >heat into an already hot outdoor environment, might as well have a hot >shower and keep the pool warm before throwing it away. > >The new sealed combustion gas furnaces work very well and are approaching >100% efficiency. They also have closed combustion water heaters these days >or even the tankless heaters. I also know that more energy efficient air >conditioning units are now available. > >Up here heat pumps are not a suitable solution because it is far too cold to >efficiently extract heat from the weather out side. This week we have had a >couple of days of forty below, there isn't much heat to be extracted from >that. So far I haven't bothered with air conditioning, there are probably a >bout two weeks in the middle of the summer it would be nice but for that I >can put up with it. > >If I get to do it again though I think I will do heat pump with geothermal. >In Texas at least heat pump and probably geothermal for hot weather >efficiency. > >Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada ><mailto:DLeavens%40puc.net>[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Skype DaleLeavens >Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Kevin Doucet" ><<mailto:contactme%40kevindoucet.com>[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <<mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com>[email protected]> >Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 10:39 PM >Subject: [BlindHandyMan] what to know about replacing your central unit > > > Hi list, > > > > This just might be a question especially for Boyce Ray, but, I > > welcome any help from all! > > > > I have been smelling gas when my heating unit starts up. The gas > > seemed to be coming from the air vents. I had my gas company come out > > to see if it was the gas meter and they tell me it is the burner > > being clogged and needing servicing. I had a local HVAC company come > > out and clean the burner but I think I still am smelling gas. Can > > this just be an accumulation of gas which has not dissipated or do I > > need to get the HVAC folks back out? > > > > Also, my central unit, natural gas heating and electric air is > > getting long in the tooth. It is not energy sufficient and I an > > thinking about replacing it. I would like to know what to consider > > when replacing this sort of unit and as well as any and all > > ramifications and concerns that matter with an undertaking of this > > type. I am not considering doing it myself. I just want to know > > things to look at and consider; IE, energy savings verses cost of > > replacement, tax rebates for this sort of home improvement, heat pump > > verses a duel gas heat / electric A C, ETC. > > > > Any and all help is appreciated. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > Kevin Doucet > > <mailto:contactme%40kevindoucet.com>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > confuse as says > > > > Blind man with unmarked forehead has large belly! > > > > > > > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > > <http://acbradio.org/handyman.html>http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > > or > > > <ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/>ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > > > <http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday>http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > > > The Pod Cast address for the Cooking In The Dark Show is. > > > <http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml>http://www.gcast.com/u/cookingindark/main.xml > > > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > > List Members At The Following address: > > <http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/>http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ > > > > Visit the new archives page at the following address > > > <http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/>http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > > list just send a blank message to: > > > <mailto:blindhandyman-help%40yahoogroups.com>[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Yahoo! 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