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

[Steve Smith]

Radiant heat in the floor sounds very comfortable for a house where you 
want the heat on most of the time in winter. Being an amateur, the heat 
in my shop runs on a pretty low duty cycle, once a week or so. This 
makes me think that radiant floor heat would be expensive since it would 
effectively run all the time due to the long time constant of the floor.

Another type of radiant heat I've heard praises of is overhead radiant. 
This would leave you with a cold floor, but have a relatively fast heat 
up/down time. Anyone use overhead radiant?

Steve

schade at acegroup.cc wrote:

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> On Mar 24, 2006, at 9:41 AM, Justin Fellenz wrote:
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>> Another shop build question: does anyone in a colder climate have
>> experience with insulated concrete floors? I'm building my shop this
>> spring in Kamloops, BC, where it gets a little cold--not like Maine,
>> but cold. Someobody suggested I lay 2 1/2" of polystyrene hard foam
>> under the slab. It's about another 4000 CAD to do it...I'm wndering if
>> it's worth the money and whether it decreases the structural stability
>> of the slab.
>>
>> 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. Thoughts
>> on that welcome as well.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> JRF
>>
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