Geothermal and heated driveway
Last Post 21 Feb 2008 03:57 PM by TechGromit. 2 Replies.
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20 Feb 2008 11:43 AM

Is it feasable to use geothermal to heat appx 3000 sq feet of driveway? What would be the pros and cons of this?

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20 Feb 2008 11:49 AM
It is feasible but not practical. The costs associated with a system to give the amount of heat needed are very high. We have had numerous inquiries about snow melt systems. We have not installed one system because of the cost. In one example geothermal for the house was $45,000, snow melt would have been $170,000.
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21 Feb 2008 03:57 PM
Wow, I can only imagine the size of the driveway system for something that is really only used at the most 4 months of the year. Resistance heating would be far cheaper to install ($12 to $21 per Sq. Ft not including driveway removal and replacement), although operating it would be expensive, it doesn't snow everyday, the break even point for a geothermal system would be like 100 years.   
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