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10-05-16, 09:18 PM
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Buffalobillpatrick I wish that it performs...
Buffalobillpatrick
I wish that it performs well. You have experience with your home this is good. My experience was much different. I hated ripping it out for a re-do. But the ultimate result is...
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10-05-16, 04:30 PM
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Buffalobillpatrick I don't want to cause you...
Buffalobillpatrick
I don't want to cause you grief but I had done staple up on a bedroom and an ensuite bathroom over a garage. The garage was heated but only to about 10 Deg C. It was a 1/2...
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09-29-14, 02:56 PM
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With the concrete floors constant temp. no...
With the concrete floors constant temp. no expansion are required. Our floors are near 2000 sqft with no cuts. I would not want to entertain the chance of cutting into a tube that may have floated a...
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02-27-14, 06:06 PM
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Just for a little comparison our home is about...
Just for a little comparison our home is about 3600 sq ft. and 2 x 6 construction wrapped in a layer of 2" foam with stucco finish and well sealed. The home is heated in floor with a 6" concrete slab...
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02-27-14, 11:49 AM
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Vlad Those are some impressive results. I...
Vlad
Those are some impressive results. I looked back quickly through your thread and I couldn't conclude the heat source that your utilizing for that $70.00/month heating bill.
The home you...
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12-07-13, 12:39 PM
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Michael Really a nice job!! Nice layout. I...
Michael
Really a nice job!! Nice layout. I like your manifold set-up.
We live in Canada with hydronic floor heating now for a number of years. Of late we had changed from oil fired to solar...
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03-26-13, 05:35 PM
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I sorry I'm not sure what you mean with a 4"...
I sorry I'm not sure what you mean with a 4" suspended floor. Is that a 4" slab of concrete over a layer of insulation. The 1 " overpour of thin-crete or gyp-crete on the second floor I understand....
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03-26-13, 04:16 PM
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Drake DIY Guy I have had that staple up...
Drake
DIY Guy
I have had that staple up system in one bedroom over a garage. It dosen't work. I had water running thru it 180 deg F didn't warm the room. Wouldn't recommend it. Uponor has a...
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03-21-13, 08:37 AM
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Well Cbearden IMHO In my cold climate and...
Well Cbearden
IMHO In my cold climate and trying to get every BTU or Calorie out of my panels to heat my home I will take that 15%. The cost of energy will keep rising but my panels must stand the...
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03-14-13, 06:41 PM
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If you can DIY by all means. My panels are all...
If you can DIY by all means. My panels are all DIY but I,m in the tool & die business so its pretty much the same thing I do all day. When I do the DIY thing I spend money on the best materials so...
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03-14-13, 08:19 AM
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Solar hot water space heating
Good call
Insulating the runs to their point of use. I was going to mention this as I didn`t think about it for my installation. Mine happen to run in a high heat loss area and actually help. I...
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03-13-13, 12:19 PM
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Cbearden Congrats on your new build. You...
Cbearden
Congrats on your new build. You will enjoy the heated floor so much. I have heated floors in both shop and home. The shop was done first to try it out as no-one was doing it around here....
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09-01-12, 11:25 AM
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In-floor heat & fresh air
Vlad wrote:
What about your ventilation system? Do you have any? The problem with radiant floor heating is you still have to bring fresh air because there is no air circulation.
Yes my home is...
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08-30-12, 11:51 AM
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AC Hacker Wrote: It might be useful if you...
AC Hacker Wrote:
It might be useful if you shared a little more of your hydronic heating story...
Maybe a bit about your house, heated floor area, it's insulation (attic, walls, floor),...
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08-29-12, 05:36 AM
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confession located by AC Hacker: I've starred...
confession located by AC Hacker:
I've starred in the movie- I'm ripping out the thin plates under my lossy family room and am replacing them with extrusions to be able to keep up at...
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08-27-12, 09:12 PM
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randen
I thought I would offer some experience here. The...
I thought I would offer some experience here. The staple up PEX beneth the subfloor dosen't work no matter what temp you run thru. From experience the bedroom I tried to heat with the staple up was...
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02-21-12, 06:07 AM
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randen
Geo NR Gee The staple up from beneth the...
Geo NR Gee
The staple up from beneth the floor dosen't work. I had tried that in a bedroom over a heated garage with sprayed insulation between and the room was cold. Even with the tubes 8" apart...
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