Where I live there’s a likely chance for it to get cold enough for the heat pump to stop working. Now they make special ones that can work down to -15F but those are also more expensive.
I’d like geothermal but that is an upfront cost of $10-25 thousand and a several month lead time for installation. Meaning I’m out that money without any chance of it being recouped for quite a long time, it’s going to take 10+y for the savings to make it up in the first place and I’m not sure I’ll be in the house long enough for that.
Where I live there’s a likely chance for it to get cold enough for the heat pump to stop working. Now they make special ones that can work down to -15F but those are also more expensive.
I’d like geothermal but that is an upfront cost of $10-25 thousand and a several month lead time for installation. Meaning I’m out that money without any chance of it being recouped for quite a long time, it’s going to take 10+y for the savings to make it up in the first place and I’m not sure I’ll be in the house long enough for that.
In practice, I see people in your situation spend their additional budget on insulation and an air-source heat pump, rather than go to geothermal.