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By
05/05/2008
We started out with this type of heat pump. EVERY 7 years we had to replace the heat pump to the tune of $8000.00 each time! When I started reading up on them I was finding that the "life" of these things is around 7 years. It may have changed in the last 3 years, but after paying for 3 heat pumps over the years, we gave up and finally just put a regular furnace into our superinsulated home. The initail savings we realized with the heat pump usage quickly disappeared with replacement costs. We have plans to shorly look into solar to cut down on the furnace use. We live in New Hampshire and used the heat pumps for both heating and air conditioning in the summer. They worked fantastically, until giving up the ghosts.
All I can say is do your homework.
By
04/30/2008
For those not in the know, "geothermal heating" in this context isn't an Icelandic use of vulcanism, but use of heat pumps.
By Frances (Guest Post)
04/29/2008
We installed geothermal heating 20 years ago when we remodeled our house. We live in West Texas where our winters are not as extreme as yours but our summers get really hot so we use it for both heating and cooling.We have been well pleased with it. We use it to heat our water also. We have an electrical back-up for the water heater to use when needed.
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