All's well that ends well.

Geothermal is cool and refreshing or warm and snuggly, depending on the season. The week we got it all hooked up and finally working, we were in that mid-July 90's heat wave that lasted about a week. I had been at a singer's workshop, and came home to a cool house. Heaven!

Then we had several months of lovely weather, when the system would turn on occasionally, but mostly I had it turned off with the windows open, enjoying being as close as possible to the outdoors.

Now It's the end of October, we've had some really chilly nights, the leaves are almost gone and the heat inside is wonderful. It comes on quietly, blows slightly warmer air than what's in the room but manages to keep things at an even 67 degrees. The conventional forced air heat we had in our first house blasted really hot air at intervals between freezing air settling along the floor and in the corners. It was also very dusty and musty because the intake was in the basement. In recent years, we had so many leaky pipes and problems with our old noisy furnace that every time it came roaring to life, there was a little piece of my mind that talked to it saying, "Hope you don't blow up, hope there's not another leaky pipe, or standing water in the basement, or oil ...." It was a constant cause of stress. I avoided going into the basement because I was afraid of what I would find. NOW when I hear the hum of the new system and feel its gently warming air, I feel a sense of relief and comfort. It's kinda like getting a hug. A lovely, warm, green, gentle, and reliable hug from a cool (hot) new friend.

We received an electric bill for the month of September and it was really low. The system didn't run that much then, but that was the first month we lived here without 2 sons. We were stunned. Then we did a happy dance. In December, we'll have a better idea how much it will cost us to run it, but our friendly installers told us it would be about 100 bucks a month.

Here's a little before/after fun:

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