Absolutely. However, we knew we probably wouldn’t be in the home long enough to recoup the costs, so it didn’t make a lot of sense at the time.
Also, I wonder if the soil composition where Dimitri is looking is an issue, since New England has some pretty rocky soil... -D > On Nov 15, 2019, at 2:11 PM, OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > Yes - IIRC, we paid about $12,000 for our ground source heat pump. At that > time, propane was very expensive (as was gasoline), so we broke even with > our total energy costs being reduced by 50%. We broke even in 8 years. It's > all gravy from here on --- > > On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 1:07 PM Dan--- via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > >> Looks like a ground source heat pump is the way to go. Unfortunately, they >> don’t show the acquisition cost, which would balance it out a bit in >> comparison. >> >> My former HVAC guy in Indiana swore by them. The heating and cooling costs >> for my behemoth (4,000+ sf) house there would have been about (aboot?) >> $100/month year round. Unfortunately, the acquisition cost for the retrofit >> would have been around $11k-$12k. >> >> -D >> > > -- > OK Don > > "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to > pause and reflect." Mark Twain > > "There are three kinds of men: The ones that learns by reading. The few who > learn by observation. The rest of them have to pee on the electric fence > for themselves." > > WILL ROGERS, *The Manly Wisdom of Will Rogers* > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
