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About 5 yrs. ago I was looking at way's to heat my garage.
I called a solar supplier/installer he told me he could keep my cement slab 80 deg. in the winter. Only problem was that I had already poured the floor.
Not sure of cost's but since you are putting in floor heat in, it may be worth exploring?
Good luck.
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I have radiant heat in my kitchen floor which is a concrete slab. it's soo nice to walk barefoot, the floor is always toasty warm. I wonder if that is simular to the solar floor heat?
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We have radiant in bathrooms and it is very, very nice but still - to do a garage that is empty of people most of the time seems a big waste of energy unless Solar works in your area. It won't work here in Oregon.
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Heating it to 75 degrees would be a waste but to 55-60 isn't in my opinion. When you have tools (like saws, wire welders, battery chargers, even hand tools), tractors, campers, motorcycles, classic vehicles or any other odds and ends that continually go through a freeze/thaw like we do in southern Indiana, condensation is a real problem. Things begin to rust and pretty soon they not only look rough, but might not work properly or at all. It is by far cheaper to keep things a steady temperature than it is to begin replacing things. Heat is also needed to keep any pipes from freezing if you have a sink/bathroom.
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That's a point. I've never experienced that problem.
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I have a 40 x 60 steel pole barn w/concrete floor. I am slowly insulating the vertical walls and so I don't know the overall efficiency of my system yet. Because I receive free natural gas (under a lease w/local gas provider for their underground storage), I elected to install a hanging unit heater. I went with a 200k btu Reznor. It provides a quick heat time (comfortable w/i two hours from a beginning tempurature of 20 degrees farinheiht. One thing I know about this system is that it is simple to maintain and use. That fits my lifestyle. If I know I will be using the tractor the next day I will turn it on at night. I use a thermostate with a low setting of 40 degrees, so I can keep the edge off at all times if necessary. I will watch the gas bill to see what it uses throughout this first winter.
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Yes, the type of system I am referring to is a solar panel
with antifreeze type liguid in your in floor radiant heat.
I understand the concrete slab will retain heat for sometime
for those cloudy days. I suppose a person could have a small back-up system. I was surprised to learn it would work here in Maine.
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I receive free natural gas I will watch the gas bill to see what it uses throughout this first winter.
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If it's free why do you get a bill?
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I receive free natural gas :
Boy must be nice.
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If I had free gas I would not pay an electric bill either.
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Our pole shed is 26x40 with twelve foot sidewalls and it has the in floor head. The in floor seems to be the most efficient way to heat if you want to keep it warm all winter. It cost me around $300 for the winter at 50 degrees using an electric boiler wite off peak electric. The only drawback to the in floor is the longer recovery time.
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