gayler
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21*, 29 mph wind from the north, two 8x10 doors on the north and its 62 degrees in the shop! 
Thank you heated floor!
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koditten
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I hear you, brother.
Walked out to the shop last night bar footed to grab a beer. 26* outside. My floor felt awesome on my bare feet when I got out there. Was gonna bring the beer into the house to drink it. Said the hell with that. Drank it in the shop.
Walked out to the shop last night bar footed to grab a beer. 26* outside. My floor felt awesome on my bare feet when I got out there. Was gonna bring the beer into the house to drink it. Said the hell with that. Drank it in the shop.
Dragster Racer
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Heated shops are nice to have regardless of how they are heated! No more cabin fever!
Agreed, but having radiant floor heat myself there is nothing quite like it, efficient and inexpensive to run!
That being said though, any heat will do! Good insulation and garage door seals go along ways!
DMARSHALL
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Absolutely the best thing I ever did was design and install Hydraulic in floor heating on my 1300sf attached garage build.Turn the floor on at the end of October and turn it off in April. Two 16 x 7 insulated doors 2x6 framing. Cozy 62 degrees 24/7 All winter long .I'm sure happy with mine 65* all the time no matter how cold it is outside, and the recovery after opening the door is awesome.
Had it open a week back, 16* with a nice wind blowing in the north facing door and it was back to 65* in a few minutes.
Of course the best part is when you have to lay on the floor to work on something it is pure bliss, even in a t-shirt.
Had it open a week back, 16* with a nice wind blowing in the north facing door and it was back to 65* in a few minutes.
Of course the best part is when you have to lay on the floor to work on something it is pure bliss, even in a t-shirt.
theoldwizard1
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21*, 29 mph wind from the north, two 8x10 doors on the north and its 62 degrees in the shop!
But the best thing about a heated floor is warm feet !
I've been looking at few YouTubes on homemade solar thermal water heating systems and one guy built "heat retention tank" which was just 200 gallons of water in basement that was heated with solar panels on roof that had antifreeze running through the roof solar panels and pumped through his 200 gallons of water.
His living room had radiant heat floor which was heated with this hot water, and his DHW was fed with this water that typically was 120 to 140 degrees at peak temperature. He rarely had any expense for DHW as solar did what he needed.
Now if only houses/garages were designed like this in the first place !!
I'd love to have solar radiant heat setup with NG as backup.
His living room had radiant heat floor which was heated with this hot water, and his DHW was fed with this water that typically was 120 to 140 degrees at peak temperature. He rarely had any expense for DHW as solar did what he needed.
Now if only houses/garages were designed like this in the first place !!
I'd love to have solar radiant heat setup with NG as backup.
KCarGuy
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I really should have done that when I planned out my Garage.
Heat in the Garage is one thing....But Heated Floor...That's the $hit!
Heat in the Garage is one thing....But Heated Floor...That's the $hit!
RayBob58
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I planned for it, but it's not finished yet. My intent is to finish and insulate the ceiling before I finish the radiant. Maybe next season. Glad to hear about other's success with it. Here's mine.
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rburke65
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Yes.....maybe next year.i hope