Thank you for saying that! We had friends that just went the well route and it was SO EXPENSIVE! It’s crazy hard to drill wells here in the middle of the desert and it’s hard to get people to come out and do it. We were going to dig up our field because we could do it ourselves and I’m pretty sure getting the well dug was over 10k just for the digging, no equipment. Crazy huh!

My dad used to work for a well drilling company here in Nebraska, and they drilled loops for heat pump systems straight down into the ground. Didn’t take bar as much space and they could easily do a big enough system for a house in a day. Just a thought got anyone else looking into it.

Slow and steady! Next time you’ll have to stop for dinner 🙂

That is such a great story! I feel like we are slowly collecting those things we “still talk about too” and we have a few from our remodel that we still laugh/cringe about too. Thank you for sharing your dad’s story with me. Him and Thomas would have got along splendidly! I hope you can come and visit when it’s done friend!

You are going to die a little when you see the kitchen. I’m making big plans right now and a huge zinc hood is included! I guess you are going to have to come down and cook in it with me!

Said the friend who lives in Southern Utah and understands the mud… so bad! Thomas does write well. I keep telling him to quit his job and work for me. I don’t pay nearly as well as engineering does though and in the middle of the build might not be a great time, he tells me.

Congrats on your build! I’d love to see pictures 🙂 And yes on the SO. MUCH. SPACE! We have 6 acres of alfalfa fields that we own behind the house and we were going to put our lines in there, doing the digging and laying of the lines ourselves too. We needed two units because of the size of the house so we were planning on digging up the entire field. I can’t remember Thomas’ exact plans but I think it was 8 lines that were 1200 feet long each. I’m kinda glad it didn’t work out like we planned, I think this air source is going to be a lot easier. We are planning on adding solar one day (he’s putting a conduit up to the attic with a cap) but it feels a little overwhelming right now. I’ll have to ask you for your source in a year or two when we are ready. We are also doing a traditional wood burning fireplace for emergencies/winter/fun which will be nice. The power goes out here often! Thank you for sharing your story with me. Hope you have an awesome day, Melissa

I’m so impressed with all you and your family do. Makes me tired just to think about it! Glad you’re young! Best wishes.