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We blew in additional insulation and added storm windows for the crappy AW windows which helped quite a bit. Calked the same windows as I think they were installed wrong. Our bedroom is above our garage and is the coolest place in the house in the winter but we haven't had to use the electric baseboard heaters since getting rid of our old furnace. Those costs I mentioned were for a 2440sq/ft ranch with a finished basement.

Since we are pumping heat from one substance to another we don't have the on/off/on/off issues. Temp out the vents is jsut over 90* in the winter and 59* in the summer. The geothermal was more expensive than our other options (no natural gas in the country) but for us the return was 6.5 years and I don't have to fill anything. We are looking at putting a gas fireplace in the basement in case of a long power outage though. My wife likes fireplaces. A lot.