New ground source heat pump questions

cholcombe · 09-11-15, 08:58 PM

So I think ac_hacker might be the best to answer some of these questions. I'm living right outside of Portland now :-).
I had a salesman come to evaluate what a gshp would cost. He kinda blew me away when he said it would be 32K for a 5Ton system. I'm looking online and a fancy two stage gshp is going for 6-8K. So where does the other 24K go? Surely it can't cost that much to dig s trench for the lines.
The salesman also said something odd. I asked him if I could plant fruit trees on top of the area the lines were installed. He said sure it wouldn't be a problem. Is this true?! They proposed trenching a 60x40ft area 5ft deep. Seems extreme to me. ac_hacker how big was your system? How much did you end up out of pocket?

09-11-15, 08:58 PM	#1
cholcombe Helper EcoRenovator Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 56 Thanks: 13 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	New ground source heat pump questions So I think ac_hacker might be the best to answer some of these questions. I'm living right outside of Portland now :-). I had a salesman come to evaluate what a gshp would cost. He kinda blew me away when he said it would be 32K for a 5Ton system. I'm looking online and a fancy two stage gshp is going for 6-8K. So where does the other 24K go? Surely it can't cost that much to dig s trench for the lines. The salesman also said something odd. I asked him if I could plant fruit trees on top of the area the lines were installed. He said sure it wouldn't be a problem. Is this true?! They proposed trenching a 60x40ft area 5ft deep. Seems extreme to me. ac_hacker how big was your system? How much did you end up out of pocket?