Posted by Dave Sherburne, NY on March 07, 2017 at 10:43:06 from (172.79.136.226):
In Reply to: Garage heating posted by deeredriver2520 on March 07, 2017 at 07:23:36:
I built a smaller shop than you, 20X40 in Wi. 20 yrs ago and put tubes in the floor. The most important thing is insulation and lots of it Under the slab and around the perimeter use POLYSTYRENE sheets, the pink stuff that snaps when you bend it. Mine had sand under the floor about a foot deep with the polystyrene on it, a vapor barrier and 1/2" reinforcing rod 1 foot from the outside wall around the outside and then another at 12"OC then we went to 24 "OC That's what the guy I bought the rod from told me and that's how his was built. His bldg was full of tons and tons of steel. His never cracked and neither did mine. Don't use any old wire you have laying around to tie the tubes to the rods, spring for plastic cable ties. I hooked two thirty gallon water heaters into the lines, and used one at a time to keep the temperature up. I could park a truck in there at night covered in ice and snow and next morning,no ice snow or water standing on the floor. I didn't put any floor drains in the floor, no need for it. My son was helped by Mennonites to build his 40X40 and they put a 2ft. by 4ft 8" deep in the floor to collect the water and drain it out What a pain in the ars cleaning that thing out all the time. NO FLOOR DRAINs So, lots of insulation and no floor drains. I got a pamphlet from North Dakota St university and did mine according to their instructions The 30x30 2 car garage I have now is heated with tubes in the floor and an 18 gallon electric water heater always warm and dry in their.
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