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Do you have a floor drain, and is your floor sloped properly? All the research I have done indicates that it is not a concern as the water is supposed to flow under the tiles. Perhaps someone that has Racedeck can comment.

Our local Sears only had 4 or 5 sockets marked down to .99

What was your technique to painting a straight red line?

Thanks for the advice. I've got some good ideas now!

I am seriously looking at using Porcelain tile to cover our garage floor. For those of you that have done it, what can be installed where the garage door meets the floor? I do not want a raised edge that people will trip on when walking into the garatage. Is there a transition piece that can be...

Insulation is down and tubing went in today. Thanks again for all of the advice on insulation

UPDATE Thanks for all of the info. I met with the builder & HVAC installer, and I insisted that we use insulation. So here is the stack of insulation sheets that is onsite & waiting to be installed. 2" thick sheets of high density foam.

Can you explain that a little more? What is the rule in laymans terms?

This is not our house, it is a picture that was sent to me by a homeowner in our neighborhood. We are using a different installer for our house :thumbup: Is there a spec for how many feet of tubing should be used? Our basement is 1500 sq feet. Thanks!

Thanks for all of your help, guys. Just to clarify a few things: 1. The picture I posted was sent to me by a fellow homeowner in our neighborhood who built a couple of years ago. I called him and asked how his floor heat worked, without having insulation under the tubing. He told me that he is...

What should the loop spacing be, so I can police my install?

Sorry guys, I did not realize that I never mentioned my location. We live in Northern MN, near Brainerd. I spoke with one other homeowner in our developement who built a couple of years ago. He did not use any insulation under the slab either. I have attached a picture that he sent me today...

Update The heating guy reccomends Slabshield. Our builder has not used any form of insulation under the tubing in the last couple of builds; he says that by not using the 2" insulation sheets, we can take advantage of the Geo-Thermal effect. The house is a 1.5 story with a walkout basement...

I found more information on the slabshield. Not sure if I am permitted to post a link, but here is the web site for "slab shield" http://www.slabshield.com/SlabShield/SlabShield.php Does anyone have experience with this product vs the traditional foam sheets?

If I understand correctly after doing some research tonight, the order starting at the bottom is earth/dirt, then vapor barior, then 2" foam insulation, then water tubing with the concrete poured on top of that. Right? Thanks for your help

He told me (unless I understood wrong) that the foam sheets are not needed if we use the slab shield reflector insulation, as the reflector alone has a higher value than the pink foam sheets. What specifically should I ask or specify so I don't mess this up?

We are currently building a new house, and I have requested in-floorheating in our basement & garage. I do not know anything technical about in-floor heating, so I have a few questions that I am hoping someone can answer: 1. Are there brands of boilers that are better then others? I think I...

We are in the process of building a new house with an attached double garage. I have always wanted floor drains, so we will have 2 of them in the new garage. What is the best flooring option to use when you have floor drains? Would I have to use epoxy or could a system like Racedeck or other...

Hello! This is my first post after lurking for a while. We are in the early stages of our new home; we are breaking ground in a couple of weeks. We would like to have radiant in floor heat in the basement. Is it possible to have radiant in floor heat in the garage as well, and run it off of 1...