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    Pex tubing install. Help

    Thanks guys, alot of good advice there. I live up here in western Montana, so my primary heating source is going to be wood. I was going to use the in floor as more of a comfort thing and extra source when it gets -20 in the winter. I never thought about buying the smaller rolls so their...
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    Pex tubing install. Help

    Okay, so I'm getting ready to have the pad and stub wall poured here in the next week or so, and after the footings are poured, and before the floor is poured, I'm going to lay out my tubing that will be coming up in an interior wall. My question is very simple. What do's and dont's could you...
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    New way to insulate slab?

    He told me that the main reasons he likes doing it is that when he has seen they foam board float, and when walking on it to lay out the pex and what ever else, that he has broken corners and edges off of the sheets. Also the R value will be 10-12. To be honest, I haven't even priced out...
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    New way to insulate slab?

    I'm getting ready to start on the foundation for my garage. And will be installing radiant heating into the floor. Here's where it gets interesting. My contractor has started using the spray type Corebond insulation under the slabs and says he'll never use the foam pads again if he can help it...
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    If I could do it over.

    What would you do different with you next garage build? Okay so I'm getting ready to build a garage and am trying to do it right the first time and am looking for ideas both good and bad that you guys have done. Sort of the do's and dont's of garage building. Here is the plan so far. Size will...
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