underfloor heating question

[T1KARMANN]

i know nothing about this kind of heating but woulnt it get to hot for the rays

if the bottom of the pond is hot enought to heat up the water surely it would be to hot for a ray resting on it

like i said i know nothing about this

 

[Nic]

i know nothing about this kind of heating but woulnt it get to hot for the rays

if the bottom of the pond is hot enought to heat up the water surely it would be to hot for a ray resting on it

like i said i know nothing about this

that does bring up a good point.... thoughts anybody....

 

[Big Daves Rays]

It wouldn't burn the ray. It would be about 80 degrees or whatever you set it to, thats how hot the substrate in your tank would be normally when you heat the water.

 

[underfloorheatingguy]

Hi, I am a journeyman plumber and gasfitter in Edmonton and am enthused by underfloor heating. I install it and maintain it daily, it is my hobby too. so when I found this I was happy to see other uses for my product, I would have never have thought of it. if you need any advise just ask.

 

[Nic]

Hi, I am a journeyman plumber and gasfitter in Edmonton and am enthused by underfloor heating. I install it and maintain it daily, it is my hobby too. so when I found this I was happy to see other uses for my product, I would have never have thought of it. if you need any advise just ask.

you could just basically explain the whole thing in good detail... a pros advice would really help this thread

 

[fishdance]

Slightly off topic but related. I used to use waterbed heaters under aquaria to heat them. I could get old waterbed heaters for free.

With underfloor heating, how do you stop heat radiating down (away) into the ground? If you can do this, it should be pretty ecomomical and efficient.

 

[T1KARMANN]

im just thinking that if the pond is 3-4ft deep then the floor of the pond would have to be alot hotter than 80 to keep 3-4ft of water at 80

rays spend most of their time on the base so even if the bottom temp was at 90 that maybe to hot for the rays sitting directly on the base all the time

it maybe better if you put the heating around the walls of the pond as you have 3-4ft to play with

 

[skynoch]

i know nothing about this kind of heating but woulnt it get to hot for the rays

if the bottom of the pond is hot enought to heat up the water surely it would be to hot for a ray resting on it

like i said i know nothing about this

This is what I was wondering also. But when heating a house it's comfortable to walk on but not hot.

 

[skynoch]

Hi, I am a journeyman plumber and gasfitter in Edmonton and am enthused by underfloor heating. I install it and maintain it daily, it is my hobby too. so when I found this I was happy to see other uses for my product, I would have never have thought of it. if you need any advise just ask.

Thanks I will probably have a few questions in the future. I'm a electrician and set up controls from housing to oilfield boilers so have seen alot of uses for this. One thing I don't know is how many btu's this boiler would need to be. I may just oversize an instant hot water heater for the house and put a loop of to the flooring wih a heat exchanger?

 

[skynoch]

Slightly off topic but related. I used to use waterbed heaters under aquaria to heat them. I could get old waterbed heaters for free.

With underfloor heating, how do you stop heat radiating down (away) into the ground? If you can do this, it should be pretty ecomomical and efficient.

Do you still use them? And did they work well?
It takes alot of energy to heat the slab at first but once it's heated it will store the heat and take very little energy after that.