#Calculate radiant floor heating cost windows

With the extra amount of energy used my usage rate went down, and my bill was $105 from my normal bill of $25-30 per month. The system ran for about a day and a half straight, but I did fill with hot water from the HWT in the house. My normal KWH usage a month prior to heating were around 110 KWH a month. For the month I used 1242 KWH, 1195 KWH were when the heat was on. My last meter cycle was from 11-16-09 to 12-18-09, the garage has its own meter. It is very comfortable if you are moving a lot you may even loose the sweatshirt. The temp was set at 65 to start, and then I turned it down to 55 after a week or so, to help cut some cost, and because to work in a sweatshirt I don’t need any more than 55. I live in SE OHIO, and AEP supplies the electric. This may be my down fall, but it is too late to change now. I have the foil backed bubble wrapped insulation under the 4” slab and wrapped up the sides of the slab also. Walls are insulated with 2-layers of what looked like old R13 Insulation that I bought used on craigslist, the ceiling is R19 in the 40’x 8’center area with OSB spaced off the 2x4 trusses for storage, with the sides done with 2 layers of R19, top layer un-faced to get R38.

#Calculate radiant floor heating cost windows

30’x 40’ 1200sqft 3 bay garage with 3- 9’x8’ overhead doors, 1-3’x7’ ,man door, 3-3’x4’ windows A 8’x4’x 8’ tall kick out on the back where the HWT, and compressor are Isolated from the main area. “I had a hard time getting cost info on these systems with all the information, so here is my first months heating with my specs. This is a copy past from a thread last year. 1200’ of ½ pex tubing divided in 4 300’ zones. To all those with questions on radiant floor operating cost I want to share my experience as any good info with details on this was hard to find when I was debating on in floor heat.