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Re: my extra garage space
« Reply #30 on: May 12, 2016, 01:30:23 PM »
Since you're in NY and plan to work on vehicles in the garage - look into radiant heated floors.
I'll just use a salamander or similar
I can't justify the extra cost of that, as nice as it would be..

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Re: my extra garage space
« Reply #31 on: May 12, 2016, 02:47:26 PM »

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Re: my extra garage space
« Reply #32 on: May 12, 2016, 03:28:49 PM »
Since you're in NY and plan to work on vehicles in the garage - look into radiant heated floors.
I'll just use a salamander or similar
I can't justify the extra cost of that, as nice as it would be..

If you can swing the relatively small cost of insulating the slab and tubing, do that now.  That can sit dormant until you are ready to hook it up.  There have been times over the last two winters I wished I had done it in the shop.
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« Reply #33 on: May 12, 2016, 04:50:24 PM »
I would really consider adding the tubing now rather than wishing you did.

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Re: my extra garage space
« Reply #34 on: May 12, 2016, 06:22:10 PM »
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ppuz7gubgmeaf1w/Feature%20sheet%20-%20Trussed%20Garages.pdf?dl=0

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that's a little different than what they have on their website

Since you're in NY and plan to work on vehicles in the garage - look into radiant heated floors.
I'll just use a salamander or similar
I can't justify the extra cost of that, as nice as it would be..

If you can swing the relatively small cost of insulating the slab and tubing, do that now.  That can sit dormant until you are ready to hook it up.  There have been times over the last two winters I wished I had done it in the shop.

I'll look into it, anyone know companies that have the parts/systems?

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Re: my extra garage space
« Reply #35 on: May 13, 2016, 11:03:08 AM »
so, i know trusses are better, but what are the pros & cons?

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« Reply #36 on: May 13, 2016, 11:14:20 AM »
Engineered for strength and weight, easy and fast install.  It used to be that 24' trusses are so common that they were ridiculously cheap.
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Re: my extra garage space
« Reply #37 on: May 13, 2016, 02:10:05 PM »
that's what i thought
sounds good to me

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Re: my extra garage space
« Reply #38 on: May 15, 2016, 11:26:30 AM »
there's a lot to radiant heated floors..

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Re: my extra garage space
« Reply #39 on: May 15, 2016, 01:26:20 PM »
Tubing, a pump, and a hot water heater. Boom. Glycol to protect from freezing and help corrosion. Boom.


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Re: my extra garage space
« Reply #40 on: May 15, 2016, 04:21:17 PM »
usually a bit more than that....

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« Reply #41 on: May 15, 2016, 05:27:48 PM »
That looks like a 5 or 6 zone system, not a low buck take the chill out of the shop system.


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Re: my extra garage space
« Reply #42 on: May 16, 2016, 07:54:28 AM »
Tubing, a pump, and a hot water heater. Boom. Glycol to protect from freezing and help corrosion. Boom.


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don't forget the insulation under the slab, possibly moisture barrier too

that pic is definitely a bigger system

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« Reply #43 on: May 16, 2016, 09:42:02 AM »
That's only a 6 loop,  2 zone system.  Don't go too few loops,  it'll cool down the liquid enough to cause corrosion issues with your heater.
At our farm they had to put in a heat exchanger between the stove and floor due to too big of a temp drop with the large loops.

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« Reply #44 on: May 16, 2016, 08:08:42 PM »
That pic looks more complicated than it needs to be.  In my system, the manifolds are in the floor for all the loops.  Then a pump and zone valve feed the manifolds.

Definitely insulate the slab.  It will respond quicker.

The concentration of loops is important too for "heat banding".  Loops should only be certain lengths to prevent >20* temp drop.  There should be plenty of information online to educate yourself.
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