Cryptkeeper
MR staff member
We've begun the Geothermal retrofit on our house after a long period of time, after getting our CGC certification. If you want more information you can view our site at http://www.geothermalquebec.com, I just wanted to post some pictures of it in progress.
I was originally supposed to document it in a HD video, but it's been so busy here I have not had the time. I'm just taken some pics on my Iphone.
Day 1:
I dig a few trenches in some spots so that the overflow of water from the ground will not spill into the streets. the water is only allowed to be dispersed on our land. It cannot be transported anywhere else, and boy! was there a lot of water!
The drill behind the truck. it's drilling 2 holes of 6 inch diameter 350 feet underground, through 50 feet of dirt, then rock. the drill is a rotary bit with a pneumatic hammer.
The truck still on the first hole, 5 hours into the drill.
Day 2:
after 2 days of drilling, the tops are capped temporaraly. I had erected some planks to prevent the slurry from going into the street.
the slurry drying up to lose all its water weight and be distributed. THis took forever to dry out.
Day 3:
Putting the pipe into the ground. the top 50 feet is surrounded by a steel pipe to prevent it from collapsing. 3 pipes are fed in. 2 which are connected at the bottom, for coolant to flow to the bottom and back up, and a third pipe to fill the hole with a hardening solution as we pull it back out.
Day 4:
the mixer for the geothermal grout and cement.it feeds the mix into the pipe and forces it out the bottom, as we pull it out.
Day 5:
delivery of our geothermal pumps. here is our old heat pump prepped and ready for removal.
here is our new tranquility 27 geothermal pump. It weighs like 400-450 pounds and I was at the bottom end taking it down the stairs. i was covered in sweat it felt like i just got out of the pool.
The flashcart we will use to prime the piping, then fill it with coolant. Itw will take a day to fill the entire piping.
THAT"s how heavy the pump was. it bent the frame on the trolley!
Day 6:
Trenching. we have to start connecting the pipe together now.
a lot more trenching then i thought required.
I had to leave for the day, but when i got back 8 hours later, it was all connected and plugged into the house.
the new heatpump connected. We've bought another hot water tank to preheat the water feeding into the main tank. that should save us about 400$ a year in hot water alone. it still needs to be fitted in.
edit: someone thought the total saving is 400$ a year. that is not the case, 400$ is saving of HEATING YOUR WATER in the summer. energy from the house is dispersed into your preheat water tank. so the water getting into your water tank is not 10degrees, it's 90 degrees. it uses less energy to make 90 degrees into 110 then it does to raise it from 10! this is just a benefit of having a geothermal install. it's for the heating and cooling of the house! other benafits are heated pool, heated floors, heated driveway, etc...
this is where we are now. I cant wait till its hooked up and we finally have air conditioning in this house/oven!
I was originally supposed to document it in a HD video, but it's been so busy here I have not had the time. I'm just taken some pics on my Iphone.
Day 1:
I dig a few trenches in some spots so that the overflow of water from the ground will not spill into the streets. the water is only allowed to be dispersed on our land. It cannot be transported anywhere else, and boy! was there a lot of water!
The drill behind the truck. it's drilling 2 holes of 6 inch diameter 350 feet underground, through 50 feet of dirt, then rock. the drill is a rotary bit with a pneumatic hammer.
The truck still on the first hole, 5 hours into the drill.
Day 2:
after 2 days of drilling, the tops are capped temporaraly. I had erected some planks to prevent the slurry from going into the street.
the slurry drying up to lose all its water weight and be distributed. THis took forever to dry out.
Day 3:
Putting the pipe into the ground. the top 50 feet is surrounded by a steel pipe to prevent it from collapsing. 3 pipes are fed in. 2 which are connected at the bottom, for coolant to flow to the bottom and back up, and a third pipe to fill the hole with a hardening solution as we pull it back out.
Day 4:
the mixer for the geothermal grout and cement.it feeds the mix into the pipe and forces it out the bottom, as we pull it out.
Day 5:
delivery of our geothermal pumps. here is our old heat pump prepped and ready for removal.
here is our new tranquility 27 geothermal pump. It weighs like 400-450 pounds and I was at the bottom end taking it down the stairs. i was covered in sweat it felt like i just got out of the pool.
The flashcart we will use to prime the piping, then fill it with coolant. Itw will take a day to fill the entire piping.
THAT"s how heavy the pump was. it bent the frame on the trolley!
Day 6:
Trenching. we have to start connecting the pipe together now.
a lot more trenching then i thought required.
I had to leave for the day, but when i got back 8 hours later, it was all connected and plugged into the house.
the new heatpump connected. We've bought another hot water tank to preheat the water feeding into the main tank. that should save us about 400$ a year in hot water alone. it still needs to be fitted in.
edit: someone thought the total saving is 400$ a year. that is not the case, 400$ is saving of HEATING YOUR WATER in the summer. energy from the house is dispersed into your preheat water tank. so the water getting into your water tank is not 10degrees, it's 90 degrees. it uses less energy to make 90 degrees into 110 then it does to raise it from 10! this is just a benefit of having a geothermal install. it's for the heating and cooling of the house! other benafits are heated pool, heated floors, heated driveway, etc...
this is where we are now. I cant wait till its hooked up and we finally have air conditioning in this house/oven!
