Planning For Radiant Floor Heat

Morning:

We arrived at site mid morning. The concrete crew continued to set up forms for stem wall. Later, Garret set up a form for the conduit footer gap that will be poured when the walls are poured.

Foundation Wall Forms:

Living Room and Master Bedrooms	Radient Heat Buck Out
Conduits For Circuit Breaker Panel	Sewer Conduit In Finished Wall
Garage And House Center Note footer form below conduit	Breakfast Nook, Kennel Room, Office, and Garage
Foundation Wall Forms Detail

Afternoon:

Doug Felton, of the Plumbing Connection, arrived. He and Garret set up a buck out for the radiant heating connections in the back garage wall and installed conduit for the sewer in the dining room wall. After discussions with Doug, Gary & Lani selected propane for the energy source to heat the house. The system they are designing for us has an 80 gallon holding tank for domestic hot water. Coils in the tank transfer heat to the sealed radiant heat tubes (4000 feet, almost a mile of them) in the concrete slab. We also discussed the number and location of zones with Doug who gave us an overview and said that Bret, his radiant heat expert, would discuss the details at length with us. Propane heat exchangers are very efficient when compared BTU to BTU. Response time is much quicker than electric, requiring only hours to get our system up from a cold state rather than days. Propane will fuel the domestic hot water, radiant floor heat, the range cook top, a gas grill, and a backup 10 KW generator.

Propane is considered a green fuel for the environment but is not a renewable fuel. Click on this paragraph for a brief description of the green aspects of Propane.