Heated Garage Floor?
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This would be for a brand new garage, brand new house. I'm looking at buying land right now, so I'll be building in stages
probably:
5,000 sq foot garage
THEN a house
lol!
I plan to have at least 1 hoist in my garage, so I don't "need" heated floors, but I figured it would heat the garage better. I didn't know it was so cheap these days, having a heated driveway would be nice! With some of the ice storms we get up here by the lake
probably:
5,000 sq foot garage
THEN a house
lol!
I plan to have at least 1 hoist in my garage, so I don't "need" heated floors, but I figured it would heat the garage better. I didn't know it was so cheap these days, having a heated driveway would be nice! With some of the ice storms we get up here by the lake
Originally Posted by zo6vetteman2003
... His electric bill was $2000.00 a month for a 4500 square foot residence. The three zones had one 8 kw and two 10kw reheats, because his leaving air temp was too low...
I wonder if geothermal with gas backup would be an economical way to heat water?
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from what I can tell, yes geothermal is expensive upfront, but after that, everything should be pretty dirt cheap (no pun)
plus the cost of electricity and gas is always going up...as of right now...they can't tax me for a hole in the ground for geothermal
...yet
also, maybe theres a tax write off for geothermal since all of this "go green" sh*t is in the news
plus the cost of electricity and gas is always going up...as of right now...they can't tax me for a hole in the ground for geothermal
...yet
also, maybe theres a tax write off for geothermal since all of this "go green" sh*t is in the news
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Don't forget with in floor system you can zone each room, and even a small area just for your car. As said, we have a couple of units in my building and it's great. Laying on the floor even when the air is cold is very comfortable. Plus you don't have to wait for the whole shop to warm up if you keep the heat low when you're not around for days at a time.
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Don't forget with in floor system you can zone each room, and even a small area just for your car. As said, we have a couple of units in my building and it's great. Laying on the floor even when the air is cold is very comfortable. Plus you don't have to wait for the whole shop to warm up if you keep the heat low when you're not around for days at a time.
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im sure that will be very nice having heated floors hope nobody does that in florida though cause it be really hot. I love having the AC in the garages now though so much nicer to be out there.
This might be a stupid question, but with the in- floor radiant heat, in the summer can you run just plain cool water through the PEX tubing and keep the floor temps down?
I'd have loved to have radiant floor heating in our house, but my wife didn't want to build, so we just bought one with a furnace!
Good Luck!
I'd have loved to have radiant floor heating in our house, but my wife didn't want to build, so we just bought one with a furnace!
Good Luck!
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I installed a radiant loop in my ~1000 sq foot garage floor. It was the best move I ever made. I heat it in winter with 3 4x8 solar hot water panels and the garage never goes below 60 in the winter. I tried heating it with the gas boiler the first winter but it was crazy expensive. the solar panels work excellent and have the added benefit of providing domestic hot water from may to november when I dont need to heat the garage. I also covered the floor with commercial viny tiles and I cant tell you how much nicer it is to slide undeer a car on a nice warm floor in january.
