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[Peter Fels & Phoebe Palmer]

ask Frosty

Andrew Vida wrote:
> 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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