Hi all,

 

Just curious about how you all might comment on the proposed use of geothermal heating and cooling in a historic house.  It runs a continuous loop of water circulating through pipes 9 ft. underground where the temp is about 65 degrees year round.  It is circulated through the house by putting water pipes under the floors and in the walls.  While I loved the idea of ‘going green’ and maintaining a fairly stable temp  (if indeed it really will be, as we have very hot summers and fairly cold winters), I really wonder about the wisdom of putting pipes with water in them in the walls of a very old and quite important two story house.  Construction is wood except for exterior walls that are brick with space between inner and outer wall.

 

Lucy