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<blockquote data-quote="customcj7" data-source="post: 612316" data-attributes="member: 3103"><p>I'll tell you one thing, and I will be doing this on my next shop, if you can, invest in the pex tubing to run radiant heat in the concrete slab. </p><p></p><p>Put some insulation down between the rock grade, then rebar, then pex tubing. You may never even use it, but the initial cost of all the pex would be minor. But later, if you're out there all the time in winter like I was, it would be worth gold to have radiant floor heating. I insulated the living **** out of my shop, 1" spray foam throughout, then R19 batts on top of that, enclosed ceiling, the works. In summertime the hottest it would get would be around 85 degrees. If I kicked on the window AC unit it would hold 75-78 easy in 95 degree heat, and with no humidity. However in winter, I would have to run my mega heater for hours to get it up to 50 degrees. That concrete slab was so damn cold it was almost impossible to battle the temperature. If it was even slightly warmer than the freezing slab it was, my shop would have held a warmer temperature much easier and without having to run my super heater so much. I'm not talking making it 70 degrees, but I shot it with a temp gun and the slab was 45 degrees some days.</p><p></p><p>My plan is to run pex for radiant flooring, and then integrate and electrical instant water heater. I won't have gas out there so I don't have a choice. But I plan to utilize a thermostat that can be controlled via Wi-fi. If I know at work that I'll be hitting the shop that night, I can turn it on around 2:30 or 3:00pm and by the time I get home, it will be nice and warm.</p><p></p><p>Even if you don't ever use it, if you sell the house, that would be a BIG perk to the future buyer.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="customcj7, post: 612316, member: 3103"] I'll tell you one thing, and I will be doing this on my next shop, if you can, invest in the pex tubing to run radiant heat in the concrete slab. Put some insulation down between the rock grade, then rebar, then pex tubing. You may never even use it, but the initial cost of all the pex would be minor. But later, if you're out there all the time in winter like I was, it would be worth gold to have radiant floor heating. I insulated the living **** out of my shop, 1" spray foam throughout, then R19 batts on top of that, enclosed ceiling, the works. In summertime the hottest it would get would be around 85 degrees. If I kicked on the window AC unit it would hold 75-78 easy in 95 degree heat, and with no humidity. However in winter, I would have to run my mega heater for hours to get it up to 50 degrees. That concrete slab was so damn cold it was almost impossible to battle the temperature. If it was even slightly warmer than the freezing slab it was, my shop would have held a warmer temperature much easier and without having to run my super heater so much. I'm not talking making it 70 degrees, but I shot it with a temp gun and the slab was 45 degrees some days. My plan is to run pex for radiant flooring, and then integrate and electrical instant water heater. I won't have gas out there so I don't have a choice. But I plan to utilize a thermostat that can be controlled via Wi-fi. If I know at work that I'll be hitting the shop that night, I can turn it on around 2:30 or 3:00pm and by the time I get home, it will be nice and warm. Even if you don't ever use it, if you sell the house, that would be a BIG perk to the future buyer. [/QUOTE]
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