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Measuring a driveway for snowmelt

Todd_48
Todd_48 Member Posts: 1
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How do you get the true square footage of a driveway that is anything but square? This is in old house with varying widths, wraps through a carport, and has an island in the middle and roughly 8,000- 10,000 sq ft. Is this going to simply be a matter of measuring various different points and sketching it in cad? or do the paving guys have a trick to trace the shape/area?

The owner is also going to use the driveway to supplement heat for the pool and preheat dhw so it will be a real nice project if sized right.

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  • Gordy
    Gordy Member Posts: 9,546
    Break it down

    Into multiple shapes that are easy to calc may take a little laying out. Squares, rectangles,circles,triangles. Hard to say how to go about it with out actually seeing the driveway.

    Gordy

  • Supply House Rick
    Supply House Rick Member Posts: 1,399
    Send the drawing to your radiant system manufacturer

    You can get a complete design from companies like Uponor, Rehau etc. Tubing layout, flow rates, tubing spacing and controls. Why take a chance and possibly miss something?
  • Mark Eatherton
    Mark Eatherton Member Posts: 5,852
    Google Earth

    has a measuring scale capability that is extremely accurate. I've checked it numerous times.

    And it's FREE!!!

    ME

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  • Todd S_15
    Todd S_15 Member Posts: 1
    Tips

    Thanks for the tips, we discussed breaking down into shapes so we were thinking correctly. Google Earth sounds great too, I'll check that today. Thanks for the advice.
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