As hoped, we passed frame inspection on the house (the shop will be done later since it has a separate 1/2 address and permit anyway)! Apparently after inspection is passed the red tag is unceremoniously ripped off...no we didn't do it ;-P
We finally got some progress on our geothermal well drilling. I had no idea how involved all of this was, it's pretty interesting.
Here is a .pdf document made by the company whose equipment we're using that explains all about it: Geo Concept Guide
I recognize a lot of the components from the doc already installed in the house.
So essentially they drill some plastic pipe loops deep into the ground and circulate fluid through these pipes (sort of like antifreeze) that transfers heat to/from the earth. To do this you need some drilling equipment and lots of flexible pipe!
They decided to drill the first loops right in front of the house:
The drilling rig:
Drilling frame (lays flat when the truck is driving!):
The pipe is some extremely stout plastic:
The rig braced and ready for action:
They also bring a trailer that carries the pipes, a cement mixer for securing the pipes in the ground, and a water tank to mix the cement on site. They hooked into our water well to fill up their water tank and help drill the wells and test the loops.
Since we have two pumps/zones in our house we have two sets of ground loops. Here is the closet near the master bedroom that will house one of the pumps.
Starting the second set of loops:
They will connect the ground loops to the rest of the system soon.
The loops on the front of the house are all set!
I hope that's just mud spatter on the outside of the porta-potty...
So that's the next quick update. Supposedly before the end of the week we'll get the rest of the foam sprayed in the exterior walls! Moving right along now.
In theory our completion date should be mid-July!
1 comment:
That is really cool. Too bad we can't dig holes in Austin.
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