Radiant Heat and More Site Work

While the plumbing crew laid the pipe, the excavator was hard at it, getting us access up the hill to the house. We would need a way to get material and bodies up to the house, so a wall was built using some of the rock which was excavated for the house and septic tanks. Jeff Blackburn is an "artiste" and stacked the rock in a somewhat natural way, then gave us a gangway up on the one side. We used the existing features of the property to bank up against. More work will need to be done after the house is complete.

PEX tubing was laid and pressurizsd to 25 psi, then the slab could have been poured. Here is where we had a slight delay in the proceedings. 9 straight days of rain meant no concrete for us!! The only consolation was everyone else building was likely in the same boat, if that was any comfort at all. When you are in it, it feels like you are the only one experiencing these things.

4" of EPS Foam was laid down as the slab insulation, to prepare for the radiant tubes. Then the concrete installer laid the welded wire mesh and the tubes get tie-wrapped to it. We purchased recycled foam fdirect through a company that supplies the SIP industry, so saved a little dough there.