Tying of The Tubes!!!

Megan was scheduled to get back late afternoon today and I wanted to surprise her. I starting tying the tubes (don't worry parents not those tubes, someday you will get grandkids). I managed to get down around 900 feet of tubing total. If you look in the picture the tubing is spaced about every one foot. For those of you that are not familiar with radiant heat hot water is distributed throughout the floor via the pex tubing. The tubing will in turn heat the concrete which will warm the floors. Radiant heat is supposed to be one of the most efficient types of heat, so hopefully that is the case. If you double-click on the photo you can see the manifold for the main living areas. This manifold will be controlled by a single thermostat allowing us to regulate temperatures in various rooms. From this manifold there are going to be four loops of tubing. Each loop must be around the same length so the water is distributed evenly throughout the floor. If you were to have two 200 foot loops, and two 300 foot loops, the 200 foot loops would steal the water from the 300 foot loops, therefore causing the floor to heat uneven. (water takes the path of least resistance). When Megs arrived home she wanted to see the house, and the slave driver that she is, she wanted to go work. Megs thought that the floor looked good so at least I got the bosses approval. She also managed to put down a extra 200 feet of tubing which she really enjoyed and is now very proficient. Tomorrow we plan to put the rest of the tubing down and install two more manifolds, stay tuned for the next update.