Renovated Barn

Wayco Wayne_2

a job yesterday of a man who is changing a barn into a house for his daughter. A pretty neat idea. The main floor is a big rectangle room 48 x 34. The floor is one big heat sucking concrete slab. My first thoughts are to put down 1 inch polystyrene and then staple tubing to the top and pour 1.5 or 2 inches of concrete over it all. Ceiling height is a consideration. It is already down to 8 feet and any additions to the floor lower that number. Any one done anything similar?

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Bill Barrett

Barn

I did one 20 + years ago, VHE W/M and Amtrol boilermate, with two zones of baseboard. Worked very well with what was available at the time. I had living room that had 18' ceiling with a loft on the end, thats were I had upper and lower zone. Radiant floor would have been great.

Wayco Wayne_2

I would

recommend the styrofoam and slab anyways even without the radiant floor just to get away from the cold concrete. Carpets would be welcome without the rad floor too. WW

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Dale

Cut it

Since alot of the crete will need cutting for the plumbing why not just saw the edge and replace it all. A bobcat can be brought into the barn to break it up. Then you can correctly insulate underneath it. I really like the 1 foot thick where the insulated radiant floor holds the heat for a week of no power.

jim lockard

Barn

I recently replaced a boiler in a milk barn that was converted to a home in the 70's. The 1st floor remains a barn for horses with an apartment on one side and the whole top of the barn is 4300 square feet of house and very well done. Best wishes J.Lockard

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We rebuilt

an old barn at our place for Ellen's folks to live in. About 1200 square feet, barrel roof, neat old building.

It had some concrete slab inside for the old milking process. I opened the end enough to get a skid steer in and demo the old THICK concrete slabs. Doesn't take much with a concrete breaker on a skid steer

If they really want radiant floors, I'd do it right or not at all. Demo, grade, insulate, repour. Having a ceiling less than 8 feet feels awful constraining. Don't think they would be happy with an over pour taking up slab and insulation dimensions, and ending up with a low ceiling.

Plenty of neat concrete finish ideas stamped, stained, colored, etc. Or float or glue a nice engineered hardwood on top, That's what we did, used Slant Fin baseboard upstairs in the hay loft turned bedroom areas. Come on out for a look

Plenty of "pro" concrete demo companies around that could make a slab like that disappear in about a days time

hot rod

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