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Andre - Have fun camping. Milwaukee sounds like fun!
Darren - sorry your truck is still giving you problems. I tried to rep you for the "If it stars" comment, but I got no ammo.
Matt - Have fun at Jellystone!
DAK - Glad you made it to AK. Get a '15!!
Bill - Have fun at the game.
Tim - Have fun at the smoke shows.
Gerry - You are going to love your toasty floor.
Take lots of pictures, just in case you ever need to know the location of the pex tubing.
It's the best feature in my shop, I love it! It's worth every penny. I just wish I would have heated my basement floor. I'm still kicking myself for that one.
x3 on the slab heat Gerry. We have it in the garage and basement in the city and it is really nice. Yer gonna want a floor drain in the garage as well to deal with the melted snow. Recovery sucks but a nice warm floor is soooo nice. You can do outdoor reset control real easy with a simple Techmar controller. I can get you some info if you like, maybe a bit overkill for a garage but it will avoid the huge overshoot when it is only cool outside. I put one on my system in an hour.
Andre - Have fun camping. Milwaukee sounds like fun!
Darren - sorry your truck is still giving you problems. I tried to rep you for the "If it stars" comment, but I got no ammo.
Matt - Have fun at Jellystone!
DAK - Glad you made it to AK. Get a '15!!
Bill - Have fun at the game.
Tim - Have fun at the smoke shows.
Gerry - You are going to love your toasty floor.
Take lots of pictures, just in case you ever need to know the location of the pex tubing.
It's the best feature in my shop, I love it! It's worth every penny. I just wish I would have heated my basement floor. I'm still kicking myself for that one.
Have a good one guys.
Thanks Gavin, it was fun.
I'm sure a few people already know this but here goes anyhew.
In reguards to finding pex after concrete is placed and you decide you want to put one of them new free standing hoists in, but don't want to ruin the Pex. Just buy your friends at the fire station a few beers. Turn on the heat, and use the infrared viewer to find lines, mark with chalk and you're done!!
Gerry - You are going to love your toasty floor.
Take lots of pictures, just in case you ever need to know the location of the pex tubing.
It's the best feature in my shop, I love it! It's worth every penny. I just wish I would have heated my basement floor. I'm still kicking myself for that one.
Have a good one guys.
How many zones do you have? Looks like quite a few going by the riser pipes.
How many zones do you have? Looks like quite a few going by the riser pipes.
Ummmm, well I guess it's one zone with nine loops that are 200-250' long, eight loops in the shop and one in the kennel. Or it's just nine zones? I use a couple of 4 valve manifolds (manual valves not powered) to adjust (restrict) flow to the loops (zones). The thermostat temp sensor is in direct contact with the floor and insulated so it is unaffected by variations in air temperature. I use single pump controlled by the thermostat and a water heater set at ~105°F so I don't need a mixing valve. It's a very cheap setup. When I first hooked it up I wanted to see if I could just use the water heater to heat the floor without the boiler and it's been hooked up like that since 2002, with the boiler still in its crate.
I originally got the water heater just to use the tank as a reservoir.
Originally Posted by Dakster
looking at getting a 15 now...
learning how valuable radiant floor heating is... seeing posts about it I can now relate.
Gerry are you going to throw a party when you finally get your truck???
wish we could do something more for Darren...
Radiant heat is the best, no cold feet, no cold floor.
Ummmm, well I guess it's one zone with nine loops that are 200-250' long, eight loops in the shop and one in the kennel. Or it's just nine zones? I use a couple of 4 valve manifolds (manual valves not powered) to adjust (restrict) flow to the loops (zones). The thermostat temp sensor is in direct contact with the floor and insulated so it is unaffected by variations in air temperature. I use single pump controlled by the thermostat and a water heater set at ~105°F so I don't need a mixing valve. It's a very cheap setup. When I first hooked it up I wanted to see if I could just use the water heater to heat the floor without the boiler and it's been hooked up like that since 2002, with the boiler still in its crate.
I originally got the water heater just to use the tank as a reservoir.
Radiant heat is the best, no cold feet, no cold floor.
I'm outta ideas for Darren's truck too.
Party at Gerry's place.
Looks good! I'm planning to build a shop when I move again, miss having the one at the old place. I'll do in floor heating. Using a water heater is the much less expensive way to go and works pretty well for a shop or secondary method of home heating.
WOW thx for all the ideas guys, I figured what the heck, might as well do the in floor heat............ there is a drain floor in the garage,
Gavin you still can do it in your basement, just run the PEX & add 2 inches of concrete...
I did take lots of pics, I'm at the trailer now & I dont have the camera cord with me....
07-26-2014, 07:01 AM
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