Getting our Geo Thermal heat pump

More of the chaos this summer...we had geothermal heat and A/C installed.  What an undertaking!  It started on August 10th and finished on September 14th.  First we had to drill 2 wells over 250 feet deep.  That was the easy part...

Getting the drilling unit set up...

ready to begin drilling the 2nd well...

this took a day to complete both wells...

Next came the ditch to put in the piping between the two wells and into the house...

took a few hours to dig the ditch, then the majority of the day was putting in the piping.  Almost finished this is the 2nd well, which is furthest from the house.

George is driving  the tractor and helping to fill the ditch back in...this took a few hours.  At least it wasn't a HHH day for the guys.

Eric working on leveling out the MUD...

The finished work (for now).  Need to allow the dirt to settle over the ditch.  We'll have several weeks of it looking like this...I doubt we'll get seed down before it gets too cold for it to grow.

Out came the 15-year old furnace.  This was just the inside unit.  The outside unit will also go away completely.

The room in the basement where new furnace will be installed.  A few adjustments to the duct-work to get the new furnace in...

Phil hooking up all the duct-work, wires and pipes.  Then add the glycol (anti-freeze) to the pipes.  This is what is used to heat/cool the house.  There were some delays because of shipping issues with parts, and an injury or two.  Poor Phil cut his hand on the duct-work during installation and needed several stitches.  The new unit is SOOooo quiet!  That is one plus I really like, as well as no outside unit; now to see how it does on the electric bill savings.  I am anticipating good results.  We are liking it so far.