[TheForge] Re: WAAAAAAAAY OT (while we're talking about buildings and heat)

[Mike Spencer]

> Another person suggested radiant heat (insulation with or without).
> That's about another 5k and if it breaks it would be a nightmare to
> fix. But people say it's pretty cool to have nice warm floors.

One of the people I consulted about my shop recommended in-floor water
pipes for heat.  I've been in a couple of shops that have it and it
is, in fact, real nice.  But I decided not to do it.  I'm big on KISS.

Early on, before PVC and other plastic pipe, they used galvanized
steel pipe to do this.  Potential disaster.  When I worked on
construction in the mid-60s, we went to a house that my employer had
built in the early 50s.  Wall to wall carpet and pad was a nasty,
sodden pile of glop in the yard.  In the living room, the Steinway was
up on blocks along with the other furniture and there was an inch deep
puddle over half the floor.  They tell me that this doesn't happen
with today's plastic pipe.  But if it were to happen, there's no
reasonable way to fix it.  KISS.

OTOH, it gets kinda cold in my shop.

- Mike

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