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plumb bob

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Infloor or Mechanical room?
« on: December 18, 2013, 08:54:51 AM »
So, in a nutshell. My mechanical room for the house is attached to the garage. Baseboard heat with infloor in garage and foyer.
All piping above grade is copper with about 60' exposed in mech room. I haven't used the garage in floor because keeping the door open to the mech room keeps garage at 55-60 deg.
Now I'm thinking that if I use the in floor in garage and shut mech room door i'll use less wood once the slab comes up to temp.With temps below zero at night and barely getting out of the teens during the day, I'd rather use the heat from mech room to heat the house. I'm thinking that there would be less heat loss? am I missing something?
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Re: Infloor or Mechanical room?
« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2013, 11:18:38 AM »
 Bob, I'm not sure you will use less wood, I have in floor in the house and garage also, it is a comfortable heat method which I would recommend but it is probably not the most efficient, mine is insulated with foam and blanket and still the ground adjacent to the slab melts first, the floors are toasty and the house temps are extremely consistent. In my garage I fight the humidity that the vehicles bring in, it's really nice to have your truck dry and warm and if you have to work on something it can't be beat but you have to change the air in order to exhaust the moist air that comes from melting a vehicle (or two) almost every day at least in northern US climate, also the garage doors (although insulated) really lose some heat too.
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