ASK This Old House | Switch, Affordable Geothermal (S18 E7) FULL EPISODE

[@Robertodababy]

the wife is going to win all arguments from here on out with "at least i didn't install the light switch upside down"

[@stanleysiewierski]

Very interesting segment on geo-thermal! Thanks TOH!

[@chrisdaniels4674]

Thanks guys. I love this show. Very helpful.

[@moneyparhar]

Noting like drilling for clean energy with diesel truck and machinery. Lmao 🤣

[@bg147]

My neighbor's house which I have done a lot of work on has one of those old switches. Very cool.

[@TheCrystalGlow]

OMG push button switches... I had those in my home as a kid. My old home was 110 years old.

[@0blivioniox864]

HI theh, I'm Kevin Ocannahh ..

[@cc12300]

welcome baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaack

[@TheCrystalGlow]

That vibrating technique is called soil liquefaction. :)

[@Abhishek-C92]

oh hi chris. enjoying pandemic bruh?

[@Supermuttt]

We did geo with our house and it's been great. 100 dollar electric bills.

[@RangeRov49]

Same, but plus 150 a month for the loan to buy it😂

[@ryanroberts1104]

I have a regular old style heat pump and electric water heater in a 4 bedroom house. The only bill over $100 is December, the rest are more like $80. And I have high electric rates too! You won't live long enough (and neither will the system) to see any savings.

[@RangeRov49]

@@ryanroberts1104From scratch, no, I wouldn't. I bought the home with it already installed and with 2 years left on the loan. I'll either start making my money back then or have a great selling point for the home. If I had to choose from scratch, I would go for an external heat pump and a supplementary heat during the frigid days, but I sure like only having one system for everything.

[@Mihogan]

@@ryanroberts1104 Exactly. Doesnt make much sense. I've got an old 1970s oil fired boiler and even that doesnt cost me more than $240/month in the worst of winter... no way in hell Id ever get close to getting a return on investment with geo

[@coreyd6999]

What size house? How has it been working for you?

[@scottyellis3442]

$19,000 upfront?? It would take a long time to recoup your money, by the time you broke even it would be time to replace all the equipment. Same with solar. I've looked into a solar farm on some of my property and in the long run really don't see a big savings. Thanks for the show always like watching.

[@CorwinPatrick]

There are other reasons than Pay-Off to get any of these systems. For Solar, I'd be doing it instead of getting a Generator for local Power Outages. Among all the other incentives, Saving $10-15K by not installing a Generator goes a long way to have peace of mind. Also, as was said in the Video, these systems add to the value of the House (ground source heat-pump in the Video's case). Do you demand a pay-off period for the $20K spent on that backyard redo? Do you demand a pay-off period for that new toilet you installed? Pay-off is actually largely irrelevant. There is no pay-off period for your house until you sell it. That 150K-700K+ is a loss until you move. People buy things because it works and does what they want it to. Do that.

[@shanew7361]

Much better way of doing it then the old way which was very inefficient and messy.

[@biskit7]

you have to love when they talk about sustainability - geothermal but drive huge GMC Yukons... :)

[@BUEAU]

Yeah, conditioned to consume. Ain't life a b*tch. We just gotta make smart choices SEXY :)

[@moneyparhar]

Pure hypocrisy

[@crowwingbound3101]

Questions about geothermal energy other than heating and Cooling the house can it power the house.

[@aaron41]

No, it's just using the ground as a more efficient heat sink (than the outside air) with a heat pump. The temperature difference between the air and the ground (at a depth of only a few hundred feet) isn't big enough to extract meaningful amounts of energy from.

[@KB3M]

$19K seems low. Is that the cost after rebates?

[@robmarshall5100]

It's good for a big project it's costly on the individual

[@normanboyes4983]

Is this geothermal or is it ground source, I strongly suspect it is the latter.

[@aaron41]

Geothermal is used synonymously with ground source because most non-technical people don't know / don't care about the difference. More people have heard the term Geothermal than ground source heat pump. Anyone who does know the difference also will know from context which is indicated, so there's even less need to differentiate.

[@robmarshall5100]

I'd be sifting it out for gold

[@PtrOBrn]

12:32 the drill is upside down... I am feeling dizzy looking at it.

[@blazerbarrel2]

Price

[@lynnew5619]

Have they done studies as to how these vibrations affect deep earth structure I wonder?

[@Painfulwhale360]

No

[@Abhishek-C92]

is this channel From UK ? USA?

[@oliverturner128]

USA

[@gregj2647]

Go horizontal with the geo loop field. Incredibly inexpensive compared with vertical

[@RangeRov49]

If you have the disposable land

[@SimonTekConley]

Hmm. I would've installed thermal at $20k not bad.

[@RangeRov49]

Little bit of a replay on this geothermal

[@mrgylex123]

unfortunately moving conditioned air around a house is fundamentally inefficient. Call me once they have designed a geothermal system that ties into zoned evaporators/head units.

[@rayg3583]

I would love to see how you can do geothermal in NYC.

[@Mike__B]

There's more to New York, the state, than just NYC yanno 🤣

[@RangeRov49]

🙋🏼

[@edrcozonoking]

How useless is the husband? Has to call an electrician to install a light switch?

[@zack9912000]

Geo is not cost effective at all for people with out government programs, meaning others pay more in taxes to pay for it all.

[@steveuible5915]

You make a great point. Same with all subsidies.

[@adam1885282]

Geothermal sounds awesome but i would worry about those pipes breaking 1000 feet down and a 10k repair bill.

[@BUEAU]

@11:20 geothermal makes total sense on a communal level... Oops, I guess we just crossed the line sounds too "communist" please America grow up.

[@kencrane6420]

Ah, a father and son on a nationally broadcast show. Nepotism at it's finest.

[@youdqtube]

It is disappointing that the same video about geothermal is being re-run as new with a bit of editing. This Old House should be better than implying new content but just a re-edit of old.

[@CybekCusal]

I literally can't watch this child talk about stuff he knows nothing about. These residential builders are so amateur.

[@mrlibowski493]

What is this the third or fourth time with the geothermal nonsense?

[@gordonwinter4540]

Geothermal makes sense when you live in a rural area (a farm) where electric heat is your only option. Yes, expensive to install but a better option sometimes

[@pilotguy1141]

Cute little Barbie doll blond

[@BamBamBigelow..]

Trying to sell Geothermal again, I see. Not many volcanic hot zones in the Northeast American continent?

[@Farm_fab]

For geothermal, one need not have a source of underground hot water to heat a home.

[@CybekCusal]

@@Farm_fab you are clueless. Just stop talking now before I have to insult you.

[@RangeRov49]

@@CybekCusal what are you implying exactly? I'm curious to know your thoughts of how geothermal works? Same with the beast from the east bambam up there.

[@CybekCusal]

@@RangeRov49 the comment from bambam is correctly telling you that "geothermal" energy is hot gas extracted from the earth. This system in the video is called "ground source heat pumps" it's completely different technology than "geothermal"

[@Farm_fab]

@@CybekCusal not far from here the bore 330' + geothermal wells in bedrock that circulates water and propylene glycol through the system and uses ground temperature and boosts that 55° average temperature to either heat or cool a home. The siamese loop hosez used in these systems would not survive boiling water. The plastic hose constantly circulates this liquid, but when needed, and at no time does ground water get picked up in it. I lived in New Mexico where the US Department of Energy had a pilot system back in the 80's that did use underground hot springs, but this type system is far more expensive, at least $40,000 to start, and was cancelled due inadequate water supply for heating.

[@nukelaloosh4795]

i have something for jayne

[@Robertodababy]

hopefully it's a lobstah

[@chrisdaniels4674]

First

[@visethleng5542]

First

[@edrcozonoking]

How old are you? 8?