Pluribus
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Nice space! If you're willing to share, what did it cost for the floor heating system? I'm in the midst of designing a shop, and I'm intrigued by in-floor radiant.
Mr Bob's Garage
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Sure. I have a whole spreadsheet I kept for the entire build. But from my memory it was around 5k for the whole shebang. That's boiler and components, pex, insulation, and other bits. I did all the work myself though. Insulation, pex layout, manifold and boiler install, etc.
Pluribus
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Thanks for sharing. Based on that, my guess is that I'm going to skip the in-floor. I'm in a temperate climate, and I'm willing to work at around 50 degrees, so I don't see it being worth it for me. My average January high temperature is in the mid-40's, with the low being in the mid-30's.
I can understand that rational. I keep my shop at 50, but our winters aren't nearly as nice! But don't forget, you don't have to totally finish the radiant system like I did...
Assuming you want to stay where you're at for awhile, remember you might change your mind someday. And it's always a good idea to insulate the slab even if you don't want the radiant heat. So assuming you WILL insulate, it won't cost you much more to just run the pex and finish the concrete. If you never use it, it's only the cost of the pex that you'd spend to have it there...the costly components are the heating system. Just my .02 cents.
Pluribus
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Food for thought...thanks!
Then again, I do fear the snowball project. While I'm doing this, I might as well do this...and so on...lol.
matt_o_70
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I built my garage a while ago, and my only regret was not insisting on under slab foam and putting tube in for 'someday' radiant heat.
I have been pleasantly surprised by how well a single overhead 220V electric heater works to bring inside from 32 to 50-60 in 30minutes, BUT the floor is still VERY cold to be on sitting, laying or standing.
Paul_VR6
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I always liked the serp swap on the 16v. Cleans things up nicely.
Paul_VR6
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Yea depends on the crank pulley and all the info is old/lost pics at this point.
Good luck!!
Good luck!!
Nice build! I'm at the floor pouring stage. And trying to decide how I'm going to do the radiant heat. And since I'm in Central NY- I figured you would be a good one to ask. I'm going with a 6" pour. Trying to figure out what to use under it. Plain foam, then mesh with the tubing tied to it? Or go with a tile like you did where the tubing is popped in. What tile did you use? And did you also use mesh on top? My contractor says we can use mesh, or use fiber. He prefers fiber.
Sorry xwild, haven't been on the site for a bit...
I read so many articles about what material is the best to use and if stapling directly to the insulation or having it float is best...you'll get tons of different opinions. If interested, check out BadgerBoiler and his posts on this site. He has a lot of insight on the tubing layout.
I ended up going with Crete-heat panels. I stumbled onto a CL post from the main manufacturer in Mass. He would routinely collect the rejected panels from his buyers and sell them. It made tubing layout very easy...I did 1200sq/ft within a few hours by myself.
I laid out the tubing and put re-mesh over that. And suspended it on re-mesh chairs(that name is wrong) but it keeps the re-mesh properly suspended in the concrete.
My understanding on fiber in the mix is it's not used as a replacement for re-bar or re-mesh. If you plan on doing a lift, definitely use re-mesh...not sure how big you're going, but it's not that much to get re-mesh. In the grand scheme of things, it's another $6-700. When you add the total what you'll spend to build the whole garage, that won't bother you at all. Just my opinion though.
I read so many articles about what material is the best to use and if stapling directly to the insulation or having it float is best...you'll get tons of different opinions. If interested, check out BadgerBoiler and his posts on this site. He has a lot of insight on the tubing layout.
I ended up going with Crete-heat panels. I stumbled onto a CL post from the main manufacturer in Mass. He would routinely collect the rejected panels from his buyers and sell them. It made tubing layout very easy...I did 1200sq/ft within a few hours by myself.
I laid out the tubing and put re-mesh over that. And suspended it on re-mesh chairs(that name is wrong) but it keeps the re-mesh properly suspended in the concrete.
My understanding on fiber in the mix is it's not used as a replacement for re-bar or re-mesh. If you plan on doing a lift, definitely use re-mesh...not sure how big you're going, but it's not that much to get re-mesh. In the grand scheme of things, it's another $6-700. When you add the total what you'll spend to build the whole garage, that won't bother you at all. Just my opinion though.
