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Revolutionary new radiant floor heat concept

hr
hr Member Posts: 6,106
in THE MAIN WALL
about how we can bring the cost way down. Here it is..

I'll call it Neanderthal Radiant.

Basically I'll supply a steel pipe tripod stand like the Boy Scouts use at camp outs. The homeowner merely builds a fire with the tripod suspending a large kettle of H2O over the fire. Larger homes= larger kettles, or multiple pots.

When the pot boils you quickly, and carefully, haul the pot in and spill it all over your concrete floors! Of course actual output is limited, but consider the cost!

This system does away with problematic heat loss calcs and designs, complicated tube installation, pumps, mixing devices, combustible fuels inside the envelop, code issues, operator skill level, etc, etc.

It could be done anywhere there is a source of fire. Not limited at all to the US market. Wood, charcol, Enron stock certificates, camel dung, etc.

Need to work out a few bugs, of course.

hot rod

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  • Weezbo
    Weezbo Member Posts: 6,232
    Exercising boiler control!

    nice now you can sell it as an aerobic excersizer and stress the health benifit of the neanderthal!:)
  • ScottMP
    ScottMP Member Posts: 5,883
    Could'nt this system

    Be used in the summer time without the fire and provide limited air conditioning ?

    Just curious

    Scott

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  • Robert O'Connor_7
    Robert O'Connor_7 Member Posts: 688
    New Technology!!!

    Wonderful! Just wonderful! Did you check to see if rstar had the patent pending. At least your idea has some merit, and the floors get a good washing too. Keep us posted. I'm sure if your looking for investors I'll be the first buy of the IPO.... Robert O'Connor/NJ
  • hr
    hr Member Posts: 6,106
    I need installation partners

    you know, someone else to touch it and assume all the liability :)

    hot rod

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  • Paul Rohrs_2
    Paul Rohrs_2 Member Posts: 171
    Even more high tech.....

    I am opting for the upgraded system with outdoor reset.

    I will hold a glass of water, put a bic lighter under it, and will light the bic proportionally if I need more heat.

    Regards,

    PR

  • Joe_20
    Joe_20 Member Posts: 25


    any pictures....HO !
  • Doug Wagoner
    Doug Wagoner Member Posts: 78
    No more dry cracked nose bleeds---got to work

  • Mike Kraft_2
    Mike Kraft_2 Member Posts: 398
    I'm guessn'...............

    this is an open system since the pot can't have a lid.You can also use it for your DHW eh?

    cheese..........hot rod.......always the thinker
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Limited Output LOL

    I wonder if the evaporative effect will actually create "free "Limited free evaporative cooling" We may still have to deal with humidity issues:( But, the price certainly can't be beat.

    What about the competition? Cro-Magnom Radiant. Those old timers from France. Certainly no health concerns with their brood.

    Gary

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  • DAVID R. FAUVER
    DAVID R. FAUVER Member Posts: 24
    saftey issues

    i think the pot should say in big letters
    HOT MAY BURN so u may not be sued !
  • GaryDidier
    GaryDidier Member Posts: 229
    pot

    should say- this side up!
    Gary from Granville
  • GEO_3
    GEO_3 Member Posts: 67
    pot

    Clean Floor Radiant.......poifect
  • Larry Weingarten
    Larry Weingarten Member Posts: 3,592
    simplify

    This sounds pretty complex to me. You might be able to simplify things a bit if you get rid of the pot and just light the fire UNDER your concrete floor. Hmmm, that might be a hypocaust.-)
  • leo g_90
    leo g_90 Member Posts: 3
    actually larry

    that is the roman system, which i have patented in over 51 countries!

    leo g
  • ScottMP
    ScottMP Member Posts: 5,883
    Would'nt that

    make you a Hypocrite

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  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 0
    I think that if

    you do this, a pipe from the tap from the pot to the individual rooms using a solenoid valve so hot water dumps automatically on the floor would be labour savings to the HO. also include a auto fill for the pot like a toilet fill..

    This gives automatic zone control and the HO only has to load wood.

    This would of course be the cadillac version of your system.

    Mike.

    PS I love the idea..I can see the marketing campain already.

    HOT and CLEAN floors. Can I be the Canadian Distributor?
  • steve gates
    steve gates Member Posts: 329
    I like the idea

    Will I need to be certified to install or can I do it myself?

    Have you run any test yet to backup your claim?

    Show me the money!
  • eleft(retired)_5
    eleft(retired)_5 Member Posts: 29
    issues recycle,

    co issues, venting issues, flat rate and tripod union issues.
    Approval, maybe, the DOT, EPA. RPA or the PGA?
  • Earthfire
    Earthfire Member Posts: 543
    Seal of approval

    The copper association would probable add their seal of approval since you could run the branch lines in their 50yr. guaranted tubing
  • hydronicsmike
    hydronicsmike Member Posts: 855
    What about...

    ...Reset here? I don't like it if I can't control it.......I looove it when some of the greatest in our industry come up with bulletproof material and ideas like this.
  • kevin_5
    kevin_5 Member Posts: 308
    HR I suspect...

    that this whole crazy idea is just a subtly veiled attempt to find another opportunity to use your rems curvo.
    Now isn't it! Oh sure,you make it sound so simple. "pipe tripod like boyscouts use"... but I can see it already... a polished copper creation with more radius' than a snakes back. Why don't you just admit to us that you can't control yourself. We want to help you. Remember that denial you have a problem is one of the sure signs...
    Kevin

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  • bill clinton_3
    bill clinton_3 Member Posts: 111
    limited free cooking

    Toss in some potatoes, chicken, onions, crawdads, etcetera. Now you're talking real fuel economy!

    Bill
  • Fred Robinson
    Fred Robinson Member Posts: 23
    Neanderthal Heating System

    Don't overlook the "humidifying" aspects of this concept.
    An additional suggestion,you might tie in a Mold Removal service.
  • Robert O'Connor_7
    Robert O'Connor_7 Member Posts: 688
    Limited free heating

    Just ran the first trial. Water @ 160 degree (1st savings) backed it down from a boil: No Legionaires to report... (2nd savings) No dust mites on cool down: temp. now @ 87. Installed several cap fulls of TOP JOB in mixing station : Just look @ that shine! FREE I just used the wood off my old barn in back and will be using my neigbors wood tammary. BOC/NJ
  • Mark Eatherton1
    Mark Eatherton1 Member Posts: 2,542
    Indoor reset...

    If it gets too hot upstairs, you could have small water tight doors in the floors that would open up and allow the hot water to flow to the basement, thereby satisfying the basements heating needs.

    Once again, it would disprove the homeowners myths about heat rising...

    ME
  • Mark Eatherton1
    Mark Eatherton1 Member Posts: 2,542
    No, that'd make him

    a anti hypo-hydroproponent...A.K.A. a hypotypecaster.

    Say that 6 times real fast:-)

    ME
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