[Cob] Pex

[Shannon C. Dealy]

On Sun, 26 Mar 2006, Amanda Peck wrote:
[snip]
> I guess you COULD hook it up to some--ANY--source of hot water and let it 
> settle in as the first, still somewhat damp, and then the second coats of 
> floor go on, as Shannon found worked well with his setup.
[snip]

Thought I should mention that my floor heating system is a hypocaust not 
hydronic (in otherwords, my floor uses stove exhaust gasses through 
ducting, rather than hot water through pex or other piping).  I generally 
discourage people from piping hot water through cob floors because a leak 
would be a disaster for the floor and leaks can happen.  For a hypocaust 
there is a small chance that a leak could be dangerous to the occupants if 
stove exhaust gasses are used (as opposed to just hot air) so I recommend 
you always use a carbon monoxide detector in the building.

FWIW.

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