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re: getting pex for staple-up radiant to heating area
28 aug 2005
heatman wrote:
>> >> >once they pex tubes are where they heat, they will be in aluminum heat
>> >> >transfer plates stapled to the subfloor. nothing unusual here. i
>> >> >think the plates are 30 inches long or so and are of a light gauge.
>> >>
>> >> sounds more expensive than warm air under the floor, with a few vents.
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>> >it is more expensive. but the comfort level is much higher.
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>> if the floor temp's equal in each case, would you feel the difference?
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>the floor temps won't be the same. the tile floor in my bathroom is cool
>year 'round...
with no warm air beneath it? :-) if you expect say, 10 btu/h-ft^2, that
might come from an 80 f floor surface with expensive pex and spreaders
beneath or an 80 f r1 floor surface with 90 f air beneath. upstairs,
nobody would be able to feel any difference.
nick
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