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Geothermal heat pump

I needed a new air conditioning system anyway, so I decided to install a geothermal heat pump

Future home of the heat pump
Future home of the heat pump
Well locations flagged
Well locations flagged
Drilling rig arrives
Drilling rig arrives
Ready to drill
Ready to drill
Drilling
Drilling
Screening the drilling mud
Screening the drilling mud
Hydraulic hose failure!
Hydraulic hose failure!
Fixing the hydraulic hose
Fixing the hydraulic hose
Installing some loop piping
Installing some loop piping
Loop piping coils
Loop piping coils
Grout for backfilling
Grout for backfilling
All four vertical loops installed
All four vertical loops installed
Digging under the foundation for interconnect piping
Digging under the foundation for interconnect piping

Some serious trenching
Some serious trenching
Connections made
Connections made
Split off for future 3-ton unit
Split off for future 3-ton unit
Pretty destructive
Pretty destructive
Connections in basement
Connections in basement
Unit installed
Unit installed
Mixing and filling with water and ExoEndosol
Mixing and filling with water and ExoEndosol
The filling/purging rig
The filling/purging rig
The filling/purging rig
The filling/purging rig
I suppose the grass will grow back eventually
I suppose the grass will grow back eventually

I replaced an old non-functional 4-ton air conditioner with a 2-stage vertical closed loop geothermal heat pump.