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    Any friendly drillers near Allentown, PA?

    Their shop address is 180 miles away from my construction location. I'll give him a ring today, but that's a pretty good round-trip drive for a...
    Post by: chrispitude, Mar 30, 2011 in forum: Vertical and Horizontal Loops
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    Any friendly drillers near Allentown, PA?

    Hi folks, Are there any geoexchange driller junkies near Allentown, PA that would be interested in drilling the vertical loops for my 4-ton...
    Thread by: chrispitude, Mar 29, 2011, 8 replies, in forum: Vertical and Horizontal Loops
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    Okay to (partially) fill borehole with cuttings?

    Hi folks, I'm a homeowner getting a 4T ClimateMaster 27 installed in the next month or so. The well driller came out to the property yesterday...
    Thread by: chrispitude, Mar 2, 2011, 7 replies, in forum: Vertical and Horizontal Loops
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    Is this desuperheater + buffer tank plumbed correctly?

    Here is an updated diagram with the pressure relief valve: [IMG] I also realized there was a redundant shutoff valve on the DSH supply line, so...
    Post by: chrispitude, Mar 1, 2011 in forum: General Discussions
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    Is this desuperheater + buffer tank plumbed correctly?

    Joe, thanks so much for your reply, and for adding some clarity to the past discussions in this thread! I also appreciate your heads-up about a...
    Post by: chrispitude, Mar 1, 2011 in forum: General Discussions
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    Is this desuperheater + buffer tank plumbed correctly?

    Hi everyone, I am building a new house with a ClimateMaster 27 geothermal unit. I asked the plumbing contractor (who is fortunately also the...
    Post by: chrispitude, Feb 28, 2011 in forum: General Discussions
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    question about vertical loop plumbing

    Hi Looby, Looking at my diagrams again, I realized that you are right and there is not really any difference. The scenario I was thinking about...
    Post by: chrispitude, Jan 17, 2011 in forum: Vertical and Horizontal Loops
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    question about vertical loop plumbing

    Hi Joe, You raise two good points. In my case, it's new construction so yard damage is no big deal. However, extra excavation time would indeed...
    Post by: chrispitude, Jan 16, 2011 in forum: Vertical and Horizontal Loops
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    question about vertical loop plumbing

    Ahh, cool! That looks like it matches the first diagram I posted (in the ordering of the tees), although my final pipe routing was a bit...
    Post by: chrispitude, Jan 15, 2011 in forum: Vertical and Horizontal Loops
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    question about vertical loop plumbing

    Hi Dewayne, Note that both are piped in parallel - it's just a question of how the plumbing runs to the tees. I'm curious if there's any...
    Post by: chrispitude, Jan 15, 2011 in forum: Vertical and Horizontal Loops
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    question about vertical loop plumbing

    Hi guys, I have an idle question... Is there any efficiency advantage to running the plumbing in either of the ways shown below? [IMG] [IMG]...
    Thread by: chrispitude, Jan 15, 2011, 10 replies, in forum: Vertical and Horizontal Loops
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    Do not be afraid to join us...

    Noob question here... My geothermal system is going to have two vertical wells. Will I have four lines coming into my basement like this, or...
    Post by: chrispitude, Dec 12, 2010 in forum: General Discussions