Thank you for the video. I just used this method, after watching the video. It took me 2 days, with the help of some friends, to run 3600 ft. The video answered many questions I had before getting started, and made the job go much more smoothly than if I had just "winged it" Thanks for the video.
Wow! This is amazing! I'm really grateful for your explanation and very impressed by the time and energy you must have put into this model. I really appreciate it and I just subscribed. You're awesome!!
Tried this method on 6 zones and it worked flawlessly. Since you are pulling from the reel all the time i think its a time saver because you arent pulling slack through all the loops...you are establishing the loops as you go.
Thank you so much! We are looking into heating system options for the 1858 Victorian we are buying. It currently has a boiler and hideous baseboard heaters.
Check out my other videos that I made when I installed radiant heat under my master bathroom. One shows me twisting and pulling the PEX down the joist bay like I talk about in this video. They are not the greatest videos but I hope they can be of help to people.
Great video Joe. I used this method on most of the floor joist installs in my house. The problem I'm having is thermal loss across the rooms. What I mean is that the floor on the side of the room where the loops begin is substantially warmer than the far end of the room (farthest from where the loops begin.). By the time the water has travelled half way through the loop of tubing, it has lost most of it's heat and for this reason, I'm considering my next two rooms to run the pex down each bay, cross into the next bay, and then back down that bay and so on, leaving a single tube in each bay. Once I get to the end of the last bay I'll bring then back through in the same manner so that each bay has 2 tubes. The difference is that the middle point of the loop will be at the far end of the room. This should allow the hotter water to get further across the floor before losing the majority of it's heat. I hope I explained that right. Either way, I'm hoping this method will minimize the thermal effect I'm having with the rooms done in the manner you explain here.
I wish I seen your video sooner. Much easier method of running PEX than how I installed ours. Great tip!
Thank you for the video. I just used this method, after watching the video. It took me 2 days, with the help of some friends, to run 3600 ft. The video answered many questions I had before getting started, and made the job go much more smoothly than if I had just "winged it" Thanks for the video.
Wow! This is amazing! I'm really grateful for your explanation and very impressed by the time and energy you must have put into this model. I really appreciate it and I just subscribed. You're awesome!!
I don’t know if anyone has commented on this yet, but I’ve found a fatal flaw in this method, trying it myself.
i have put an addition on my house and we are doing this very same thing . thanks this is awesome information the best yet. 2 thumbs up thank you
Great idea on how to Place the pex. thanks for making it so simple.
Tried this method on 6 zones and it worked flawlessly. Since you are pulling from the reel all the time i think its a time saver because you arent pulling slack through all the loops...you are establishing the loops as you go.
Joe that helped a ton with being able to visualize the install!
Without a doubt, an excellent primer for anyone doing this first time.
Thank you so much! We are looking into heating system options for the 1858 Victorian we are buying. It currently has a boiler and hideous baseboard heaters.
Brilliantly done! Thank you so much for a superb and explanatory video.
Thanks for making this model and explaining a good method!
Thank you so much. Makes so much sense.
Check out my other videos that I made when I installed radiant heat under my master bathroom. One shows me twisting and pulling the PEX down the joist bay like I talk about in this video. They are not the greatest videos but I hope they can be of help to people.
Great video Joe. I used this method on most of the floor joist installs in my house. The problem I'm having is thermal loss across the rooms. What I mean is that the floor on the side of the room where the loops begin is substantially warmer than the far end of the room (farthest from where the loops begin.). By the time the water has travelled half way through the loop of tubing, it has lost most of it's heat and for this reason, I'm considering my next two rooms to run the pex down each bay, cross into the next bay, and then back down that bay and so on, leaving a single tube in each bay. Once I get to the end of the last bay I'll bring then back through in the same manner so that each bay has 2 tubes. The difference is that the middle point of the loop will be at the far end of the room. This should allow the hotter water to get further across the floor before losing the majority of it's heat. I hope I explained that right. Either way, I'm hoping this method will minimize the thermal effect I'm having with the rooms done in the manner you explain here.
Very helpful thanks!
Great explanation!
This is a clever pattern. Thanks! However, I wonder as others have how to avoid kinking at the end of inter-joist space.
Amazing thank you
Thanks!