Hello All,
Geothermal yes or no has been answered with 'yes'
We are in the southern part of Alberta.
So we are in the final planning stages.
I found a well knowledge driller with 30 years experience that will drill for $12.50 per foot, 1" loops installed, pressure tested (3x) and grouted. Headers are extra.
So, my proposed 2 x 4 wells (house and workshop separated) with total of 3,200' will come in at ~CAD40,000.
The whole system ~ 75,000. We will do the prep. & horizontal excavation & back-fill.
Now my question: would it make sense to install thermocouple on one loop on the down & up site every 100' and drill a 3-4" well between two wells with the same sensing wire installed to monitor the temperature over time?
One additional point: we will install 2 evacuated tube solar collectors to a) heat our pool and b) feed energy back into the geothermal wells (house) when we have extra energy to re-charge the system during the summer (we have no moving aquifer).
Zen Data loggers can do this easily with PT1000's, but the cost is around $6000 (hole, conduit, thermocouple, wire etc.) if I wire this myself.
WOULD THIS MAKE SENSE?