Better be done good....across the street neighbor with large 2 year old Morton pole building/house/garage has had many problems with his heated floors....but they build them with a supply log with valves...so you can shut off loops when they start leaking. Hope they are good for you ! Peace WildBill
Awesome. I have an outdoor boiler/furnace to heat my house. When I built my unattached garage, I added a small 8x16 office and before i poured the concrete i added the pex piping for heated floors from the boiler. It's awesome... i only regret not doing the garage part..... you'll love it when it's done.
Heated floors are very common in Germany for residential heating. If installed properly they will last (I do not know of anybody who is wearing rubber boots at home ).It is a very comfortable way of getting your house warmed up and it is very efficient. The downside is the "inertia". You cannot just crank up or down a few degrees in an instant.
Looks great, did the same thing when we built our shop a few years ago. We have radiant floor heat in our shop and house (both basement and main floor). You will absolutely love it! If your city/county is like ours they will love you. When we built our shop and the county assessor came to look at it when it was done, he had 2 questions, size and is the floor heat in operation? Keith
I believe you are.. Reason I said what I said was, Long time ago I was looking at a house and shop . House looked nice. Shop looked great till I opened the door. the slab was growing a mound. ( kind of looked like something was growing under the slab ) That was a standard slab EZ fix.. Just imagine if that was infloor heat. needless to say I passed on the property.
Looks good. Our new shop has an 8" slab on 2" foam with 4 zones in the garage of radiant. We have 2 fan radiators like the older style modine units that will be a single zone to themselves if I need to bump up the heat quickly. We are looking at a Rinnai direct vent wall mount propane water heater. We also have an indoor wood boiler. I like the updates keep them coming...
Wouldnt wearing heated shoes accomplish the sane thing? Is your shop on a permafrost layer. From a CA guy
Obviously you have never lived in or dealt with real cold temps. Heating the air in a building verses heating the mass solids is like the difference between night and day. But the efficiency all depends on how well the building is insulated and SEALED. Hot water heaters are not a good idea to use for radiant heat (not very efficient) and will cost you a good bit more. Been there and done it. Our shop building (30x48 with 12' walls) is a prime example of a well insulated and SEALED building. Keith
got a quote on a condensing variable btu boiler today. pricey but in the long run im told itll be fine
We've been involved in the construction of several new fire houses in the last couple years for volunteer fire departments. Site work, grading, storm water management, bio-retention ponds, etc. Even here in Maryland where it doesn't get that cold and there is no perma-frost, they have all had heated floors. They used a flexible tubing larger than in the op picture...maybe PEX. And then they poured the concrete over it. Not sure if they were also Geo-thermal or just heated with boiler water. When it does get cold those fire trucks always start right up. When seconds count you don't really want to have to wait any longer than absolutely necessary before help is on the way.
