250 or 500 gallon tank?
Tired. First HVAC quotes came back. $26K & $30K. And that's doesnt include the cost of a propane tank and install..
Oof. I knew it might be high, but not that high. Let's see what companies 2 and 3 yield.
Probably 500 since it'll be used for heat. Word is they'll provide an aboveground tank for free, you pay if you want it buried.
I looked it up and the tax credit for air source heat pumps expired with the new year. It was only $300 anyway.
Tired. First HVAC quotes came back. $26K & $30K. And that's doesnt include the cost of a propane tank and install..
Oof. I knew it might be high, but not that high. Let's see what companies 2 and 3 yield.
That is the word with my propane supplier here. I have a 1000 gallon that as long as I buy gas from them they leave here. This is Ag use and I burn about 4-5000 gallons in a month so could be different for a home.
Yuck, hope you feel better dude.
Part the issue is having 80s sized ducts. I can't go heat pump only cause the ducts don't flow enough CFM. So I need a heat pump + propane furnace. Best of both worlds and the cost of it too!
I'd prefer to bury it so I don't have a mini-zeppelin hanging out in my side yard.
Build a pretty fence around it. Save your costs now, while the budget is tight and deal with the cosmetic vs. functionality later.
60 inches or R-60? 60 inches of insulation would be something like R-150!
Got the propane guy coming out for a quote next week, assuming they'll know all the permit requirements and such. But part of why I was leaning towards a 500 gallon was the ability to add a propane generator. Not sure how frequently the power goes out, but we are off a main road, so presumably priority wouldn't lie with us first.
Sadly, we are serviced by a small, municipal electricity provider, so no real incentives to do anything. The larger utilities in the state have very generous offer for insulation, hvac systems and the like, but not us.
Winter time temps get too cold where I live to rely solely on a heat pump, hence the need for a propane furnace to pick up the slack as the heat pump loses efficiency. So the HVAC folks say.
We'll usually have maybe 3-5, 3+ day long stretches throughout the winter where low temps are around or below 0.
Also in really cold places isn’t a ground/bore heatpump the best practice?
I presume you mean 0°F? Indeed the limit for an air sourced heatpump. But ground sourced can basically work anywhere. I understand they are fairly popular in the wilds of Canada.
Indeed, sorry. Fahrenheit.
You seem them more often these days. But it's still really expensive when compared to our electricity cost.
Did you consider wood or pellets stove for those colder days?
Yes, I did. We actually have a wood burning fireplace at the moment. I was going to replace that with an insert for ease of use (wife's request, not mine, doubt she'd use a wood or pellet stove), but I'd still be faced with burning something.
I have a ground-source heat pump. Works really well! Only drawback is that, in the garden in the area where the pipes are burried, deep-rooting trees cannot be planted. Total electricity consumption is even with the heat pump fairly low. But I also keep my place fairly cold, 20 °C/68 °F.
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