LIVING OFF GRID

This blog is about our travels in our solar powered "Airstream" and living off grid, in our passive solar home, near Bancroft, Ontario, Canada.

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Friday 15 February 2013

HOT FLOORS

Glenn finished the in-floor heating hook up today and the hot water is flowing. It will be several days before the concrete feels warmer but it is on the way. It will be wonderful to step out of the shower onto a warm floor.



So  this is the distribution centre for our radiant floor heat. The hot water comes in through the copper pipe just below the pumps and the pumps send it out to the different zones depending on the thermostat readings for that zone.

The cold water is returned to the heat exchanger through the copper tube just to the left of the orange pipes coming out of the floor. Those orange pipes are one of three zones in the house.

All the electrical wiring was done by Shawn Martin. As you can see everything is neat and secure in its place. Thanks Shawn.




All the heat for the radiant floors comes from the white domestic hot water tank seen above. The blue tank is our pressure tank for the water system in the house. The silver pipe above the white tank is the direct vent for the HW tank. That copper box on the wall is the heat exchanger. Small isn't it.





This is the pressure tank for the radiant floor system. Glenn's work is neat and tidy and he made sure everything was working properly before leaving. Thanks Glenn.






Click on  the above picture to see the temperature of the water going into the floor. Look at the black arm, bottom left of the dial. The black arm in the top half is the pressure in the system.




Temperature of the water returning from the in-floor heating. It will be pumped back to the heat exchanger to be warmed up.

If you have any questions, just ask and I'll try and post an answer.

Safe travels everyone.

5 comments:

  1. Great job. You should have nice warm feet now.
    Happy everything went so smoothly.
    You have good workers.

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  2. WOW it is interesting to see all this radiant floor heating come together. You will LOVE it. The only complaint I have ever heard about it is from Lisa's dogs....it is too warm for them LOL. Lisa says not only is the house comfortable, there is less dust and your winter boots dry off quickly and then are cozy to put on for the next trip outside. So glad you have your floor heat in operation. You won't likely use your woodstove nearly as much now. I am also impressed with the workmanship. You researched your projects well. Enjoy those warm feet apres shower !!!

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  3. Toasty toes... a necessity when living in the north ..

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  4. Hey, it was a pleasure working at your place. I still have lots of warm memories of Mary's soup!

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