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    Radiant Heat and Drains in slab

    Installed my radiant pex already. Slab is 5" thick with rebar 2'OC and pex-al-pex stapled to 2"XPS under the slab. Have four - 2" floor drains that are gravity fed to exits on back of shop. Do I need to be concerned about cold air transfer to building? Was considering putting one way valves...
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    Radiant Heat costs

    Just finished constructing a 40x6016 pole barn in Central Kentucky with a 14x24 extension on the back. The slab is 5" thick, and I installed 10 loops 245' long (253' of you count the tubing coming out of the slab to the manifold). After much research, I have chosen to use Mike Bloomington's...
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    Need Help Lighting up a 40x60x16

    Read through the Lighting stickys (several hours worth) and decided Platonic Solid was a rock star who has helped SO many! After reading through the litany of posts, however, I find myself more confused than before on what I actually need... Different lights require more or less fixtures to...
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    Thanks to You All! My new garage is coming along

    So, I started lurking on Garage Journal a couple years ago. Last June I bought my new home, and started building my dream shop. Thanks to all the input found here, I was able to determine not only what I wanted, but to cycle through pictures, articles, and dialogue from so many of you on what...
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    Wiring up a new shop - questions about sizing

    The structure is up for my new pole barn. 40x60 with an additional 240 sq ft in the rear to house my compressor/dust collector/etc. and so I can have a small area dedicated to spraying. I plan to run a CNC router at some point and have a 25hp 3-phase converter and a step up converter to run...
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    a window in my skylight opening

    So... have very inefficient skylights in my home. I insulated in the attic as much as I could but can still feel the draft. What happens if I frame in 1/4" glass at ceiling depth? Would there be a condensation issue?
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    Radiant Heat - Before I pour

    I am building a 40 x 60 shop - have much of the grading completed and am planning the flooring system. I have already purchased 2" ISO board to insulate under the floor and along the sides. In the process of ordering the 1/2" PEX pipe to run my laterals at 1' spacing apart. Will tie them into...
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