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Glen

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05/10/2006 12:36 AM
I have been thinking about hydronic heating and cooling using fan coils and a ground source heat pump. Thus far it seems that I can acquire the necessary components for under $10K. 2100 sf super insolated house needing 19,000 btus to heat, and a little less to cool. Does anyone have any experience with this concept or comments on it. Also can anyone suggest suppliers.

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05/10/2006 4:37 PM
This is not radiant heat but maybe just fine -- what temperature can you count on from your ground system? You must be sure you put down enough pipe to get good temperature pick up. Actually might work better with radiant heat as you generally have a resevoir of heat in the floor so the heat pump can be smaller . You don't need fast acting heat source for the cold spells. I am interested in a water source heat pump to feed my radiant floor. The lake water gets down to freezing but can still provide heat

Glen

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05/16/2006 4:46 PM
About 115 Deg and need 110 DEG to run the fan coil. If I go radiant floor it will be more efficient but more expensive as the majority of the home is not over a slab. Another possibility is go radiant floor and mini split air conditioning.

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05/23/2006 3:16 PM
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