Scott
Member
I'm not really ready to show off the shop yet, although if you look in the topic around the first of the year about messy shops you'd see mine.
I just want to gloat about finally having heat in my shop! I have been working on it for about two and a half years, slowly buying parts as I could afford them. Last Saturday I fired it up and now have a warm shop!
I designed an in-floor hydronic radiant heating system, using a tankless water heater as the heat source. My Wife and I laid out the tubing and tied it to the reinforcing mesh before the floor slab was poured. I've done all the plumbing myself using Wirsbo PEX tubing. I managed to pick up two Aquastar 125 water heaters, one for the heat and the other for domestic hot water. I did pay a friend to run the gas line and vent the heaters. I ended up using a Grundfos circulating pump, and I did all the wiring myself. It fired right up and works great! Not bad considering this was the first time I had worked with most of this stuff - tankless water heaters, radiant heat, circulating pumps, pump controllers and thermostats.
My Wife is impressed enough that she is considering letting me do radiant heat in our cabin this Summer! If anybody has any questions I'd be glad to respond!
Scott.
I just want to gloat about finally having heat in my shop! I have been working on it for about two and a half years, slowly buying parts as I could afford them. Last Saturday I fired it up and now have a warm shop!
I designed an in-floor hydronic radiant heating system, using a tankless water heater as the heat source. My Wife and I laid out the tubing and tied it to the reinforcing mesh before the floor slab was poured. I've done all the plumbing myself using Wirsbo PEX tubing. I managed to pick up two Aquastar 125 water heaters, one for the heat and the other for domestic hot water. I did pay a friend to run the gas line and vent the heaters. I ended up using a Grundfos circulating pump, and I did all the wiring myself. It fired right up and works great! Not bad considering this was the first time I had worked with most of this stuff - tankless water heaters, radiant heat, circulating pumps, pump controllers and thermostats.
My Wife is impressed enough that she is considering letting me do radiant heat in our cabin this Summer! If anybody has any questions I'd be glad to respond!
Scott.