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" discuss radiant loop layout " In the slab I assume ?

" the conveyor " is secured to what ? An if they decide to move it ?

Air Curtain ?

Sounds like they want to put themselves out of business with heating fuel costs.

I think they are nuts to think they can keep the doors open and still maintain temp, what a fuel hog. So much for energy savings and going green.

They better have a lot of good scrap to sell to pay the fuel bill.

Air curtains are a good idea.

At my old shop which was 100,000 square feet we had RT units for heat and Ac in the shop. When the units were 20 years old and the HXs were failing (the AC was ok) we installed gas fired radiant overhead.

The difference was amazing. We had 10 x 10 garage doors and they got opened in the morning and all the trucks were moved out and the door was closed. This may have taken 1/2 hour to move the trucks and the place would be freezing by then

With the RTUs it would take an hour to recover on a cold day. With the gas radiant as soon as the door shut the space was back to temp because the slab was a giant radiator.

Open all day doesn't seem feasible to me.

I don't know how long fast opening doors will hold up in a scrap yard environment, probably get smashed in a week.

A good idea though.

MU air heaters may help to pressurize the building to keep cold air out. have it discharge right at the door.

no matter what they do it will be an energy pig.

For me it was working in office spaces with lift out ceiling panels. You pop a tile measure something or do some work move the ladder do some work move the ladder etc. etc.

At the end of the day you pop all the panels back in, then you find out you missing half your tools that are in the ceiling and don't know where they are.

but i found some good stuff others left behind as well.

Tell them straight up, it's not going to work. They need to figure out a different strategy for material handling. Without knowing the process, I can't really offer suggestions. If they insist on trying to heat a 5k sf building with a 22x18 door hanging wide open, walk away. Working for idiots is financially risky and you won't get any satisfaction.