Yes, I drive tractors also. Along with the home energy audit work, I'm a farmer at heart. I received a call from a colleague who some help filling and leveling the dirt on the basis of his houses newcomer needs.
Now that the soil is dry enough, I load my 24 hp tractor with bucket, attach the tiller and head over to his place. I find an old house that was built originally arrived shortly after the freight trains. On the side is the new supplement that really stands out and looks great.
Out in front, facing the street is the new two-car garage. It is unmistakably a new garage. The new panel, paint and the gargoyle on the driveway update the structure. What you can not see from the street is the hobby, three bedrooms and two bathrooms behind the garage. I was lucky enough to get a tour of the new digs after I see moving dirt with the outside.
I have a new surprise when I turned the corner at the rear of the addition. I've never seen before and it took me a few minutes to realize what I was seeing. Coming out of the concrete foundation, just above soil line, were four sets of insulated copper wires and four sets of 1/2 inch PVC pipe. Could this be the future efficiency of the heat pump?
I could be wrong, but it looks like this guy is going to install four pumps behind his house!
Why Four heat pumps?About this time the homeowner and I got into a little discussion about how he is planning on heating and cooling this addition. Come to find out he has planned everything and it seems to me, he has a great to design energy efficient.
Here are the key points to its power plan and efficiency of the heat pump.1 During construction, while the inner and outer walls were open, he had installed four mini-split heat pump and the refrigerant lines put in place. Since the walls and floor areas were available, it could be mounted to the inner walls of the units. One in each bedroom and a hobby room.
2 Each heat pump is on its own outside coil, compressor, indoor coil and air handler. Each room has its own wireless thermostat control.
3 The three bedrooms and rec room heated and cooled be separated from the other rooms. A room could be 60 degrees and another room could be 70 degrees.
4 The Four pumps were purchased by the homeowner online. No doubt, it was a free shipping. The heat pumps were installed by a local contractor.
5 The two bathrooms are heated by electric underfloor heating under beautiful tile floor. As a complement to moisture and to increase energy efficiency to control the ceiling exhaust fans in the bathrooms 130 CFM, variable speed, 0.6 sones, motion activated with timer. These are large exhaust fans, we need to talk more about them in another article.
For more information about heat pumps:The heat pumps are rated at 9,000 BTU and are connected to 115 volts with a 15 amp fuse. Cooling and heating is 13.5 Seer HSPF is 9.0. Handle, pull 7.3 amps.
I asked the homeowner what he thought the impact on its electricity bill would consider he had four heat pumps. He said he expected it to rise too much more than it already was. Its electricity bill for the month of June Come to find out, was a few cents over $ 15th
Well, that's a little hard to believe, unless you consider the 12 or so neat solar panels mounted on the roof. Now I'm really like about this guy. Heat pump efficiency and solar power.
Let's take a closer look at the energy efficiency and how to perform this at home.1 He's Solar Electric on the roof generate all the power it needs, in the sunny summer months.2 He has built an addition, where he installed an inch of spray foam insulation on the inside of the exterior walls before installing dense pack cellulose.
3 Single rooms are heated and cooled with just about the most efficient heat source known to man, the ductless mini-split heat pump.
4 Radiant floor heat and power ceiling fans make the operation and maintenance of the baths a breeze. Even the kids can operate the baths to the right.
5 The heat pumps were online during a closeout, bought super deal sale. I do not know what he paid for them, but you can have the same units today to buy online for $ 460th
Involved only the comfort and energy efficiency with this accessory look.
Ductless heating and cooling efficiency of the heat pump. If you heat and cool this way, no heating pipes, you never have to leak on the heating pipes.
Individual room heating and cooling systems. They spent only dollars to heat or cool the rooms you need.
Spray foam insulation air sealing the exterior walls of the cellulose before going in.
Solar Electric Array provides clean, renewable energy, which then compensates for the energy required to operate the heat pump.
The bathroom ceiling fans can at a low CFM (cubic feet per minute) rate, which refreshes the house and provides air changes required if the house is airtight because of the heat pump without heating pipes, air-tight and running spray foam insulation.
The ceiling fans ramp up to 130 CFM, the second someone enters the bathroom. The ramped fan claimed that CFM rating until the room is no movement for a specified number of minutes.
The sun was setting and the temperature cooled a little by the time I graduated from the backfill work. I told the homeowner that I planned to pass in a few months and see how the addition of looking for and what he does.
I like it when I use the word "power". Seems to me we really need to start teaching us to perform instead, the residents of our homes, always powerful. Do you know how the performance that we must do if we put our energy supplier name just a sweater or when we wash the mold from the wall of the bathroom, or how well we perform when we write a check payment. Bring your home with a heat pump perform efficiency.
Thank you for your visit, hope you stop by again real soon, but I will not leave the light on for you ...
