SOME? 100k and only some?
LOL...Sounds like a lot right? Those units cost $~13,000 each. So theres $26K right off the top. Then those pump station materials cost ~$3,, then theres ~8700 feet of HEPEX tube WITH insulation on most of it that's ohhhh,,,$10,000. Then there's air handlers and manifolds and controls and ductwork and...
See that manifold leading all the tube into the floor? That cost me $500.
You'll notice the second one to the far right mounted vertically.
That's what I paid to my vendors. It adds up quick AND I've been working on it, although not steady every day, since April. I expect to take about $18,000 away from it. Which is what I was shooting for but with the labor hours and the usual unforseen extra expenses I'd go a little higher on the next one. You have to remember that this (and any new home for that matter) is a prototype. There is nothing else like it in the world and there won't be another one. Similar but not exactly the same. Each one is a learning experience and they evolve as I learn. I step off into the unknown every time I start one of these. We bid against people that came in anywhere from $45,000 to the geothermal system which was $135,000. What sold it was those units. They are comparable to geothermal but you don't have to drill wells, you just drop 'em with a crane and they're pretty much plug and play. Hence we beat out the geothermal by $30,000.
These are ammonia based air source to water heat pumps. They are brand new technology. They will run VERY LITTLE gas in the winter. According to the mfg they will only use gas on the coldest days. They WILL use gas in the summer to cool but it's efficiency rating doing this is comparable to 14 SEER. Those great big units that will heat and cool the house only need #14 wire and a 15 amp breaker. When the electrician ran it I said, "NO WAY, that's too small!!". But guess what? It ain't.
Then,,,You might notice a tobacco shed in the back. The owner wants to put solar panels all over the roof.
The only problem with him is he's a financial advisor not a builder and he comes up with the most hare brained schemes and then you have to talk him out of them.
Oh yeah, when I say pay down some debt. See that white E-250 parked in front of the house? There's some of it right there.
