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jazz4cash · 11-08-2007, 05:35 PM

I did follow up on the comment about the length of piping required per ton and it seems that the standard is approx 1000 ft/ton of heating/cooling....but there is a "slinky" piping layout that compresses 1000 ft of pipe into a 100 ft trench thereby reducing the excavation costs.

11-08-2007, 05:35 PM	#15
jazz4cash Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Laurel, MD Posts: 1,239	I did follow up on the comment about the length of piping required per ton and it seems that the standard is approx 1000 ft/ton of heating/cooling....but there is a "slinky" piping layout that compresses 1000 ft of pipe into a 100 ft trench thereby reducing the excavation costs.