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How to protect your yard during a geothermal installation

How to protect your yard during a geothermal installation

A question that often surfaces before a homeowner decides to sign a contract with a geothermal installer is how the installation is going to affect their yard. Many homeowners invest in their landscaping and take pride in it. While some damage to a yard is inevitable during an installation, there are some practices that homeowners can encourage their geothermal well driller or installer to follow in order to keep yard damage to a minimum. Before selling a geothermal system, many contractors ...

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Will Geothermal Increase the Value of My Home?

Will Geothermal Increase the Value of My Home?

Before deciding to purchase a geothermal system, many homeowners ask this question.  Geothermal systems are a large investment and people want to make sure they will still get a benefit from the system if they decide to sell their home before they reach their payback period.  Life is uncertain, and you can think you will be in your home for several years, but you never know when a job or other event in your life could take you to a new area.  The two main schools of thought regarding geothe ...

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Advice from a Geothermal Engineer

Advice from a Geothermal Engineer

Today I had the opportunity to get lunch with Don Easson.  Don is a licensed Professional Engineer and the only IGSHPA (International Ground Source Heat Pump Association) certified geothermal designer in South Carolina.  In addition to owning and managing his residential geothermal design business, Don is also an independent distribution of ClimateMaster geothermal products.  He works with Climatemaster, designs geothermal systems for homeowners, and is the person that existing geothermal o ...

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Find Geothermal Incentives!

Find Geothermal Incentives!

It is a fact that geothermal systems are extremely efficient.  There have been numerous research projects conducted on geothermal heat pumps over the years by organizations ranging from the Department of Energy to local nonprofits.  Each time the efficiency of geothermal units are compared to conventional equipment, geothermal ends up winning.  Geothermal definitely stands out from the crowd as an extremely efficient way to heat and cool a building. Because of their extreme efficiency ...

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Calling Geothermal Users: Enter to Win Free Air Conditioning for Summer 2012

Calling Geothermal Users: Enter to Win Free Air Conditioning for Summer 2012

Free Heat Beneath Your Feet Sweepstakes Do you own a geothermal system and often find yourself talking to your friends about it?  Whenever someone comes into your home do you feel the need to take them into your utility room and show them your geothermal unit?  Even if you do not go to this extent buy generic cialis online in telling others about geothermal, this is an opportunity for anyone who owns a geothermal heat pump to write a testimony on GeothermalGenius.org about your geothermal ...

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