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Renewable Energy for the Home
johnandcherri

retrofit solar heat

20 years ago

I have a detached garage that is ideally sited for solar. Best case would be to install radiant floor heat but no tubes in the slab. Anyone have experience with a 1-1/2 to 2 inch concrete overlay to install tubes? Or is there another way to pull out the heat?

Thanks

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