Moment of Truth...Will My D.I.Y. Radiant Floor Heat Work? - Leg Arm's House Build Part 13

It's been months in the making but it's time to fire up this floor heating system and see if all the effort was worth it!
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[@WelkerFarms]

It wasn't mentioned in the video but we are using 50/50 glycol/water. Not pure 👌

[@patrickbachman2184]

I just built a lake house this year,50/50 mix and you’re absolutely correct about the mixture!

[@pettyfogger2305]

Yo, montana Millennial Man, I am not sure, but is there be any chance of a galvanic reaction between the stray electricity in that system plus the copper/stainless connections plus any special issue with gylcol moving through that particular system??? It may be a completely ridiculous concern but I wonder if you might need an anode or something. One would hate to erode pipes and require replacement or worse yet, a 24/7 nagging concern for a system collapse without a warning.

[@patrickmorgan3326]

Mighty impressive, thanks for the instructions and explanation. God willing, your family will enjoy that house for generations to come.

[@WelkerFarms]

@@pettyfogger2305 definitely could be added just to be safe, just never know what might happen with all those elements constantly contacting each other. I'll look into it!

[@mikethemedic4141]

Use a wetting agent. The same that you put in your wet sleeved tractors. It should help with the heat transference. It should be safe with your system many of the same materials used in both systems. (brass, aluminum, possibly steel or cast iron but may be stainless steel)

[@beckyumphrey2626]

Beautiful work. Note from.a.65 year old grandma. My husband has a utility room full of well, infloor heat, water filters, etc. He got sick 2/years ago and spent 2 months in the hospital. We had water issues when he was in there. I WAS LOST. When he got well I made him make me an operating manual for all of it. Pictures and all. I now have a 75 page manual on how it all works in case he is not around. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.

[@JoeMcFarlanesgoogle]

75 pages!! The devil is always in the details with mechanicals

[@om617yota8]

100% absolutely this. Make sure you help him with maintenance and repairs as well, so you're familiar with it. Glad your hubby is doing better!

[@redrose41000]

Perfect advice, I hope your husband is doing well! ❤

[@craigsmith8217]

I put a dummy thermostat in the break room so that people could fiddle with it to their heart's content. It cut way down on the complaints.

[@trucker85d47]

As a retired HVAC service tech / service manager for twenty years you could go to work for any company very nice job very organized and that make it easy to work on you should be very proud of your job you did Happy New Year wishing you and your whole family and for a great growing season God Bless you 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏🙏

[@dennispalmer6007]

You did a segment a while ago explaining that you were dyslexic. Well it certainly didn’t diminish your talent. For a farmer, or any profession other than those that are trained and apprenticed to do plumbing and hvac, you are amazing

[@joebeernink2293]

So many valves for the kids to play with while pretending they are astronauts! 😜

[@joebeach7759]

You amaze me with your talents. It's amazing the different talents and skills we pick up over our lives. Especially since you use yours to be as self-sufficient as possible for your family.

[@patrickbachman2184]

My manifold for floor heat looks like a ‘steam punk’ dream…every time I look at it I want to get a can of brasso and polish it!

[@LeeArdisgolfmark51.9tdi]

It’s funny how yous pray for rain we literally cry for the sun in Northern Ireland 🤦🏼‍♂️🤣

[@lstone.09]

Would hate to see Leg Arms brain hooked to a computer. Don't think the computer could keep up with him. Awesome video 🚜🚜🚜

[@legarms51]

Its much slower then you think... but thank you for the compliment

[@remmiemax3624]

HAPPY NEW YEAR! God Bless✝

[@WelkerFarms]

Happy new year!

[@FuelMan]

Cherish the memories . Love the channel.

[@rede1806]

I am impressed with how much you do yourself and while farming. Just the in floor heat is a lot of work let alone all the house build stuff. Great job and enjoy the new space! -Matt

[@danieljohnston5306]

My first house, the wife and I slept on a hide-and-bed couch the first time. We snuck in before it was finished. :) (Didn’t sleep that well either. Lol) Glad for your family!!

[@chrissyfrancis8952]

Aluminum foil is ALOT faster then wrapping all that in newspaper & tape! I’m so happy your family is settled into your new home. Nick’s family is next. It’s costs more for the labor to put those in floor heating & tankless heaters in then the system costs. Good thing you Welkers have a lot of skills so you can DIY.

[@lanwickum]

I think you need a shirts that say "Welkerized". It is a farmer thing. We can't help ourselves.

[@MrDeutzer100]

Euer Haus ist schön geworden, gute Arbeit. Für mich ist die Installation der Heizung sehr interessant. Das ganze ähnelt ein Stückweit der Installation aus Deutschland in den 90er Jahren, mit den Verteilern für Warm- und Kaltwasser. Durch die verschiedenen Bauweisen der Häuser und unterschiedlichen Vorschriften, sind die Voraussetzungen natürlich auch anders als bei uns. Ich bedanke mich für den Einblick in euren Hausbau und hoffe das ihr noch lange Freude an eurem Haus haben werdet. Grüße aus Deutschland.

[@Varrig]

Happy New Year Welker Farms! May the Lord continue to bless you and your whole family, also with maybe a bit more rain. Let's fill the bins for 2024! I'm very happy to see you are getting closer to the finishing touches stage on the house. Take care and God bless!

[@WBOS72]

Excellent job on the plumbing Scott. Well thought out. Very smart leavint temp control in mechanical room.

[@manifold1476]

"leavint" temp control in mechanical room? Is that what he called a 'thermostat'? How can you mount a thermostat in the mechanical room and have it know how warm the garage is?

[@DaveSunde]

@@manifold1476 Use a remote sensor.

[@anneoreilly4900]

Brings back great memories of when my own kids were munchkins. “Look with your eyes, keep your hands at your sides”

[@mikegleeson349]

Scott: You want to be sure to keep the Glycol away from your pets. it's sweet smelling and will attract them. If they drink it, it will kill them. Glad you cut it to a 50/50 mix, pure Glycol is very inefficient. Beautiful house!

[@robertheinkel6225]

When I was stationed in Alaska, the temp was -60 degrees. The floor heat, and only heat, in the hanger, which also heated the offices, failed. We brought in some gas powered heaters to keep the building from freezing. Base safety was concerned about carbon monoxide poisoning, and told us to shut off the heaters. We gave safety two choices. One, keep the heaters running and monitor the carbon monoxide, or two, shut down the heaters, let the building freeze, and the frozen pipes would be repaired in the spring. They left, and never came back.

[@bjhunt4909]

I'm a 250 lb male farmer/ DYI guy and I'm like you Leg Arms, I'm a softy when it comes to kids!! I got teary eyed when you showed the last part of kids hands in cement!! Love your hard work and passion to do it yourself. God 1st and everything else comes with blessings!!!

[@wingnutgaming_uk99]

Those hand prints gave me a happy tear.

[@45Deere9500]

Pure glycol? If so, why not cut it with water?

[@ront8261]

Lol!!! 15-20 years before painting garage? Yup, sounds about right!! Always something else hasa higher priority. Came home from a work trip and wife had painted the garage. It was nice! You boys are doing great jobs on your homes!! Congratulations!! Well deserved!!

[@deltonwatts9726]

You have a beautiful house and family. May God richly bless you in 2024!

[@michaelolenick4078]

I work at WVU in Morgantown West Virginia the university is all steam heat and they use only glycolic it works great they have 3 inch lines in the basement of the Coliseum where basketball gymnastics wrestling and volleyball events with concerts we have no problems whatsoever.

[@stoddern]

Scott keep an eye on the fluid quality and metal parts for corrosion, in the PC market we find using copper with aluminum , steel or other dissimilar metals will cause what's known as bi-metal electrolysis, this starts slow but as one metal begins to dissolve into the cooling fluid it will speed up causing deposits to form and clog the system. Granted anti-freeze has anti-corrosion properties those chemicals merely slow the process. So like any cooling system and home HVAC units it's a good idea to do a scheduled flush

[@user-sm1us1mw5d]

"bleeding the air" outta the system, but you knew that Leg Arms ,just too much going on to remember it lol,great job congrats on the new place !

[@erickamekonapeper4007]

Brother Scott 1:27 you get some snow how about you install heat in the slabs outside and walkways? You would never need to shovel anything if you think about it right now while you have the opportunity. God Bless you I hope it’s at least been considered. 😏❤️🖖🏼🇺🇸

[@mammutMK2]

It makes sense on a sloped driveway (less for a flat), as the water will flow away into the drainage and you won't need any salt to keep it drivable and get to the (hopefully cleared) city roads. For him it would be a waste of resources and money...the slab is clear and 25 ft further you still need to drive through the deep snow...so there is 0 benefit in the heated slap. If he can't get out of the garage due to snow, he won't even get from his property (not to mention their property). They have vehicles around the corner to make the road drivable again.

[@joebeach7759]

I just noticed you went with almost the same colors on the outside of your house as I fid with mine. My builder told me it would be too dark and wouldn't look good. The day I closed, he said it was the best-looking house in the neighborhood.

[@kevinriese6384]

I would to say thank you Scott and family for the red and green lights showing support for our military and fire. God bless.

[@robertlucht4657]

Congratulations on your new house. God Bless you and your entire family. Are you using 100 percent glycol or 50% glycol? The 50% mixture actually freezes at a lower temperature than pure glycol.

[@WelkerFarms]

50%, he didn't mention the blend

[@peterzweck1763]

Nice going Scott. You follow my own mantra for our farm...try to always have a backup plan for when things go wrong...however unlikely.

[@dennislamers986]

Love the heating system. When I built mine I had 6 zones. I had a pump on every zone. I'm a pipefitter so yes it was all copper. Fun times. You gotta wear a mask or I always put a t-shirt to cover my face.

[@DougsHomestead]

We did footprints in 1992. Still there and brings back memories.

[@tylergano1246]

Love how you did the plumbing for your heat! You can never have to many shut off valves.

[@ajakarr]

Very happy for all of you im a believer hard work pays off, we were fortunate enough to do the same thing in 2009, time flies now my oldest is 20 youngest is 10. Enjoy it all

[@donharper7759]

Those hand prints will bring memories and a wet eye for a lifetime ❤️

[@stevenatkinson2393]

Has your little man beside you asked, "dad how did the people get inside the camera" yet lol.. it is interesting to see how the under floor heating works, it's not that common in Australia and we don't get the cold weather like you do in your part of the world.

[@jefflawsonqwest]

The pre made zoning panels from Menards made my install way easier. Kudos to you, nice work.

[@johncottrill7597]

Scott, have you thought about using windshield washer fluid. Better thermal transfer and less hazardous.

[@robertgorsett1586]

we did the same with my kids when we built our home. The only thing I am missing is Mr. Mom reference, you putting in 220, 220 or 221, whatever it takes, Fun watching you and your brothers homes coming to shape, Congrats to your families. Hard work pays off!

[@andreaswelin7917]

A nice house you got. Hard working people like you deserve a god house. I hope you get a good year. God bless the Welker famely

[@ralphambridge8983]

You're going to love the in floor 🥵

[@happyhuntress9244]

Painting your garage floors with sealer would be a good idea too.

[@iaam117]

May Our Creator bless your new homes, you and your brothers, with warm blessings and long useful lives.

[@guitarjeff55]

I used to live in the middle 60s south of you what they called the wheat Center of Montana. Love your content in your videos bless you all.

[@craigbowie8925]

I loved when your son looked dead into the camera to see all the people watching. It reminded me of an old TV show in the Pacific Northwest called JP Patches. JP used to look into the camera and talk to us Patches Pals. Thanks for sharing your journey. I appreciate the delicate balance of content and privacy could be difficult.

[@theautomotivedad]

Love watching the house videos. The Lord has truly blessed your entire family!

[@stumpy2816]

You have done an awesome job feller. Congratulations 👍👍

[@robertdouglas4130]

Love the hand prints! You all are special people, love watching your lives. Thanks for sharing with us.

[@peterjames2004]

well done sir may you spend many happy years in the house that you helped build with the contractors and your family

[@chrisgilbert2152]

dude, that heating system is fricken cool! Fortunately between so Cailf, and Baja, we dont need that! Oh lord though, the horror stories with PEX and rodents in mexico..

[@opel1996]

I have Watched you guys for a few years and i must say you are really Talented Lads , there is not much you can not handle !! Cheers

[@bt6195]

Good for You.....and Your Family!!!!

[@Praterphil]

Very happy for you and your family!

[@thr8061]

We redid our well, water heater and water conditioner this past year. We went with a tankless water heater since we already had a gas water heater it will replace. That old tank heater was 40 years old !!!! When we replaced the water conditioner, we also added a water filter. We have really hard water and there is a "smell" to our water. I also upgraded our sump pump that included a battery backup. It was not cheap to do all this, but now we should be set for 20 years (at least).

[@michaeltablet8577]

God bless you and your family in your new home! Well done!

[@petereckerwall9423]

Thats a smart move! We came back from vacation this week and found a house cold as ice! But like a miracle no lines where broken thoo several of them had frosen... 🙏 But if we hade come home one day later i dont want to think about what could have happend.. 😳🙈

[@timgoodin42053]

Happy New Year! You have a beautiful home. You will really appreciate the kids concrete handprints as the years pass. Ours is 27 years ago and we still love to see those little hand prints. God Bless you and your family in this New Year! Keep the wonderful content coming, we really love your channel.

[@stuartroland9605]

Fantastic Scott,what a great home.Heres to a wonderfull time in the new home.🥰👍👍

[@lilcheeps6147]

Beautiful house I love those outside lights beautiful

Looking great so far 👌 nice job Scott 👍 👏

[@guysonne423]

Nice work Scott , I like that you guys have done as much as you can with the mechanical stuff in your home and on the farm , it allows you to do save so much money you can do a lot more for less looking good .

[@earlp6731]

THANKYOU Scott. Great video!! Love the handprints!!

[@digger5858]

Very nice work and thanks for the house update Legarms.

[@harveystephens6115]

Enjoyed. Good job on floor heat! May ‘24 be a Blessed Year for the Welker Family!

[@peterwaroblak166]

I had the pleasure of experiencing radiant heat about 20 years ago visiting a friend in Ohio, it was very impressive. I think all your research and hard work will pay off.

[@LaurieBednar]

Happy new year in your beautiful home with your beautiful family.

[@otr9677]

At 12:45 you said you left the top ones closed but, I am 100% sure you can’t close them completely. They are flow meters. I am at the same stage as you, with my floor heating, trying to find leaks. Great job. My system is little simpler, as I’m relying more on controller.

[@bruceduncan9065]

It’s a Beautiful house 😊

[@steveneal2706]

Really great video. Your home is getting there. It is so beautiful

[@WOLFSOFBREAD]

Those little hand prints are so amazing👍👍👍

[@rdyardie]

Happy New Year to all the Welkers from Calgary, Alberta. I found it interesting that Leg Arms was telling us about his runs. You sure have the runs. You are blessed to be moved in already. Enjoy 2024. 😊

[@chrischisholm4800]

Great video! Your passion, and humility are to be commended, especially your love for your family. Love the ending about your kids hand prints in the cement. Beautiful!

[@mikebarbacovi9851]

The two Mini Me’s are chip off the old block. Beautiful home.

[@ranger5721]

nice job on house looks great and enjoy your hard work on it, amen

[@belfast479]

Scott, you don't need to explain anything. The place looks fantastic and I wish you and the family years and years of joy and health. God Bless, stay safe and Happy New Year!!!

[@waynesogge5802]

Very nice video and thank you sharing enjoy your house for years and thank you for sharing 😊

[@Leektown46]

Hi Welker farm's Family. Happy New year to you all. Thanks for your vlogs.

[@rayhuggart5214]

Reel nice job. In my floor heat system i had to turn the boiler heat down because it would call for heat ,pump hot water/ glycol all through the floor then stop because the room was warm but it always overshot because the liquid was to hot.

[@davidkimmel4216]

You’re doing a fantastic job with your home.

[@Old-bold-pilot]

Enjoyed the video, congratulations on the new home. Cheers 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍❤👍👍👍👍

[@andrewruble7706]

Congratulations on a beautiful new house. You will always have something to do but it is a home now. Enjoy each minute with your family. Wishing Gods Blessings to you all! Happy New Year.

[@fynbo1007]

Congratulations with all your work on the new house. Thank you for sharing your videos. God bless and happy new year to you and your family

[@ProblemChild-xk7ix]

Congratulations, it's a beautiful home.

[@carve164]

So so cool and glad for you all!! Your kids are so cute and there blessed to have you all as parents! God bless!!

[@wesleypulkka7447]

Scott, congrats for solving such a complex install! The concrete looks great and the family signatures will be there for generations! Happy New Year!

[@markreetz1001]

Great video. I'm glad you had those little helpers to make sure the tasks were completed!!

[@timothyoliger1651]

Keep up the good work, I enjoy watching

[@harveystephens6115]

Oh my looking at weather there today 1/12 , it’s so extremely cold. Good test of your heat!!!! Y’all stay safe and warm! Bad in Texas too but not as bad as there!

[@kevingordon7426]

You are doing good. Taking your time

[@BrettCraft]

I wonder if beet juice would work in the radian floor system? It doesn't freeze and I presume it is mostly water based and ecologically safe. Just a thought. Nice job!

[@stevebiddle8912]

All of your research and homework has definitely paid off on the floor heat. Always great to see the kids. Hope you had a blessed Christmas. Wishing you all a safe and prosperous 24

[@toddrobinson8876]

You have a beautiful family and now a beautiful home for them. Bless you all.

[@navtechnology]

Great work, very impressive, well done and thank you for sharing!

[@steveshoemaker6347]

Scott you my friend are AMAZING and the pluming job you made is BRILLIANT WOW......Super glad to see y'all moved in your AWESOME house.....l really glad for y'all and GOD BESS 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 ✝ 👍 Old F-4 2 Shoe🇺🇸

[@wranther]

That is a really nice looking utility room that you have put together Scott! So much of your labor and time have gone into the building of your Family Home! Pretty soon by video time, if not already in real time, you and Nick will each have a Family Home to go along with your Dad's home as well! Congratulations and Happy New Year! -Bob...