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

[@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! ❤

[@Rainahluvshim]

If the radiant tubes are within 10% length of each other, you shouldn't need to balance them. While pumping fluid in, never let it suck air in or you'll have to keep pumping until the air is out. Don't see one, but you might want a condensate neutralized before the sump pit. Condensate is acidic and may corrode the pump . a couple mechanics in training there. Good luck

[@revert2625]

I was hoping you would put the prints in the concrete. It transforms the house into a home

[@FuelMan]

Cherish the memories . Love the channel.

[@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!!!

[@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

[@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.

[@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 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏🙏

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@larrydavidson3402]

That is one thought out boiler room and looks like a professional did the job.

[@remmiemax3624]

HAPPY NEW YEAR! God Bless✝

[@WelkerFarms]

Happy new year!

[@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!!

[@gordjohnson-w7u]

"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 !

[@gregcatlett1458]

FANTASTIC!!! THANKS SO MUCH!!!🙏🙏

[@ssboot5663]

SWEET!!! God Bless!

[@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!!

[@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.

[@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.

[@stumpy2816]

You have done an awesome job feller. Congratulations 👍👍

[@Muffinrando]

Self accomplishment is the best kind

[@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.

[@DougsHomestead]

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

[@toddrobinson8876]

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

[@deltonwatts9726]

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

[@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.

[@robertwaters2772]

You are so amazing as a practical engineer considering you have no training you are a legend.

[@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!

[@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 ❤️

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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!

[@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.

[@mannygarage]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@waynesogge5802]

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

[@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.

[@bruceduncan9065]

It’s a Beautiful house 😊

[@heatherkohlwey8379]

May God bless your home and family.

[@gregcatlett1458]

Floor heat in the slab in front of garage nice melt snow off!! Thanks good man.

[@mikebarbacovi9851]

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

[@ProblemChild-xk7ix]

Congratulations, it's a beautiful home.

[@kevinhedtke2332]

Leg Arms your house looks fantastic

[@ryannash8143]

Hell of a plumbing job, well thought out and executed.

[@WOLFSOFBREAD]

Those little hand prints are so amazing👍👍👍

[@peterjames2004]

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

[@OGBamBam-06]

God Bless you too. All ya'll

[@robertdouglas4130]

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

[@tylergano1246]

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

[@digger5858]

Very nice work and thanks for the house update Legarms.

[@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

[@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!

[@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!

[@LaurieBednar]

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

[@grandpajim329]

👌🏻👌🏻AWESOME HOMESTEAD!!!! 😏😏THANK YOU FOR THE VIDEO. 😍😍😍😍😍🙏

[@rem32001]

Congratulations Scott! House looks great. All the ye a rs of thr tough work, early mornings, late nights, stress. All paid off. Beautiful Family and Beatiful House. Congratulations

[@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.

[@forumbezoeker]

nice home

Looking great so far 👌 nice job Scott 👍 👏

[@gjm5591]

God Bless to you and your family as well. Congratulations to you and your family on your new home.

[@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.. 😳🙈

[@jefflawsonqwest]

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

[@GICK117]

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

[@martinaniksdal9269]

God bless:),U guys have a great house:)

[@ranger5721]

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

[@markreetz1001]

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

[@ralphambridge8983]

You're going to love the in floor 🥵

[@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.

[@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.

[@Artist21st]

Awesome house! Thank you! Love the positive content. Montana ❤ ⛰️ 🌄

[@earlp6731]

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

[@SteveNicoson-u1i]

Thanks for another great video. It was very interesting. Scott, you did great on this video. Explaining all of your house systems was most interesting. Your floor heating system is really interesting and is using basic technology to heat your new home. Appreciate you explaining the system and how it works. Lots of valves and controls to manage and get set the way you want them. You have done a great job on installing all of this and engineering the system. Very good job Scott. Believe you have it mastered. My compliments to you for what you have accomplished. Nice!!!!!!!! Getting your garage done will be good and the concrete approach’s completed. Can put your vehicles away then. Yea!!!!!!!! Your work has been outstanding. Hang in there Scott. Thanks for sharing with us. The Iowa farm boy. Steve.

[@steveneal2706]

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

[@joebeernink2293]

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

[@lilcheeps6147]

Beautiful house I love those outside lights beautiful

[@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 .

[@Praterphil]

Very happy for you and your family!

[@GrandpasGarage1967]

Nice job on the plumbing! You will not regret the in-floor heat. I put it in my garage about 10 years ago and wouldn't hesitate to do it again.

[@1957Free]

I love that you did you own everything to keep price down. I did my own heater through a A coil in old furnace and infloor heat in a new shop 1984. I live where firewood as very easy to get . Drive out and fill a 8 ft box in a couple hrs. . I built an out side wood burner . It heated the water pump for house and and another shop. It was a crazy system. Hot water tank had a copper pipe with enter pipe that flowed through 3 inch pipe. Crazy plumbing. Best part. I had 3 temperature gauges. In a closet. Water temp outlet at wood burner. Water temp return from shop. Water temp at entering house. There was no internet or google. I had many reworks of system. Love how nice and clean your system is. I had a lot of valves in my system everything build so I could by pass problem s. Same as yours. You have a lot more

[@craigsmith8217]

I have kid prints from when this house was built. Ten years ago the original family came by and saw the prints. The little girls were grown.

[@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🇺🇸

[@wallyhuppert9077]

Happy New Year

[@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!!

[@markrebman9882]

God bless you and your family in 2024 🙏 You deserve it!

[@duggydo]

I am a bit jealous of your setup. I know you said it was a lot of work, but that type of work and learning new stuff is so much fun. Plus you don’t have to depend on anyone else to fix it. Well done!

[@Kangenpower7]

You might want to consider a portable battery pack to run your boiler and pumps. A 2,100 watt battery pack, with inverter built into it, that can run the pumps and water heater for about 1 day. It can also run your gas furnace. However the 400 watt fans, it might only run it about 4 hours before the battery this size will be empty. If your pumps and boiler plug into a 120 volt receptacle, it will be really quick to change to the battery system. I just bought a Dabbsson 2,100 watt battery pack for $999 at Amazon, it was a special price for Black Friday. It can recharge automatically in about 2 hours, and can use a solar input if you want to do that.

[@ghostwalker100]

nice work. i hope the gycol mix has a corrosion inhibitor it to prevent the galvanic corrosion between the copper and stainless parts. we had an issue with that in the UK where stainless steel was cheaper than copper so systems developed leaks at a later date due to the galvanic reaction.

[@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

[@donzender9008]

Pretty sure Howie needed his paw prints in the concrete too there Scott. Great video, thanks for sharing!

[@DaveSunde]

I love your setup. I built a 7500 square foot home outside Seattle about 20+ years ago and since the temp rarely drops below 35 degrees and I had a 6 inch slab in the basement I tied the system to my potable water supply. I didn't need to use antifreeze, but I did need to put in backflow preventers though. I also put temperature gauges on every return so I could fine tune each run. I had 7 zones and each zone had up to 4 runs to acommodate different rooms in the basement. I found that with heat rising as it does, I did not need to run the heating radiator in the heat pump system very much. I was also able to use the same boiler for the radiant heat and the heat exchanger in the heat pump. I also put the cold air return in the highest point in the house which was my office ceiling on the 2nd floor which was about 14 feet above the actual floor. I did also install a seperate air conditioner (a mini-split) just for my office. For hot water, I had several Takagi tankless heaters located throughout the house near bathrooms, the kitchen, etc. The back wall was 92 feet long so if I had not done that the furthest bathroom would have taken too long to receive hot water. I have the same reservations about PEX so everything I did that was exposed was in copper with sweated joints. I did cheat and used 3/4 inch copper flex to connect the Takagi tanlkess heaters and the boiler for easy changeout. All in all I love your system and wish some of the stuff was available 20 years ago.

[@Shubbers7659]

I would recommend putting in a boiler loop pump too before you burn out the heat exchanger in the boiler. My first on e lasted just over two years without it. Second is still going strong. Have to maintain flow through the boiler and with the pure glycol it will struggle to get good flow with just the floor circulation pumps.

[@pete9705]

I agree, I have always seen a boiler loop pump. The pumps you have there would be mixing pumps.

[@williambryce8527]

Your a good man Scott! So glad to see your dreams coming true. Hard work does pay off and enjoy you sharing your family with the world. I miss the Montana highline evenings...

[@robertogonowski9027]

Good job, . I can recommend to You install few extra part to keep the system always full in glycol. You can use Your small pump, some tank for glycol, then one way check valve, electrical pressure sensor with regulator built in , electrical relay , and connect all together. After that You will have always study pressure of glycol and lower maintenance = more time for family .