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Forums > Green Building Technologies > Geothermal Heat Pumps > Subject: GHP considerations in Louisiana

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08/20/2007 2:00 PM  
I am interested in a horizontal loop, closed loop geothermal heat pump with desuperheater for use in South Louisiana.  Average humidity is 90%, and summer is only slightly cooler than Death Valley (but feels much hotter because sweating does not work).  It has only snowed here twice in my life. I have worn shorts for Christmas and water ski'd in January with no wetsuit, though it can get down to 15 degrees F on rare occasions in the winter.  We have lots of rain and high clay content soil (I'd have to drive 150 miles to see sand much less a rock).  I would like to do the trenching myself.  I do not think radiant floor heating is needed here - just basic heating, cooling, and dehumidifying. 

Besides the obscene cost and the difficulty in finding contractors, what are going to be the considerations and problems I will need to take into account for my area if I go with GHP for a new ICF house.

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08/22/2007 6:59 PM  
Posted By muddywater on 08/20/2007 2:00 PM
I am interested in a horizontal loop, closed loop geothermal heat pump with desuperheater for use in South Louisiana.
Besides the obscene cost and the difficulty in finding contractors, what are going to be the considerations and problems I will need to take into account for my area if I go with GHP for a new ICF house.

Thanks

Send me a PM & I'll send you the name and number of a friend of mine who installed a water to air GHP from Water Furnace in his new stick house about 3 years ago. He's in Jackson, LA.
Building house - what a way to spend retirement!
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