Under floor heating

[Hilly]

Is the midden near the workshop? Run insulated pipes they use in ground source to the midden and collect the heat from the muck, run it back to the workshop.

Often thought of that but getting the pipes out …. Urgh how long do you think a muck midden would last hot ?

 

[tepapa]

Often thought of that but getting the pipes out …. Urgh how long do you think a muck midden would last hot ?

Could you make a sort of radiator, sort of metal gate sized, but with a continuous pipe obviously braced solid so you could lift it out with the loader. Then an inlet and an outlet pipe connected to come out the sides with taps on. Add another "gate" as you added muck to increase service area and the midden filled up.
You'd lose heating in the summer if you spread the muck though .

 

[Wisconsonian]

Don't use an electric water heater off a generator, get an indirect water heater tank, or a heat exchanger for the water tank, or a tank wrapped in plastic pipe even. Still needs a TPRV like any water heater.

If you want to get really cute, bury a field of loops a foot under the concrete and set your pump controls to pump into the concrete until that thermostat turns off, then pump into the deeper slab to store heat to come up overnight and the next morning before starting.

Don't even think of using midden heat until you've used all the coolant heat, and most of the exhaust heat.

 

[Hilly]

Could you make a sort of radiator, sort of metal gate sized, but with a continuous pipe obviously braced solid so you could lift it out with the loader. Then an inlet and an outlet pipe connected to come out the sides with taps on. Add another "gate" as you added muck to increase service area and the midden filled up.
You'd lose heating in the summer if you spread the muck though .

Exellent idea

 

[Hilly]

Don't use an electric water heater off a generator, get an indirect water heater tank, or a heat exchanger for the water tank, or a tank wrapped in plastic pipe even. Still needs a TPRV like any water heater.

If you want to get really cute, bury a field of loops a foot under the concrete and set your pump controls to pump into the concrete until that thermostat turns off, then pump into the deeper slab to store heat to come up overnight and the next morning before starting.

Don't even think of using midden heat until you've used all the coolant heat, and most of the exhaust heat.

Good idea as well , i could easily bury pipe below .

 

[Forever Fendt]

Planning early stages but planning a new farm workshop and id like underfloornheating , have any of you done it ? Is it do able workshop ? 150mm thick concrete floor ? Is it very expensive?

buy another coat

 

[Hilly]

buy another coat

My ethos in life is to invest in improving life for myself and them around me .

 

[Forever Fendt]

My ethos in life is to invest in improving life for myself and them around me .

Insulation under the slab and around the edges will be required , we’ve only done one industry unit where the slab was fully insulated most just have the perimeter done , I am not sure I like the idea of a compressive material under a slab that potentially could have high point loads on it and you would have to think carefully if you want to fasten anything down in the future

 

[Wombat]

The Americans seem to have underfloor heated workshops, certainly a lot of the guys on you tube do where it gets cold over winter to give them somewhere to work but also store stuff they don’t want down to -25

 

[Speedstar]

Planning early stages but planning a new farm workshop and id like underfloornheating , have any of you done it ? Is it do able workshop ? 150mm thick concrete floor ? Is it very expensive?

Henderson grass in selkirk have under floor heating in there work shop it works very well, works off a GSHP

 

[Courier]

I put underfloor electric heating cables in the milking parlour pit in 1974 - bliss and an excellent place to chuck frozen hosepipes on between milkings if someone hadn’t already blown them through after previous use.

 

[Speedstar]

I thinking insulation pipes then 150 mm concrete , or would that not work ?

Insulation then steel mesh with the pipe work fitted to it then 150mm of concrete & it will be find that is how it is done

 

[Speedstar]

Flat out for 8hrs off for 16 thermostat this is redneck country not the shires

leave it on all the time , concrete gets warm & takes very little heat to keep it warm

 

[Courier]

Insulation then steel mesh with the pipe work fitted to it then 150mm of concrete & it will be find that is how it is done

If the concrete is too thick the response time will be extremely slow ( think up to 3 days)

 

[Hilly]

If the concrete is too thick the response time will be extremely slow ( think up to 3 days)

I just want it to tickle away 5 month winter .

 

[Northeastfarmer]

It’ll cost a small fortune to heat….tell Your worker to get some insoles in his boots and some quilted overalls

 

[Hilly]

It’ll cost a small fortune to heat….tell Your worker to get some insoles in his boots and some quilted overalls

I dont want to be one of them moaniing twonks ,,, cant get staff….

 

[Northeastfarmer]

I dont want to be one of them moaniing twonks ,,, cant get staff….

Gas oil at 115p so kero will be heading onwards now

 

[Hilly]

I went to a bankrulcy sale a while ago and the gossip previous was he was paying men £1000 week , i looked round his workshop and thought id need more than £1000 week to work in this sh!t hole was worse than prison ….

 

[organicguy]

We heat a tack room with water that is warmed under the concrete of a calf shed. Easy to set up and keeps the tack room nice,just circulated with a central heating pump. Excellent base heat.