Installing a Lake-Based Geothermal Heating System for My Garage

Installing a Geothermal Heat System That Uses the Lake to Extract Heat and Keep the Garage Warm *English subtitles available* 00:00 - Intro, unloading the excavator 00:48 - Short explanation about the thermal heating I’m going to install 02:41 - Starting to excavate for the hose installation 16:11 - Receiving the hose and brine needed for installation 17:29 - Constructing a collector hose holder for the excavator 31:43 - Assembling a concrete mixer and making some test weights 43:01 - Making more weights from leftover concrete from the garage side walls 45:33 - Loading/unloading material for thermal heating onto the FH12 truck 47:32 - Using my hose holder and starting to install the collector hose 57:30 - Getting a boat for installation use 59:08 - Installing the collector hose in the lake 1:12:25 - Burying the collector hose 1:15:35 - Connecting the garage drainage system before winter arrives 1:19:53 - Using a skid steer to bury the hose 1:21:06 - My plan right now 1:21:35 - Loading concrete weights onto the boat 1:23:14 - Installing weights onto the collector hose in the water 1:25:25 - Swans coming in for a landing on the lake 1:25:50 - Installing more weights onto the collector hose in the water 1:27:43 - Constructing weights for the hose with the concrete mixer 1:30:53 - Buying higher boots 1:31:31 - Testing the hose for leaks 1:32:45 - Loading concrete weights onto the boat and installing them 1:38:36 - Hose pressure test 1:39:08 - Preparing brine liquid to be filled in the lake hose 1:42:23 - Filling the first hose with ethanol liquid 1:44:17 - Installing more concrete weights 1:51:26 - Pressure testing the other hose 1:51:57 - Filling ethanol into the other hose 1:54:41 - Fault searching the hose 2:02:57 - Welding a plastic PEM hose on the lake 2:08:44 - Filling that hose 2:09:18 - Backfilling the hose trench with the excavator 2:11:42 - Returning the boat 2:13:41 - Winter arrives 2:14:44 - A few months later 2:15:45 - Installing the heat pump inside my garage 3:11:24 - Total cost of my geothermal heating installation