Geothermal a/c and heat? (floor, window, AC, room)

[DawnW]

Our 2nd floor a/c went out. We are considering putting in geothermal. We are on a well.

Thoughts?

Thanks,

Dawn

[cdelena]

The little research I've done shows it works great but you must have the land (and money) to install. Horizontal takes much area and vertical much digging.

[Davart]

Lateral line cost a little less and vertical, generally speaking you can recoup the cost of the unit in about 10 years.

[BobKovacs]

Being on a well is immaterial- you can't share the water source, and your well is likely too small to accept another feed from the AC anyway.

If you're seriously considering it, it's a great option in your climate, but as mentioned above, you either need enough room to go horizontal with the loops, or you've got to spend some $$ to drill vertically. In either case, as Davart said, you're looking at a pretty long payback period, so if you're not planning on staying in the house that long, you're throwing $$ out the window (but of course, you're conserving energy- so you get to hug a tree...lol).

Bob