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Mark Eatherton1
Mark Eatherton1 Member Posts: 2,542
for one of our best contractors. His guys put the board down, and I came in and tubed it in 1-/2 hours from move in to move out. Oh, did I mention that it did it alone?

Not trying to brag here about myself. I'm touting the ease of installation with the product. This stuff is better than pre-buttered canned bread, I'm tellin' ya.

When I build my second home, you can bet it will have WB in it.

Hippy Gnu Ears to ya'll:-)

ME

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  • hr
    hr Member Posts: 6,106
    Wait till you see

    it perform! Is that Kitec tube? Pap works very nice in WB.

    Happy New Year

    hot rod

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  • Mark Eatherton1
    Mark Eatherton1 Member Posts: 2,542
    The tubing

    is Watts E-PEX. Had some left over from another project that was just the right length:-)

    We are not a one boiler/one tube/ one pump/one track company any more. Wirsbo is still my tubing of choice, but if my friend Greg Gibbs brings me a substantial job (of which he has done many times, Thanks Greg), I will use his tubing.

    I look forward to seeing how it works with 95 degree F water.

    ME
  • jim murtaugh
    jim murtaugh Member Posts: 72
    where?

    Where can I get more info on this stuff? Thanks in advance and happy new year.
  • jp_2
    jp_2 Member Posts: 1,935


    whats going on top?
  • Jeff Lawrence_24
    Jeff Lawrence_24 Member Posts: 593
    I love

    the mouse trap.

    You didn't get caught, did you?

    Looks great.

    Jeff

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  • BostonGC
    BostonGC Member Posts: 21


    Mark:

    Why do you need to fill in the unused grooves with tubing scraps? I would think most flooring would span the grooves without the extra pieces of tubing. Am I missing something important?

    Thanks. Nice job.
  • Mark Eatherton1
    Mark Eatherton1 Member Posts: 2,542
    Jim...

    www.warmboard.com

    ME
  • Mark Eatherton1
    Mark Eatherton1 Member Posts: 2,542
    Why, feet of course...

    with 3/8" of some sort of ceramic tile between the warmboard and the feet:-)

    ME
  • Mark Eatherton1
    Mark Eatherton1 Member Posts: 2,542
    Came close..

    it was hidden behind a box that I moved, and when it went off, I almost wet myself;-)

    ME
  • Mark Eatherton1
    Mark Eatherton1 Member Posts: 2,542
    BGC

    They're going to skim coat the WB and apply the tile directly to the top. I didn't want to leave anything to chance for unevenness or system inconsistency. As I said, this is our BEST GC. This is also his first experience with WB. I wanted to make sure it was a quality experience.

    We always fill in the blank spots.

    Probably over kill, but oh well...

    ME
  • Weezbo
    Weezbo Member Posts: 6,232
    that looks like it will work well.

    and the turn around time :) Whata de aal!
  • Constantin
    Constantin Member Posts: 3,796
    Looks great!

    I totally agree that WB is the bee's knees for new construction. Heavy, durable, and capable of accepting ½" pipe, the stuff makes it far simpler to run low-head systems while really pumping out the BTU's

    We didn't elect to use it on our remodeling job since the addition was so small and the rest of the house had good sub-floors. But you just proved that it can be done... Your work should be a great selling tool for the GC (come in, feel the warmth!) and hopefully steer ever-more business your way.
  • Kal Row
    Kal Row Member Posts: 1,520
    say ME, did you ever use WB upsidedown in ceiling...

    seems to me, that with absolutely no where for the pex to move, it should be the quietest ceiling radiant possible – except that WB might be a bit too heavy for that – the ZURN aluminized subfloor is only 5/8 tick and is composite and much lighter per square foot - wo-da-ya-think?
  • Mark Eatherton1
    Mark Eatherton1 Member Posts: 2,542
    I agree...

    the thought of having to hold the WB up against the ceiling with my head/neck whilst I'm preparing another screw to be driven in gives me pain without actually having pain...

    Now, if we could get WB to colaborate with US Gypsum, and take their alumimum sheet to them and have them build a gypsum panel with the aluminum body.. OOOhhhh, SHARP pains...

    NAH... I like your idea better. THe light aluminum panel with the foam insulation backer holds more possibilites. THe only problem I can see would be sheilding the tube from the non english speaking sheet rock installers.

    But what they hay, if I can work with a group of volunteers and do radiant walls at a Habitat for Humanity home with NO tube hits, nothing is impossible. Right?

    If you can imagine it, it CAN be done.

    I think I'll keep the WB on the floor for this life time anyway:-)

    ME

  • hr
    hr Member Posts: 6,106
    WB makes nice radiant walls

    I used some up to about 3 feet from the floor which provided a nice shelf and chair rail, as it stuck out further than the sheet rock above, when the wainscot was installed.

    Excellent backer for the vertical T&G wainscot strips. Easy to see the and miss the tube as it runs opposite to the nailing.

    hot rod

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  • Kal Row
    Kal Row Member Posts: 1,520
    for sheerock over radiant...

    what do you guys use for tape and spackel? to keep it from cracking
  • Weezbo
    Weezbo Member Posts: 6,232
    ME ........

    i think you are exaggerating...I have seen habitat for humanities vulo tears nailing boards to the Road ...i realize that God gave me an imagination, buh....you sure of that? ;)))
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