Geothermal construction begins!!!!

Let the construction begin. I've been waiting a long time to get started, and am relieved its finally here. The geothermal drilling began yesterday by Durbin Enterprises from Beecher City. It was fascinating to watch, and have some pictures and video to post later. They are drilling 9 wells 200 ft deep for the loop, then in a few days the trenching crew will come in to connect the loops and get the pipe into the house. This will handle both the house and pool geothermal heat pumps. They drilled 5 wells in about 12 hours, so its not a real fast process. Its is a very messy process though, water and slop are everywhere in that area.

Looking ahead, we have to get the basement prepared for their work, all the ducting will have to be torn down and replaced, since geothermal moves a lot more air. I also need to prepare the wall of the garage for the pool geothermal, and they have to build an insulated room in there for it. So much for a 2 car garage.

As soon as they get the geothermal unit in the basement and most of the duct in, we can turn the boys loose to demolish the kitchen floor. They cant wait, boys love to destroy things, especially when they have permission to do it.

We still have the pool geothermal unit to finalize and sign contracts for, I hope to get that done this week. Delivery is in about 5 to 6 weeks, so need to get it ordered, but dont want to make any costly mistakes either.