[Farmall] OT-hydronic radiant floor heat

[Gordon Williamson]

  I'd forget about the infloor heat. I built a brand new 40x80 pole barn,
steel shop here in SD a few years ago. Builders installed dropped tin
ceiling, 12 feet high. we blew in 24 inches of insul. 6 inch walls insulated
and lined on inside with 5/8 particle board. Then one of the biggest Reznor
propane heaters I could find hung in the center facing the two overhead
doors. The past three winters I have kept the entire shop at 46 degrees,
24/7 and brought up to 60 during many days for working. Total propane use
for the year was about 375 gallons. Or about 35 dollars a month.  Heater
cost was about 800 dollars.

Gordo

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Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 3:34 PM
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Subject: [Farmall] OT-hydronic radiant floor heat

I know a lot of you guys have built shops to work on your tractors so this  
isn't totally off topic. Hopefully this spring I'm going to be pouring
concrete 
 in my shop. At the present time, I'm not planning on using the hydronic 
heat,  but I want to put the tubing in for future use.
I'm looking for all the info I can find on insulating the slab and how much

and what size tubing to use and reinforcing material. I'm not concerned at
the 
 moment with a heat source. I just want to get the concrete done. It will  
probably be a few years before I get the walls and ceiling insulated. I have

been doing web searches and found all the commercial sites on this but the
info  
is somewhat vague. I'd even consider a good book on the subject if anyone
can 
 recommend one. I would appreciate any good sources of info you guys could  
recommend.
Thanks,
Todd Markle

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