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  • From: Claude William Genest <genest@together.net>
  • To: <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] Air quality.....
  • Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2002 11:37:19 -0500

on 11/15/02 11:52 PM, Kelly Finigan at kfinigan@telus.net wrote:

>
>> Lawrence F. London, Jr. wrote:
>> Also I do not recommend embedding hot water lines in the contete floor
>> for radiant slab heat. It is difficult to control and you end up fighting
> wild
>> swings in temperature; its hard to get it to be stable at the temperature
> you
>> want it to be. I could be wrong about this but this is the report I have
> gotten
>> from folks who tried it unsuccessfully. Maybe they didn't use the right
>> equipment or install it right. Maybe consult with the guys at This Old
> House;
>> they seem to have a good handle on things; also read Fine Homebuilding on
> this
>> subject. I prefer at HS Tarm wood-fired boiler and Runtal how water
> radiators
>> or recycled cast iron ones.
>>
> what I've heard from the Bau-Biologie people is that in-slab heating (and
> associated movement of water) leads to chronic foot and leg problems..

Wow ! Any idea why this would be ?!


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