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Old 11-23-2009, 09:00 AM   #61
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It's called "in floor heating" and can be done either with hot water or electric.

My parents have it in both the basement and the upstairs (split level house) as well as in the garage.
It is awesome, and I will never pour concrete for a building without it ever again.
How many lines per sq ft are laid down under the concrete? And is there risk of cracking due to thermal differences between those lines?
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Old 11-23-2009, 09:51 AM   #62
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Also, what about those "instant" hot water heater boxes. I've heard good and bad. The good is they heat the water up fast. The bad is if you have "hard" water they can clogged up fast from the build up. Not completely sure on that but I heard it floating around. I wonder how the electric bill is with one?
They've been in Europe for ages.
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Old 11-23-2009, 12:02 PM   #63
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We keep the thermostat on 70 during the winter. 68 during the day when we're at work. Utilities here sure aren't as expensive as what some of you guys have posted...geez.
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Old 11-23-2009, 12:05 PM   #64
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dang 70 is COLD......
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Old 11-23-2009, 05:27 PM   #65
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How many lines per sq ft are laid down under the concrete? And is there risk of cracking due to thermal differences between those lines?










There shouldn't be any risk of cracking. They whole floor ends up being the same temp.

My sister has it in her apartment. I plan on having it in our next house.

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Thanks Flexin for saving me the trouble of finding pics.

yeah, it heats evenly, and the concrete (or flooring material) holds the heat, keeping the room warmer with less energy costs.
In my parents upstairs the tubing is just suspended between the floor joists.

Warming the garage (38X45) to 65 degrees and then turning off the heat, it will still be 55 4 days later, with average outside temps in the teens, and opening the garage door at least twice a day to get vehicles in and out.

Very efficient, and easy.
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you can buy mats now that you can lay down and tile over, they use elec. to get thm heated up.
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you can buy mats now that you can lay down and tile over, they use elec. to get thm heated up.
Yeah I was thinking of putting that down in my bathroom if I ever get around to putting down tile. Then I can get rid of the baseboard heater.

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Thanks Flexin for saving me the trouble of finding pics.

yeah, it heats evenly, and the concrete (or flooring material) holds the heat, keeping the room warmer with less energy costs.
In my parents upstairs the tubing is just suspended between the floor joists.

Warming the garage (38X45) to 65 degrees and then turning off the heat, it will still be 55 4 days later, with average outside temps in the teens, and opening the garage door at least twice a day to get vehicles in and out.

Very efficient, and easy.
I was in a bike shop that had radiant heat. They had a bay door open on a cold ass day and the shop was nice and warm. I was pissed. I didn't want to go back to my cold ass detail shop.

My sisters place is nice but there is one problem. She will turn the heat off if she has a lot of people over there but it doesn't help. We were all there the other night and it hit 24 degrees in there with the heat off. But thats what also makes it good. It heats everything in the room so it stays nice. I guess it was a bitch when it went down in the building for close to a week. Once back on it took a bit to warm back up.

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Here is what RacerX is talking about.



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