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    Stem Wall Radiant Floor Routing

    Here is how I routed my pipe. This keeps it out of the floor and in the wall. I think it should work pretty good. Here is the tube layout.
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    Shop Almost Done!

    Here is my shop, I am getting really close.
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    Insulation between slab and stem wall

    I need help. I am puring my slab very soon and I need to understand what I should do between the stem wall and the slab. I have had a comment that someone put the foam 2" below the height of the slab and then cut a 2x4 to fill in the rest of the way. I do not want to have 2" of foam exposed...
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    True Test of Hydronic Heat

    Ok, I am about ready to start pouring my footings, stem walls, and then slab. My shop will be 26 x 45. I have four loops of 1\2" tubing that I will staple directly to the 2" insulation. I will have two heat sources, one is the hydronic and the other is forced air (I have been given a forced...
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    Bonus Room or 10' Door???

    I have my garage foundation started (just dug out yesterday):bounce: and I am still trying to figure out what I want to do. The city I live in will not allow a garage to be over 22' high or it can not be taller than the house. So if the house was 26' tall I could not be taller than 26' but...
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    2x8 vs 4x8 sheets of foamular 250

    My local supplier has plenty of sheets of 2x8 in stock and only 19 4x8. Is it ok to lay the 2x8 under the slab. another question: I can not figure out if the 2"foam on the inside of the stem wall should come up past the slab or should it be 1" below the surface and the slab goes all the way...
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    Argggg Septic System

    Well, I am ready to break ground for my new shop next week and I decided to look at my septic tank and make sure it was draining good (have had problems in the past). I found that the leach field is full again. It is not draining as fast as my three kids are putting it in. So now I have to...
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    What would you do different on your garage

    I am going to start building my shop (26x45) in the next couple of weeks and have a lot of ideas. However, I would love to hear what other people would do different on their shop. I build a lot of customs and street rods. So any suggestions from painting\body working to electrical, to heating...
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    Hi from Idaho

    Hello, I am going to start fabrication of my new garage and have already found so much out on this site. My shop will be 26x45 with a bonus room upstairs. I am planning on radiant floor heat, 10' welding shop at one end and other stuff. I love to build customs, street rods, etc.
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