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ART
TEC
Guy
Marsden
SOLAR HEATING SYSTEM CONSTRUCTION LOG
PROGRESS REPORT:
July
26 Plumbing radiant heat manifold in the barn
It rained all morning today bringing the temperatures
down
to a tolerable 60-70degrees, making work much
more
comfortable.
Much of the morning was spent on a hardware store
run
to find parts to connect my neighbor's air
compressor
to the copper manifold for the radiant
plumbing
system so it could be pressure tested.
Then I assembled all the copper parts and mounted them
to a
board and sweated them together.
After repairing one bad joint the whole system held
60lbs
of air pressure. It will be kept under pressure
during
the concrete pour.
Here's a bigger view of the radiant plumbing all laid out.
Too
bad all this colorful stuff has to get buried in
3 inches
of concrete!
I have
laid out some studs on the floor to show where
I will
be framing in a partition wall for the utility room.
I then framed in the back door, and laid out the form
for
a small concrete pad for the main door.
I'm
now ready and waiting to hear from the concrete
guy.
I'm hoping that he can pour tomorrow or
Saturday...