[Strawbale] re. Re: PEX, Concrete Slab, Fear of Death (by contractor) (Speireag Alden)

[MKL]

Speireag Alden said

I have a very massive floor, far more than is probably
best for  
response time (over a foot of mass), and when I get
caught  
unexpectedly by cold conditions (as when someone
leaves a door  
swinging, for instance) I find that the response time
is an hour or  
so.  In the meantime, a cup of tea and a sweater hold
me over nicely.


I am at the stage of  considering all things for the
location and traditional weather patterns of the
location of my intended build and find it interesting
that you use electricity to heat your water . All the
information I have indicates that you are paying
probably more per Kwh. up there  in New Hampshire than
we are in SW Ontario (the "low" cost of electricity is
subsidized by taxpayers in Ontario) but perhaps there
are  unknown variables in your decision to not use
propane  over electricity or even wood
? Perhaps with
super insulation it is a negligible consideration in
NH anyway? As the amount of electricity used is small?
I wonder
 how much insulation did you use under the
heated part of the hydronic slab? (or under all of
it).

 As an aside an electric car is made in Quebec 
(http://www.zenncars.com/) which wasnt allowed to be
sold up until quite recently in Canada until
public/media "outrage" forced the issue and now Zenns
are available legally in British Columbia. The
likelihood of a Zenn car becoming "legal" in Ontario
is in my opinion quite low due to the complexities of
the issue surrounding the idea of taxpayers (through
electricity cost subsidization) contributing to the
transportation needs of probably largely urban Zenn
drivers. It sells well in the US of course where
notions of "the larger good" are seen as socialistic?
It may of course be even more "rustic", e.g. they wont
be sold in Ontario because they come from Quebec.

Beats me. 

Michael Lough




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