28 February 2014

Sean arrived again at 0800 to continue our house specifications review.  More really fruitful discussions.  After Perry demonstrated (once again) his culinary skills (five-star tuna melt sandwiches for lunch), Sean and I went up to Vergennes to meet with Dennis Senesac, Project Manager at Ryan Plumbing and Heating and a fount of knowledge about all things plumbing and HVAC related.  After lengthy discussion, Dennis recommended (and Sean eventually concurred) that we should stay with a forced hot / cold air HVAC system powered by the geothermal energy recovery system we want to install.  The bad news: such a system may require drilling up to 1,000 vertical feet of wells at mega-bucks per foot.  Maybe we can name one well “Tasi”, another one “Alex”, and the third one “Katy”, then wish the kids a happy inheritance.  Took Lynne and Perry out for dinner and a surfeit of calories at the Waybury Inn in East Middlebury.