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Message: <blockquote data-quote="REY_off" data-source="post: 229770" data-attributes="member: 693">So, lets spend 3/4 of the cost and then not finish the job. Sounds like a great idea. You'd be dumb not to spend a few hundred more at that point and install the pipe.Floor heat is nice. I have it in my garage and I love it, but i still struggle to justify the cost. I did the whole project myself and it still ran me about 5k (1150 sq ft garage). The insulation, if you do it like you are supposed to, is a majority of the cost.The one downfall to me is that I have to run a dehumidifier in my garage in the winter time after I wash vehicles because the radiant floor heat doesn't remove much moisture. Plus if you don't have your concrete floor coated, it is porus and absorbs moisture. With the foam insulation below the slab acting as a vapor barrier and not letting any moisture drain through, the slab is constantly releasing that water it absorbed back into the room. Plan on coating my floor soon so hopefully that issue gets a little better in the next few winters.If you don't want to do the research to make sure you do the infloor heat the right way, I would either hire a plumber who has plenty of experience in installing in floor heat and a concrete contractor who has done a few of the slabs with tubing in it before, or forgo the project all together and hang a forced air heater in the corner of the shop. There are plenty of stories on the web of floor heat setups that people arent happy with or that have failed because the proper research wasnt done beforehand.If you have questions feel free to PM me and I can steer you in the right direction.</blockquote>

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