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I recently had to move a lineset in our shop and I bought some Staybrite 8 as well as the Stayclean flux, both paste and liquid. After doing a few tests I decided to braze everything using Staysilv 15. The reason was I didn't feel like cleaning every joint and dealing with flux. So, I brazed all of the joints because it was quicker and easier. Silphos isn't anywhere near as picky with your pipe and fittings being spotless as soft soldering.

My current opinion on it is the connection strength etc isn't an issue but I've never brazed / soldered anything near a compressor, so I can't comment on that. It's having to clean everything (just like soft soldering plumbing) without getting abrasives in your tubing, and then try to be extremely clean with flux. So, if it's something you can braze without concerns, and you've already got your nitrogen bottle out of the truck and connected I'd stick with silphos. If it's in a tight area, or something that you can't really get too hot, I'd take the time and use Staybrite.

With Staybrite you don't need to purge with nitrogen, which can make some jobs a lot easier.

I think both have their uses and you just need to decide which is the easier / better solution for each job. Like I said, I haven't put a new compressor in, and I have heard guys say you really need to braze those connections, so for now I don't have an opinion on that.

that’s 100% Efficient 😇

If you use a toekick you must have an access panel. If you have sheetrock below how would you install it without an access panel?

For the amount of heat you need its not worth the stress you don't need any heat

you have maybe an 800 btu load, if it received no other heat, which it does

Put a 150W incandescent light 💡 in there

Yeah my wife said the same thing (i.e. doesn't need heat). She thinks the dryer will make the room warm but I'm not so sure. Regardless, the room is the size of a walk in closet. We were planning on keeping the pocket door closed though in case the laundry area is cluttered. Maybe we should get a door with louvers? That would also allow makeup air from the rest of the house when the dryer is venting.

We could have electric radiant floor or wall heater just in case.

It doesn't need any heat. No one is living in it or taking a shower in it. Waste of money to heat it. Leave the door open most of the time especially in cold weather.

You could use an electric cabinet heater. They are small and fit in one stud bay and have self contained thermostats and can run on 120 volt. They are semi recessed usually with about 1- 1 1/2 sticking out of the wall. The cost of doing anything with HW is more than its worth