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   IronDog | Jan 29, 2003 10:02pm | #1

   Mr. Micro,

   How about radiant floor heat?

   Tom

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   Boxduh | Jan 29, 2003 10:43pm | #3

   We are likely to heat the floor below, the main floor, with hydronic in-slab tubing, powered by an electric boiler.  Running a loop upstairs to do this bathroom, according to my plumbing contractor, will be a $2200 add-on, with its separate zone control, etc.  My electrical contractor advises against the various in-floor (we are doing ceramic tile) radiant products; says he has had too many burn out after a relatively short life, and when and if that happens, you are really stuck with a mess.  He will look into the Runtal electric-powered wall units and advise one option, the other he will price is the combo unit I mentioned that is ceiling-mounted.  I am really looking for product advice here.  Alternates to the Runtal?  Quiet, clean options for the ceiling?

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   JeffBuck | Jan 30, 2003 01:48am | #4

   $2200 in the grand scheme of a remodeling project sounds like a steal to get heat where ya need it.

   JeffBuck Construction   Pittsburgh,PA

    Fine Carpentery.....While U Waite                  

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   bobl | Jan 30, 2003 02:09am | #5

   see http://forums.taunton.com/n/mb/message.asp?webtag=tp-breaktime&msg=27053.1bobl          Volo Non Voleo      Joe's BT Forum cheat sheet

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   Piffin | Jan 30, 2003 02:10am | #6

   It also sounds a little high for a loop this size, even with separate zone..

   Excellence is its own reward!

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   booch | Jan 29, 2003 10:39pm | #2

   http://www.electricheat.com

   Is a local manufacturer in Milwaukee that makes electric panels for heating. These panels are metal sheets with stands that are inobtrusive and are made to heat things rather than the air. The heating elements are silkscreened to the back of the porcelain sheet then fired in an oven. They last forever.

   If electric is the mode you are going to use then this is a great alternative. It sounds like you've got a pile of glass and obstructions in the room and this is out of the way and effective. The site shows some ways to make them fit in the room without looking cluttered

   Jack of all trades and master of none - you got a problem with that?
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   jet | Jan 30, 2003 07:08am | #7

   Make the wife a very happy puppy and go with the radiant floor heat.

   Then you can add a heated towel rack.

   I'm all here....... 'cause I'm not all there!
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   Boxduh | Feb 04, 2003 09:52pm | #8

   OK, let's try this.  Attached is my floor plan, shown twice, one scheme and then another.  One uses a Runtal Omnipanel electric "towel warmer" wall radiator, and the other uses an electric radiant cove heater.  Both schemes have a 28" electric hydronic baseboard unit under a window.  What do you like?

   For those with experience with Runtals, etc., how would you wire and control the heating in the scheme using the Omnipanel?  My thought was this: a thermostat controls only the baseboard unit, and the Omnipanel would be the model with the on-its-face manual control (off-lo-med-high).  It is for a spec house likely to be used as a weekend house, and in winter (we are in cold cold ski country) the owners would set the t-stat for, say, 50 degrees (the baseboard can probably maintain that even in extreme cold) and then up the t-stat and turn the Omnipanel on to some level depending on weather, when up for the weekend.  In summer, the owners may want to use the towel warmer feature and occasionally turn it on to LO.