Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
09-10-12, 02:48 PM
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
09-10-12, 01:22 PM
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
04-18-12, 01:56 PM
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Climate
I didn't include the climate in my post...
I am in Northern NJ. This week,
it was 70 degrees at 6:30 am.
I believe I am just 35 feet above
the water table. I have one neighbor
who has a...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
04-18-12, 01:17 PM
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Thanks for offering to help.
I don't have...
Thanks for offering to help.
I don't have much info yet.
Based on commercial geo estimates,
I need somewhere between
4 and 8 tons. I need to look again
to see if two or more are close.
I...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
04-16-12, 03:32 PM
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No cutting A/C conversion
Thanks everyone, it's always great reading about things people have tried that worked or taught them something.
Some time ago (about 2 years?), someone posted a picture of an air conditioner with...
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
04-10-12, 11:00 PM
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"stamped" plates
PS about the "stamped" plates....I bought 50' of aluminum soffit,
cut it into 6' pieces, and I could not stamp channels into it.
But a friend suggested making carefully calculated folds
to form...
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
01-19-12, 12:16 PM
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
01-17-12, 12:02 PM
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I don't know how well that would work, as the...
I don't know how well that would work, as the plates serve two purposes....conducting the heat and holding the pipes in place.
It *does* make sense to me to use the foiled insulation in addition...
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
01-16-12, 11:21 AM
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Radiant Floors update
I found out the answer is yes and no...
or yes, and yes. I called Radiantec,
who did not design my experimental
heating system, but they supplied the
staple-up plates and the PEX tubing.
The...
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
01-08-12, 02:00 AM
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Experiments are fun
Experiments are fun, but it's good to
look at the tables.
In about 5 hours, my floors have gone up
one or two degrees.
I'm checking out:
1. temperature needed to heat floors
2. flow rate...
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
01-05-12, 03:10 PM
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Hydronic heat - getting closer
I thought I would share that I am almost
ready for a test of the system.
Here's what I have (pictures eventually).
A B&G circulator will pull water from
the Hot side of an electric water heater....
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
12-22-11, 02:48 PM
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Hydronic heat
I have been inching along with my floors.
(Today is the first day of winter, time to
shift to Overdrive :-)
I have pressure-tested PEX in the floors
(mix of staple-up and embedded in tile),...
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
11-17-11, 11:25 PM
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
11-17-11, 02:34 PM
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Thanks. I have the next experiment in mind - ...
Thanks. I have the next experiment in mind -
and I am working on figuring out a better heat source,
and hooking up a pump and tstat.
My recent experiments provide me some experience
with the...
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
11-17-11, 07:34 AM
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
11-17-11, 07:32 AM
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
11-17-11, 01:41 AM
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I have been working on the hydronic floor...
I have been working on the hydronic floor recently,
and today I tested something.
I may not have learned anything.
I have 600' of radiantec 1/2" O2 barrier stapled
under the floor of a 400 SF...
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
10-02-11, 10:37 PM
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Where does hot water come from ?
Part 2 - Where does hot water come from ?
We are almost finished with an addition
that includes 800 SF that needs heat
(and cool, seasonally :-).
I have some 1500 feet of 1/2" PEX
in the...
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
10-02-11, 10:08 PM
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Replies: 588
Views: 621,278
Pumps
Well,
Winter is coming, so it is time to act.
The main question I have today is,
what are people using to pump hot
water around their hydronic floors?
I went to a plumbing supply house,
and...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
08-09-11, 11:34 PM
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Thanks....first one. There's a
"Cleaning...
Thanks....first one. There's a
"Cleaning Supplies Distributer" in my town.
I spoke to him last week, and on Monday
his workers dropped off 4 barrels.
Compromise, I clean out the last gallon ...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
08-04-11, 04:48 PM
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Replies: 1,943
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Air Conditioner Heat Pump
Has anyone had success with converting an air conditioner to a heat pump without breaking the circuit?
I have an air conditioner that would make a great donor, as it is free and has a bad...
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
07-17-11, 01:43 AM
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Radiant heat 12' between joists
After seeing webaware's post,
I'm reviewing in my mind the options
for putting radiant heat in existing floors.
I have easy access to the joist cavities
in much of the second floor.
The...
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Forum: Renovations & New Construction
07-17-11, 12:09 AM
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Replies: 588
Views: 621,278
webaware, Thanks! This is great for me.
As I...
webaware, Thanks! This is great for me.
As I just had PEX installed with aluminum
staple-up plates in a new addition, now I am
thinking about the old parts of the house.
-First floor - no...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
07-07-11, 01:22 PM
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My wife told me which towel bar to buy....
but...
My wife told me which towel bar to buy....
but that doesn't prevent me from making
a hydronic wall plate radiator below it.
I just learned the meaning of Street Elbow.
(That's how you make a U...
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Forum: Geothermal & Heat Pumps
07-07-11, 12:03 AM
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Replies: 1,943
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Towel Bar
I had the plumber leave me the option of adding a heated towel bar to compliment my radiant floor.
I was thinking along the lines of what Radiantec
suggests here...
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