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For reference, we just had our new radiant heat system up in running earlier this month. I was told numerous times in advance by my buddies who installed it that I will be amazed at how well the slab retains the heat as it is such a large mass. Well, a few days ago it got to -8 degrees. I...

We just fired ours up yesterday for our roughly 1,000 sq ft garage. I have a friend who runs an HVAC company so they handled the install other than running the PEX and a few other miscellaneous items. Right now, we are in central heating mode since we could not get the temp up/down buttons...

DuPage County, Illinois. They would not let us replace the garage floor even though the house was built that way. They would let us leave the slab (grandfathered) but it was cracked and heaved so we figured now was the time to replace.

Thanks guys. Water definitely should not be an issue as the asphalt driveway will be up against the slab and we have a huge slope away from the house on this side (side loader garage). Good advice on the rebar and cool idea on the apron. I was more concerned with the foundation wall being...

Due to the large expense and permanent changes after this is done; I want to double check something before moving forward. As part of our fire rebuild, we ran into a dilemma. We have a four car garage but half was part of an addition. We wanted to replace one slab which was cracked and heaved...

Yes, $50.00. The main issue is that booking is two weeks out so we lost a lot of time

Trust me, it is mixed emotions. Happy we can move forward, but shocking that we wasted two weeks for the re-inspection when it obviously was not needed. Same inspector and he did not even look up at the ceiling. LOL at the discussed on GJ comment!

There was no fix; it was completely unchanged and he passed it.

Update: Today was plumbing re-inspection. He walked up to the garage, said looks good and gave me an approved permit. No, I am not joking. Thanks for the all the input, really appreciate it.

They want R-49 below the water supply pipes. We shall see how the meeting goes next week.

Ha! Sorry, I missed some! Yes, that is my understanding of closed cell as well. Floor joists are 14" wood I-Beams. With closed cell, we would need to drop the ceiling by roughly 4" to be 7" below the lowest water supply. Every unfinished basement I have been in is still conditioned by the...

No, they needed floor plans, which I drew myself so I didn't have to wait any further on 3rd parties.

Thank you so much, really excellent information and appreciate the sentiment. This is basically what we are going to try to sell the inspector on; fingers crossed it works. Our insurance company has been amazing. I actually just told her what was going on and she said to let her know if we...

Really appreciate the reply! Yes, this is something relatively new in DuPage (maybe State as well). No, the plumbing inspector is employed by the County directly. Are you saying it satisfies code to branch off ductwork to heat the joist cavities? If so, we could easily do that!

Correct, regardless of plumbing, ceiling must be R-49. The firefighters broke up multiple ceilings throughout the home and those attic spaces now all have to be upgraded to R-49.

Per County, the entire ceiling has to be R-49. They will not budge on that.

Correct, this is garage journal, nobody wants to lose 12" of garage height! R-49 is roughly 14" thick and we need to be below the water supplies. We might be able to save some inches if we do spray foam, we are looking into that, but I don't have much room to lose and be able to stack cars...

Don't want to. If I can't fit a lift with two cars, the garage (which is the reason I bought the house) has essentially lost its purpose for me.

75gmck25 is correct regarding hearting the garage. It basically is an "energy efficiency" issue per the County. When the garage door is opened, the heat goes out. I believe the same thing happens when you open the front door! You would have to insulate the garage, including overhead doors to...