Posted on 08/02/2021 5:29:41 PM PDT by Jonty30
Just a point of curiosity. I've been reading up on how buildings can be designed to draw heat from the ground and have it sent upwards, which keeps the ground floor cooler.
So, I'm just wondering how often southern homes make use of this design and why it isn't used more?
I have noticed a number of homes and apartments in MS do not have eaves or overhangs. Also there are often no trees near to house to shade it. In CA these things are common ways to cool down the house. Why the difference?
I deal in residential properties and avoid anything later than 1950. Most later than that are flimsy and as for design they look like they were built by bolsheviks.
We built new in 2002 in mid-Missouri. A geo-thermal system was in our budget.
Our dealer installed a WaterFurnace system with four 200 foot verticle wells to supply the system. The wells are deep below our driveway.
The system supplies our heat, cool and force air. We also enjoy heated floor from this unit.
The system wasn’t cheap.
Payback was a bit over four years vs. a comparable all-electric.
Well I live in Middle Tennessee and almost everything is rock, it is a rarity to find anyone with a basement let alone an underground house. It would be hard to find places in Middle Tennessee where you could dig deep enough to have a basement with out blasting rock away.
We’ve evaluated the pros and cons of using geothermal in lieu of cooling towers in larger buildings, but it never seems to pan out when you compare the first cost vs. the long term costs of operating. Has a lot to do with your planning horizon.
I could see it making economic sense if you were planning on keeping the same house for the duration of a 30 year mortgage. But I’ll admit to not being fully up to date on the costs for a single house scale installation.
Hydraulics is gonna leak at some point.
My 67 Camaro has a hydraulic convertible top and one of the lines failed (old age) and quite a messy mess.
I think electric motors are a cleaner idea.
Democrat area, eh? Remember when democrats raled against utilities, and called them evil republicans?
My neighbor here in Indiana has a closed loop ground heat pump (advertised as WaterFurnace). Low utility (electric) costs but has a fair amount of maintenance and repairs compared to what I would consider “normal” for the typical electric A/C and gas furnace.
Look at all the old Southern buildings (before AC).
They used the practical natural methods available.
Or we BBQ - outside ! Hint. Hint.
Using coals or Natural gas... (both of which the greenies want to ban)
Not to hear Jay Leno tell it. He related it to size of electric components back when the 600 was built.
Some poor servant pedals all night?
you wouldn’t want to use that condensate to water anything you were going to eat though.
The hydraulic windows on the 600 can close extremely fast if you want them to. Finger crushing fast. I assume the same on the S680 Guard.
Throw in some pulled pork, mud bugs and some mac-n-cheese and we’ll be talking. Oh, and some shrimp-n-grits and collards and some nanner pudding. Oh and some fried chicken, gumbo, catfish and venison. Dang... I’m hungry. Mama left a couple of catheads on the counter and I know there is a brand new bottle of honey in the susan. I’m out y’all. Have a good one.
Interesting...because?
Plus repair cost when crap breaks.
Somebody forgot one thing ...hurricanes.
Would you want pipes with stagnant water around your house for weeks?
We, also, have a thing called a red ant. Your designs would facilitate a greater nuisance of these ants.
We empty both dehumidifiers twice a day. We have good windows too. Not the best, but better than contractor grade.
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