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CLOSED LOOP HEATING COOLING

Rosie
Anyone have a horizontal closed loop system? How deep? size of pipe? how many feet. I have plenty of land.
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  • GUNFUNCO
    I have had a horizontal closed loop since 1995 here in mid-Michigan and I love it!

    My furnace is a Water Furnace brand and my closed loop is 1200 feet long. They dug a trench 200 feet long and about 7 foot deep.

    A place called the loopmasters installed the loop in one working day including all the digging.

    The loop goes out 200 feet then turns and come back 200 feet and then back out 200 feet. Then they put on about 18 inches of dirt and did the same thing again. I think the total cost was $3000 for them to do the job. When they were done the heat sealed the connections, swept up their mess and took away the garbage in their truck.

    I changed the house plans and increased the square footage while it was being built and the furnace still heats and cools it properly. The builder told me that if he knew I was going to change the plans, it would have spec'd out the next larger size furnace but the one I got works fine. Had 2 minor repairs in 12 years.
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  • Rosie
    Thanks Gunfunco. Thats the kind of info I was looking for.
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  • GUNFUNCO
    No problem.

    If you have any other questions, let me know.

    Mine was a extra-good deal because I am on rural electric and I have a seperate meter that my furnace and hot water runs on, that they can interrupt at times of peak usage.

    Because they can interrupt for an hour or two at a time, I get the electricity for a little over half the cost, all the time (on that meter). Because of that, I can often cool my house in the summer for about $30 to $40 and heat it for about $100 a month in the winter.

    Plus the furnace pre-heats the water in my hot water tank whenever it is running. I heat about 3600 square feet so that is a pretty good deal.

    You should check with your electric company because some have programs like this. Others will pay part of your furnace costs because they know they will get to sell you the electricity. Plus I think you can write off some of the costs through a tax credit when you do your income taxes.

    Just more good things about geo-thermals.
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