Phiniac Pyrex Tank Valentines Contest!

[moorea]

That is why we put in geothermal. I love it. We were on heating oil and with a baby in the house - 70 degrees was as low as we dared leave it that winter. almost 2k a month in heating bills justifies a 15k geothermal system pretty quick. lol I love it - flip a switch and it runs backwards for a free bonus of central air!

My mom has that! When we moved to this property there was an existing house that she moved into and it had ground source heating. We built on the other side of the property and did look into that option while building but we had limited funds to build and decided we would rather have a roof! It is really nice and her winter bills are a fraction of mine and that includes electric to her barn and her little guest cabin.

Again to go that way now I would have to duct the house and that would require work equivalent to tearing the house apart and rebuilding.

 

[BluSwatch]

Moorea - that's why I just want to move to a warm palce. LOL I don't like heat pumps .... doesn't blow warm enough air when I'm cold. I grew up with baseboard heat, but I don't like that you have to watch what you put by it. Had radiators in Italy, again not warm enough fast enough. They did have a thing called a "bombola", a propane heater that rolled from room to room, and that thing was great! I would just take it with me whereever I went, but they warned about running them while you slept, (carbon monoxide) so I was cold at night ....
I just need to live in a warm spot.

 

[Paislia]

My mom has that! When we moved to this property there was an existing house that she moved into and it had ground source heating. We built on the other side of the property and did look into that option while building but we had limited funds to build and decided we would rather have a roof! It is really nice and her winter bills are a fraction of mine and that includes electric to her barn and her little guest cabin.

Again to go that way now I would have to duct the house and that would require work equivalent to tearing the house apart and rebuilding.

Yeah, I noticed you said you don't have ductwork in. We got super lucky there that the ducts were already in place. I was totally surprised and thrilled to find out I could chuck all my window air conditioners too! I doesn't get hot here for long, but when it does it hangs around for like a week straight and is just unbearable! Not enough lemonade in the county for that! lol. Soooo, next time it's above 10 degrees you'll be out splitting wood? Can those wood stoves do pellets? I know pple around here with the pellet stoves say the pellets are cheap . . . . .

 

[pchela]

It's here! It's here! It's so beautiful and the little lizard is super cute!!! I'll try to post some pics when I've got it all assembled and ready to vape! Now... what to name the lizard?

 

[BluSwatch]

Pchela - pictures!! LOL

I just got a new atty today and I am in bottom-feeding heaven!! It is a good mail day all around.

 

[pchela]

Here it is! I can't get a very good photo sadly...

But, he's super cute and awesome! Filled up with Copper Creek Irish Cream! Mmmm!

I will say that what appears to be orangey red on the website is really a very nice, deeper red color.

 

[RippleInStillWater]

Here it is! I can't get a very good photo sadly...

But, he's super cute and awesome! Filled up with Copper Creek Irish Cream! Mmmm!

I will say that what appears to be orangey red on the website is really a very nice, deeper red color.

She really makes pretty stuff.......

I miss my boiler I had in my old house in Joliet, that was so much cheaper and the best part was no dust!!!!8-o8-o8-o I should have sprung for the extra few thousand when we built this one, we would have saved that in bills already.....

 

[BluSwatch]

VERY nice! Looks good on your black PV and drip tip ..... got a red tip? That would be sweet also!

 

[pchela]

I was just thinking, gonna have to order a red pawn tip for him! It would look great!

 

[moorea]

Yeah, I noticed you said you don't have ductwork in. We got super lucky there that the ducts were already in place. I was totally surprised and thrilled to find out I could chuck all my window air conditioners too! I doesn't get hot here for long, but when it does it hangs around for like a week straight and is just unbearable! Not enough lemonade in the county for that! lol. Soooo, next time it's above 10 degrees you'll be out splitting wood? Can those wood stoves do pellets? I know pple around here with the pellet stoves say the pellets are cheap . . . . .

Pellets might be the way to go. We need to replace our main stove before next winter so maybe it is time to look into pellets.

We don't have AC. Most of the summer there is a nice breeze and just opening the windows and sliders do the trick. We do have about a week every summer that I start researching AC, but before my research is done it cools off again and I decide it isn't worth the money! If it gets too hot during the day we just go and invade Moms house or head to lake and spend the day swimming The summer nights that it is too hot are so few it isn't worth the cost of AC (which again would run up the electric)

 

[moorea]

It's here! It's here! It's so beautiful and the little lizard is super cute!!! I'll try to post some pics when I've got it all assembled and ready to vape! Now... what to name the lizard?

Name him cupid .. he was part of the valentines batch!

 

[moorea]

She really makes pretty stuff.......

I miss my boiler I had in my old house in Joliet, that was so much cheaper and the best part was no dust!!!!8-o8-o8-o I should have sprung for the extra few thousand when we built this one, we would have saved that in bills already.....

Thanks Ripple!

LOL, that is exactly why I am where I am at. I should have just spent the 15K on ground source and the few extra thousand to duct the house while we were building. But at the time I was able to pickup the cadet in wall heaters for $1,800 and that sounded so much better then almost $20,000. Truth of the matter is, we didn't have an extra 20K, we built our house our selves on a very tight budget, so it wasn't really a choice!! I was living in my Moms basement while I was building with a husband a year and half old baby and a rottweiler... It was nice for the first month, but by the end we couldn't get out quick enough.

In retrospect however, for what our electric bill goes up to come winter time for the 12 years we have been here compared to Mom's we would have been even after 4 or 5 years had we gone with the ground source!

 

[Paislia]

Thanks Ripple!

LOL, that is exactly why I am where I am at. I should have just spent the 15K on ground source and the few extra thousand to duct the house while we were building. But at the time I was able to pickup the cadet in wall heaters for $1,800 and that sounded so much better then almost $20,000. Truth of the matter is, we didn't have an extra 20K, we built our house our selves on a very tight budget, so it wasn't really a choice!! I was living in my Moms basement while I was building with a husband a year and half old baby and a rottweiler... It was nice for the first month, but by the end we couldn't get out quick enough.

In retrospect however, for what our electric bill goes up to come winter time for the 12 years we have been here compared to Mom's we would have been even after 4 or 5 years had we gone with the ground source!

-You would be even - except you didn't have the dough for it then! Gets harder every year to buy big jobs with a promise . . . I'm just glad your staying warm ENOUGH with all the snow and bitter cold you've got! I won't rub it in - I'm just one grateful stay at home mom that it worked out for us to get off heating oil! Made me nervous sitting on top of double 175 gallon tanks hooked up to a 30+ year old furnace anyway . . . .

 

[pchela]

I was thinking Val. Val can be a boy lizard's name right?

 

[Paislia]

I was thinking Val. Val can be a boy lizard's name right?

Yes! As in Val Kilmer? Absolutely Great name!

 

[moorea]

-You would be even - except you didn't have the dough for it then! Gets harder every year to buy big jobs with a promise . . . I'm just glad your staying warm ENOUGH with all the snow and bitter cold you've got! I won't rub it in - I'm just one grateful stay at home mom that it worked out for us to get off heating oil! Made me nervous sitting on top of double 175 gallon tanks hooked up to a 30+ year old furnace anyway . . . .

Yes, I did turn the heaters on so no one is freezing. To be cozy however you have to wear a sweatshirt or sweater, which is really no big deal. I'm lucky, my office is in the loft, so it is nice up hear!

 

[moorea]

I was thinking Val. Val can be a boy lizard's name right?

He is your lizard, so technically if you want you can name him Shirley!

That being said, you know there are girl lizards!

 

[pchela]

LOL - nope! No girl lizards ever existed!

I don't know why, but I think of this one as a "he".

 

[moorea]

LOL - nope! No girl lizards ever existed!

I don't know why, but I think of this one as a "he".

Well I like Val!

 

[pchela]

Val it is! Or we could go Lin or Tine.