[TheForge] Clear finish

[Jerry Frost]

Good question Andy, there are at least a couple reasons 
I have personally experienced:

First is comfort. To keep a shop at a comfortable 
working temp, say around 50f (for me) means the floor 
is cold on your feet and too cold to lay on if you have 
too. A warm slab means you can keep the air nice and 
cool and have toasty warm feet.

Second is re-warming the shop if you have to open the 
door in winter. The slab not only warms the air itself 
it warmes the objects by IR radiation. I've worked in 
shops with the doors open at -20f and been surprisingly 
comfortable, the air is cold but you are warm. Same 
thing as standing under a radiant heater after coming 
in from outdoors, say at the local mega mart.

Third is expense, the thermal mass retains heat and 
smooths out the warming curve when you open doors so 
your furnace doesn't come on as often.

Fourth there isn't a big fan(s) blowing dust around, 
blowing the shielding gas away from the mig/tig, dryig 
your eyes out, etc.

Fifth is resale, people will pay more for infloor 
hydronic heat.

Most of all for me it's the warm feet.

Frosty
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If it ain't forged
it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
The FrostWorks

Meadow Lakes, AK.


From: "Andrew Vida" <osan at netlabs.net>


> 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?
>