{"id":6523,"date":"2010-03-01T15:09:25","date_gmt":"2010-03-01T18:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/renewablesnb.ca\/en\/?p=1413"},"modified":"2025-02-19T18:32:12","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T18:32:12","slug":"geothermal-heat-pump-loggieville","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/renew.tantramarhosting.ca\/fr\/geothermal-heat-pump-loggieville\/","title":{"rendered":"Geothermal Heat Pump in Loggieville- GT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1998\" title=\"baisleyc-6\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/baisleyc-6-350x262.jpg\" alt=\"baisleyc-6\" width=\"350\" height=\"262\" \/>The installer underestimated the size needed for this house and therefore it took much longer and cost more than initially estimated. Initially a 1.8\u00a0<abbr title=\"tonnes\">t<\/abbr> (2\u00a0tons) heat pump was required, but in the end a 2.7\u00a0<abbr title=\"tonnes\">t<\/abbr> (3\u00a0tons) was installed. Also, 2 horizontal loops (152\u00a0<abbr title=\"metres\">m<\/abbr> (499\u2032) each) in yard were planned, but more heat was needed so 2 vertical holes were later drilled (45\u00a0<abbr title=\"metres\">m<\/abbr> (148\u2032) each). Plastic piping with glycol was used for all 4 loops.<br \/>\nThe house (255\u00a0<abbr title=\"metres squared\">m<sup>2<\/sup><\/abbr> (2743\u00a0<abbr title=\"square feet\">sq.\u00a0ft.<\/abbr>), 2-storey) was previously heated with an oil furnace, therefore duct work already existed in house. The oil heat used to be inconsistent, real hot then cool, but now with the new system heat remains more consistent as fan constantly turning on and off. Fan is electric, therefore does not work when power goes out. If heat pump fails, there is an electric heater connected as a backup heat source. This system also cools the house during the summer, therefore system is used year round. System is also hooked up to the hot water tank to preheat water.<\/p>\n<p>While system was not working correctly, noticed an annual savings of $1200, averaging $100\/month. Once working correctly, hope to have a $1500 annual savings.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2000\" title=\"baisleyc-4\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/baisleyc-4-262x350.jpg\" alt=\"baisleyc-4\" width=\"262\" height=\"350\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-2001\" title=\"baisleyc-2\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/baisleyc-2-350x196.jpg\" alt=\"baisleyc-2\" width=\"350\" height=\"196\" \/><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The installer underestimated the size needed for this house and therefore it took much longer and cost more than initially estimated. Initially a 1.8\u00a0t (2\u00a0tons) heat pump was required, but in the end a 2.7\u00a0t (3\u00a0tons) was installed. Also, 2 horizontal loops (152\u00a0m (499\u2032) each) in yard were planned, but more heat was needed so 2 vertical holes were later drilled (45\u00a0m (148\u2032) each). Plastic piping with glycol was used for all 4 loops. The house (255\u00a0m2 (2743\u00a0sq.\u00a0ft.), 2-storey) was previously heated with an oil furnace, therefore duct work already existed in house. The oil heat used to be inconsistent, real hot then cool, but now with the new system heat remains more consistent as fan constantly turning on and off. Fan is electric, therefore does not work when power goes out. If heat pump fails, there is an electric heater connected as a backup heat source. This system also cools the house during the summer, therefore system is used year round. System is also hooked up to the hot water tank to preheat water. While system was not working correctly, noticed an annual savings of $1200, averaging $100\/month. Once working correctly, hope to have a $1500 annual savings.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,71,30],"tags":[84],"class_list":["post-6523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geothermal","category-north-east","category-residential","tag-84"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/renew.tantramarhosting.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6523","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/renew.tantramarhosting.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/renew.tantramarhosting.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renew.tantramarhosting.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renew.tantramarhosting.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6523"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/renew.tantramarhosting.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6523\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6880,"href":"https:\/\/renew.tantramarhosting.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6523\/revisions\/6880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/renew.tantramarhosting.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renew.tantramarhosting.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/renew.tantramarhosting.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}