Comments on: Lucy Ave - Nothin’ like a Holiday

By: Bruce & Cathy Clark

Bruce & Cathy Clark — Thu, 23 Aug 2007 01:03:45 +0000

We have also constructed a Japanese style ofuro from stainless steel. Your pix and information have been very helpful. What layers of materials did you use between the ofuro “lip” and your final tiles?

By: jacob

jacob — Fri, 03 Aug 2007 04:10:23 +0000

We designed the whole house and mechanical system around radiant heat. The home has no duct system at all and all the cooling is done with two roof mounted evaporative coolers. We are also using our “stair tower” for its chimney effect. We will have a whole house fan installed on the ceiling of the stair space which is the highest point in the home. Every space in the home connects to the stair area to allow heat to exhaust. This should keep the home cool during mild summer days and in the evening. The evaporative cooler will hopefully take care of the hot days.

By: Garth

Garth — Sat, 28 Jul 2007 04:28:54 +0000

RR: That is alot of info packed into 1 question!
Pex gets stapled down to osb subfloor and hot H2o is pumped through to heat the space. 1.5″ thick gypcrete is poured over tubing and then must be covered with a finish surface, ie. tile, carpet, wearcoat, etc. etc. Rough cost for pex, gyp and floring would be around 15$ per square foot. Pex can be poured into your basement slab as well!
Good luck,
Garth
Benchmark
Lucy Ave, GC

By: rr

rr — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 14:45:03 +0000

nice house!
can you explain the process for doing radiant heated concrete floors with pex?… i.e do they just lay that stuff on a normal subfloor, then poor some concrete over it? how thick of concrete is it, and what kind of finish.. super smooth? do you polish/stain it after? and what is behind the pex, a boiler? and how much does that cost and how does it fit into the overall heating/ac budget for the whole house? and what about heating floors in the basement?

thanks

By: Jacob

Jacob — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 03:28:40 +0000

Thanks peel. We are happy with the way it is all coming together as well.
Yes, Pex was used throughout the home. With the price of copper I can’t imagine it being done any other way. I have heard it has a longer lifespan than copper as well.

By: peel

peel — Thu, 26 Jul 2007 05:38:00 +0000

Are you also using PEX for your water supply lines? I’ve recently begun to purchase all of the pieces I will need to convert my house from copper to pex. It’s amazing how few plumbers, especially young ones, know about pex.

Your house looks amazing and it’s not even done yet. Keep the updates coming.

-peel