Jist of things. Opinions?
Bottomline - loops have to come out of pond. Looking at horizontal pipe & trenches in yard.
Loop installer doesn't want to chance, nor the HVAC who hired him, the chance of loops floating up again even if we moved the windmill aeration to the low side and used is sporatically in the winter. He feels there is a 60/40 chance they will float again. As is now, probably will kink when sinks and has to be redone even if left inplace. ITO: NO aeration. IMO: I will aerate for fish and healthy pond.
ITO: We share fault (1/3). IMO: I hired professional to design/install this system.
I was just another homeowner, wanting geo vs my large LP bills, having talked to a couple of HVAC and because the one I choose didn't realize the windmill right by edge the pond that was aerating was bad. If you look at the Carrier paperwork they sent me last week and I also was given at the geoexchange site, clearly states "In the north, an ice cover is required during the heating season to allow the pond to reach an average 39F (39C) just below the ice cap. Winter aeration or excessive wave action can lower the pond temperature preventing ice caps from forming and freezing, adversely affecting operation of the geothermal loop."
IMO: They should have caught that and had they told me in the beginning, we would have put it in the ground (we just didn't want to tear up the yard back when).
To make things worse, I got my electric bill last week, $650.
