Comment on 25 States Agree To Quadruple Number Of Heat Pumps In America

• ThisOne@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  5 indoor units, 2 outdoor units, new water tank, electric work, boiler and oil tank both got to get chopped up safely before being brought out. Went through several vendors to get the project under 30k.

  And it’s New England so the heat pumps have to be hyper heat units that function in winter.

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  • aeluon@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    wow, we paid $16k for 4 indoor units/1 outdoor unit (we can add 1 more indoor unit in case we re-do the basement). $2k for the heat pump hot water heater. $1k to have the oil tank removed. $19k total. for the mini split/water heater we got a 1% loan from the state.

    we’re in new england and got the mitsubishi hyper heats. this was all pre-covid but wow that is an expensive quote.

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    • ThisOne@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      For reference the cheapest heat pump water heater I was able to get quoted (4 companies quoted) was $6k. We elected to get a non efficient water tank at $1900. 2023.

      I think covid drove up the cost for sure. And I think certain contractors are inflating the price for the rebate. 2 of 4 companies gave me 50k plus quotes even without duct work. Maybe that was the fuck you we don’t have the people to do it please go away price though I dunno.

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  • PetDinosaurs@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Ah. That explains it. Mini split?

    Yeah. Our duct system is absolutely awful. We looked into mini splits to solve the problem before the geothermal. The ones with multiple heads were just ridiculous.

    We did later finish our attic and put one up there. It’s awesome.

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    • ThisOne@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Yea it’s basically a not mini mini split.

      We looked into doing a ducted heat pump through the attic for the top floor. But it quickly brought the project into the 50k range for what amounted to a slightly better looking design.

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      • PetDinosaurs@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        That’s the problem we had. Not only is actually making our duct work work probably not physically feasible, I can’t find an HVAC company that actually tries to solve the problem I have.

        It’s “I’m not sure why you think that splitting my HVAC system left to right (the easy way) will help my problem with HVAC front to back.”

        I have a PhD in engineering and strongly respect the trades. It’s just don’t be stupid. And HVAC have to know a lot about all the various trades.

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  • Epicurus0319@sopuli.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    And you guys get 8 months of winter

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    • ThisOne@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      We get a fall and 3-4 months of winter.

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    • PetDinosaurs@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      Not any more.

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      • FireTower@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

        Yeah past few years Southern NE has barely kept snow on the ground, if at all.

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