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peel & stick, scratch & sniff, copper radiant (hr)

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hr Member Posts: 6,106
in THE MAIN WALL
transfer plates. They have a 1/2" copper tube welded to the copper plate.

I'm working with the "bonding" engineer's at 3M to provide a double faced tape to adhere the plates to the botton of the subfloor. I hope to take the nail, screw, or staple portion of the job away.

I'll use either copper refer tube to loop the ends or solder 1/2 PAP adapters on.

I have another willing relative with a non radiant home to do a trial run on a bathroom floor.

hot rod

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  • Kniggit
    Kniggit Member Posts: 123
    $

    I bet that stuff is cheap.

    Other than that great idea.

    K
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User] Posts: 43
    Hot copper wings...

    HR, I don't know if yuo remember the two guys that were at one of the RPA conferences that were walking around in white lab coats. These guys worked for a small family run HVAC operation up in Washington State. Their boss had conceived an idea that was almost identical to yours. Their intent was to use it in retrofit applications, by laying the wings in the attic at 8" O.C., then covering with insulation and circing 140 degree F water through them. They had about a half a dozen homes under test at that time. All with happy homoaners. I have a couple of those devices up at the college. They definately work. Can't see how they couldn't. Even in staple up applicaitons :-)

    I ran into one of the lab coat guys in California at a conference a few years ago. Seems the inventor died, and the successors had absolutely no interest in hydronics.

    Guess you could say the idea died along with the old man...

    Glad to see someone reviving it. I think they called them copper hot wings or something like that.

    ME
  • Gordy
    Gordy Member Posts: 9,546
    Tape

    That will have to be some recipe for tape to handle expansion/contraction over time, heat, and a dirty adhesion surface. What about loss of conduction from the tape? I like the copper tubing/copper plate modular setup though, just don't know about the tape, and walk away installation method.


    Gordy
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