Radiant heat for my shop

cdv · Oct 18, 2015

getting a new 40x60 pole barn soon in NJ thinking of ways to heat it ,,any pros or cons on radiant heat and gas boiler thanks cdv

johnlobb · Oct 18, 2015

In floor radiant heat is the most comfortable and energy wise, cheapest way to heat anything. Go to heatinghelp.com and buy the radiant heating book from Dan Holohan to keep yourself from any mistakes when building. Very cheap info and insurance against problems. Written for the layperson so it's easy to understand.

gene bender · Oct 18, 2015

Neighbor has one 50x100 living quarters on one end second floor super way to heat had an outfit from MINN to do the tubing and floor.

Jason1Pa · Oct 18, 2015

Other then the cost of installing Ive never heard anything bad about it. Neighbor down the road got it. VERY nice!

Royse · Oct 18, 2015

I rolled my own radiant floor heat in a 32 x 32 x 10 pole barn.
Runs off a standard 50 gallon household propane water heater.
It has worked well for the last 14 years. I wouldn't want anything
else now unless I could get natural gas instead of the propane.

Bradiniowa · Oct 18, 2015

I have had both radiant heat and a hanging Lp heater. My son now has the radiant heat and my new shop has the hanging heater. We have livestock and the biggest benefit of the shop was keeping the skidloader warm and a place for repairs and to thaw things out if needed. Typically our shops are only heated to around 45 degrees. This is very adequate when your dressed for the weather in Iowa. The hanging heater is a lot better if you have a big project and you want to shed your coveralls and warm things up to work for an extended time. The radiant heat would probably take all day to warm up. I was a little worried about having cold feet with the hanging heater but it just hasn't been a problem. Make sure you use plenty of insulation in floor, walls and ceiling.

David G · Oct 18, 2015

I have radiant heat in my shop, can work in T shirt at 55 degrees.

Make sure and INSULATE under the tubes.

sms · Oct 19, 2015

Radiant is great but just realize you are heating the slab, so don't expect quick response if you turn the thermostat up or down.

Blackhole49 · Oct 19, 2015

Both my barns have natural gas radiant tube heaters in the ceilings. Really love them. They actually warm the floor along with the bldg. The small barn is insulated and heated all winter (SE MI). The large barn is not insulated and we turn the heat on when we are working on vehicles. I keep the small barn at 50* and turn it up when I'm in there. At 60* when it is 0* out, the unit will run twice in a 8 hour day. I can get the large barn up to 55* in the same conditions, but the unit runs most of the time. Both were installed in 2002 and have added about $350 dollars to my annual gas bill. If natural gas is available, I would reccomend it.

rrc300 u · Oct 19, 2015

You will love radiant heat I did my house with it. While I was laying the tube and putting the cement board over it my wife made several comments to the effect of "she knew that stuff was going to be more trouble than it was worth". After moving in and having nice warm tile to walk on I asked I f it was still more trouble than it was worth and all I got was "I guess its OK and huh so that tube is what makes the floor warm I thought the boiler did that". Lol

Get a few good books on radiant heat and read em a couple times. I have not read Dan holohans book on radiant but have read " pumping away" and one of his others on primary secondary piping both are easy to read even if you had no knowledge of heating. I habe use them to teach a couple of our HVAC apprentice s and they seemed to pick it right up.

dzc3 · Oct 19, 2015

I put this in my house. Got everything I needed and good advise from a company called Aqua-Therm up in Mn. I would not even consider another type of heat. Mine runs off an electric boiler made by Burnham. Coop gives a discount on the bill makes it affordable. Your entire system only hold a couple of gals. of water. Hot water heaters work but aren't as efficient because you heat so much more water than you need. Menards sells a unit with gas or electric at a good price. I just don't like their pex pipe when compared to what I got from Aqua-Therm

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