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radiant on TV

Paul Pollets
Paul Pollets Member Posts: 3,664
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Makes all installations seem "easy" to the homeowner...it only took 45 seconds for the whole system to be installed..whaddya mean it costs $22K???!! It also makes the systems seem like a commodity, that can be purchased like a 2x4, at the local home center. These perceptions need to be addressed, don't you think?

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  • Mark J Strawcutter
    Mark J Strawcutter Member Posts: 625
    sad example, unfortunately

    On an episode of "new spaces" on HGTV the other day I was encouraged to see them highlighting installation of in-floor radiant heating in a master bedroom / bath remodel.

    I found myself staring in disbelief as they described and showed the "technician" heating the end of the tubing into an unrecognizable blob with a propane torch, pushing it over a barb connector on a manifold, and tightening what looked like a radiator clamp around the mess.

    They didn't say it was pex, but that's what it looked like.

    Mark
  • Mark Eatherton1
    Mark Eatherton1 Member Posts: 2,542
    Sad but true...

    It's a reflection on real life...

    I remember seeing one with Rich Trethewey where they quoated a price per foot for the tubing. I said to myself, "Boy, are they going to be sorry they let that one slip." They were. Rich said they got calls from every heating and plumbing contractor within 100 miles of him wanting to know who's idea it was to quote a price on national TV... To boot, they quoted the wholesalers price, and that's what every Tim , Jane and Harry Six Pack wanted RFH for THAT cost.

    Sometimes I just shake my head and keep moving. Some people will NEVER learn.

    ME
  • Mark J Strawcutter
    Mark J Strawcutter Member Posts: 625
    not diy

    and this show isn't even DIY - there was a tradesperson doing the heating work. Probably a design/build firm with it's own employees to do plumbing/heating/electrical.

    Mark
  • hot_rod
    hot_rod Member Posts: 23,837
    Maybe it was

    some of that polypropylene. (well pipe) That was a common practice to make the barbed/ hose clamp connection. A little heat made them seal better. Often you needed to warm it to get it on the barb!

    Oddly enough I still see that type of tube used in some carwash melt systems. Real inexpensive material.

    hot rod
    Bob "hot rod" Rohr
    trainer for Caleffi NA
    Living the hydronic dream
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