12/14/2023 0 Comments Radiant heat garage![]() Is there anything in particular you recommend that I ask now that you know more about my project. I don't know the loop sizing and layout the contractor is planning, but I'll ask detailed questions now that I have a more clear picture of how this all works and what questions to ask. ![]() I used an online tool to calculate the heat loss for the new garage project (taking into account the R-44 blown-in insulation in the attic space in the trusses, four 2'x4' Andersen windows, one 36"x80" steel door, one 8'x18' R-18 garage door, and R-19 insulation batts + 1/2" drywall on the exterior walls). I would like that radiant pipe to be on it's own zone.Ģ) My basement is unfinished and unheated at this time, and I would like to put an 8' baseboard heating element in the largest room (13' x 30') which is connected to the existing boiler zone which serves all baseboard in the rest of the house. Here are a couple of future projects I have in mind from a radiant heating perspective:ġ) my current garage project is replacing a 20x24 tuckunder garage which I will eventually reclaim as living space once the new garage is active and functional, and am planning to re-pour the concrete slab in the old garage with radiant tube installed prior to building bedrooms in that existing garage space. ![]() What else should I think about as I'm doing this early planning work? Let me know if you need anything additional from me (further description, photos of my boiler, etc) in order to help point me in the right direction.ĭana, thanks for that information! You're correct that my Burnham boiler has 80,000 BTU/hr of rated output.That's great to hear my current project (624 sq ft garage) as well as future radiant heating needs may likely be able to be served by my existing boiler. My understanding is that I will need to add a zone to my existing boiler along with a heat exchanger to separate the glycol system that heats the slab from the rest of the home baseboard fixtures, a mixing vale to regulate temperature of the glycol, a manifold to connect the delivery and return loops, and I'm wondering what else I need to think about for planning purposes. I'm interested in doing this work myself, and would like some help with the planning process. I have had a heat load analysis done on my home to confirm that my boiler has the capacity required to serve a new zone. A contractor is installing the appropriate amount of radiant pex loops in the slab, and I'm planning on finishing the installation by connecting the radiant pipes in the slab to my existing boiler (the boiler is about 20 feet away from where the radiant pipe will connect). I'm building a 24x26 garage addition with radiant heat in the slab. I have a Burnham 204HNSL-BEI2 boiler controlled by a single thermostat which currently serves about 1400 square feet of living space via copper pipes and varying sizes of baseboard fixtures in the various rooms.
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