[TheForge] Clear finish

[Larry Ruebush]

Main reason would be to keep the moisture level low to prevent runt on 
everything.
We just poured a garage floor and put the piping in it so I can keep a 
little bit of heat in the concrete to keep the garage dry.
Larry Ruebush
west central IL
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From: "Andrew Vida" <osan at netlabs.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 22, 2008 8:42 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Clear finish


> Oh, I was thinking in terms of a home floor and not a shop's.  Why would 
> anyone put radiant floor heating in a shop?
>
> Andy Gladish wrote:
>> The part that holds the heat tubes that you walk on (above the foam 
>> insulation that is) is 4-6" thick or so. I sure wouldn't make a shop 
>> floor out of this- lime/sand just isn't sturdy enough, I think it would 
>> break down under the abuse, and the linseed oil is soaked into the top, 
>> making Linoleum out of the upper 1/8" or so..fine for a deliberately 
>> rustic living room, but I think you'd get a lot of punctures in a shop.
>> It looks like leather, a rich chocolate brown. Blue clay and masons' 
>> sand..go figure...sure is easy to live with though, and much friendlier 
>> than concrete for winter lounging when it's all heated up.
>>
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