Hello AC_Hacker,
I had previously posted the below in your other thread "DIY Hidronic Floor Heating", but I just now found this thread and I think it is more appropriate.
I must say that I only read the first and last page, so please forgive me for asking questions or advice that has already been answered.
Here is what I posted:
"What a thread this is: 57 pages, 580 posts....
I have been reading all day, followed countless links and learned a lot, thank you all!!!
My interest is in a new home I will be building in 4~5 months, hopefully the last home I have to build:
- The ground floor is 196mq - garage= 150mq and the first floor is 122mq.
- The floors will be solid concrete on sand and limestone ground.
- Walls and roofs will be properly insulated,
- Flat metal roofs.
- Here it never freezes, but we need to heat the house 3~4 months a year
- 8~9 months we open the windows and let the sea breeze in the afternoon and the land breeze at night, but some days it goes over 40c (100F), so cooling ability will help.
I am exploring the ideas of:
- ]Geothermal floor heating using a heat pump with solar as well.
- Perhaps cooling with cool air exchange??
- I am thinking to place the slinkies below the house in trenches, before I build the concrete floor slab, is that a good idea?
- Can I use black poly irrigation pipes for in-the-slab floor heating for the above house?
Any help to get on the right track deeply appreciated!
Keep smiling
Stefano