Radiant Heat Install Pt 1/5 | Manifolds | MAD County Build

all right guys welcome back to MR Post Frame for  those of you who are new to the channel my name   is Paul today we're going to be talking about  everything above grade when it comes to radiant   heat so this is going to be a series of videos  um the first video is going to be installing   your manifold so we'll go over the types of  manifold I use here in my own personal home   how to hook them up kind of all the ins and outs  of that uh but before we get started if you guys   are interested in what happens below grade uh  we have a playlist for that we'll leave a link   there the insulation that we're now using below  grade is Hitz Halter it's an incredible insulation   it's got your Vapor Barrier built into it it's  got Termino side in it it's got your 6-in grid   for laying um out all of your inflor heat tubing  it is basically an all-in-one product that just   makes install so much easier so check that out  as well let's go ahead and jump into the series   on how to install everything above grade when it  comes to your radiant heat today we're going to   get the manifold installed and the manifolds I'm  using are I'm not even sure how to pronounce it r   rayu ray re e h Au U they're all stainless steel  1 in um they come with uh balancers on the return   manifold they come with flow meters built on the  supply manifold they come with uh ball valves they   come with um temperature gauges they are just a  really solid manifold so I have four zones you can   see here and I have all these tied together  from when we poured the concrete so I could   pressurize all of them to make sure none of them  got damaged so I'm going to have to cut all those   off which we'll do here in a second but I have  four zones I got a Zone there a one circuit Zone   a Zone here and a Zone there so I have manifolds  for three of the zones this Zone here since it's   only one circuit that will get directly piped to  one of the Zone pumps and return so I don't have   to have a manifold there so I want to cut these  up high enough though so if I ever need to fix   something I have enough um exposed pipe that I can  um kind of I have basically so I have room to play   here in the future so probably cut them off you  know somewhere right in here and uh that'll make   all of my control board very accessible and then  my boiler will go right here my boiler should be   here at the end of the week I'm hoping so I guess  let's get going the first step in getting these   manifolds mounted is to get all all my pipes cut  off so another great thing about these manifolds   is you can come off either end of them so they're  multi-directional they have um lots of options so   as I mount these I'll figure out how I'm which  way I'm going to come off and uh I think it's   going to work out pretty good so so we're ready  to start uh hooking this up so if you look down   here I marked all these and so that's um Supply  return Supply return Supply return so these two   here are a loop these two here are a loop and  these two here are a loop so I know which ones   are my suppli so that's a supply that's a supply  that's a supply and that goes to the top so we'll   mark 30 in all the way across with a level then  I know all my um everything will be the same all right now that we got that  marked um I'm going to fasten this up there so you can see how this manifold the supply sits  closer to the wall than the returns so you put   your supplies uh back behind that return section  those three will hook in just like that and then   the returns will hook just like that so um what  we're going to do is we're going to go ahead and   uh get these other two manifolds all mounted up  as well and then we'll go through and uh hook   all the pipes up and unfortunately with these  I'm just going to have to put uh a coupling in   there um even where was it was not going to be  long enough to make it up to the pump and return   it's not a big deal I'll just uh put a coupling  two couplings in there and we'll get these up to   where the controls are going to be all right so  before mounting your manifold you simply need to   separate your supplies from your returns and  then Supply slide all of your supplies up in   between the supply and return manifold so when  you mount it you don't have to bend those pipes   and they fit in there good and then by putting  that uh level pencil line across there I just   run my top screws right into that pencil line  and that assures me that my manifolds will be   uh level all the way across um it's important to  me um that the install is nice and clean looking   and that uh it just looks good I feel like that's  important all right so we got those all mounted now it's just a matter of going through and  hooking all of these pipes up as you can see   already it's already starting to make uh  a lot more sense and once I get this all   hooked up it is going to look nice and clean  guys so that's what I want and um it's going   to turn out nice so I will uh start hooking  these up I'll show you how you hook one of   these pipes up on one of them and then I'm  just going to do the rest so um there are   a couple important notes it's kind of almost  like hooking up this gas line you definitely   don't want to overtighten all right so  when you're hooking these up with this   manold um it comes with compression comes  with a compression nut a split ring and then your o-ring and your  piece that slides up into   the manifold sealing it so it's a pretty simple process take you through one right now um you want to take uh  want to take this piece right here slide it up in there take  your tu get it where you want it Mark it make sure you cut it square and then you can take this piece out  you're going to slide your compression nut on   you're going to slide your split ring on and  then you're going to slide this into the end   of your pipe might have to kind of bend it down a  little bit push it all the way up in there so it seats and then hand tighten your nut and  you just it's important you only go hand   tight once you have it hand tight you  can hold the top with a wrench and then   tighten your compression nut and you don't  want to turn it any more than a half of a turn so what I do is I just get it on there and go until  it's just it's nice and snug and that's it and you can always if you have  a a slight leak if we need to tighten any   of these we can definitely do that but  that's it guys so it's a pretty simple   process so I'm going to get all these  um hooked on here and once we get that   on we'll figure out which side of the  supply and return manifolds we're going   to come off of to go up to our controls  and we'll get all that stuff mounted up all right okay so for this specific manifold  um my controls are going to be uh right up   here so I'm going to come off I'm going to  have it come in this side and come back out   this side so over on this side of the manifold  we're going to have our fill and drain um hook   up so that's what we're going to do now and  it just comes with a little um washer that   seals it basically just put that nut on there  at an angle and then pull it tight drop that   washer in there and then this has got blue  for the return and it just gets screwed on there so we'll get it on there uh fingertight and  then I'll come back and tighten that with a wrench um the supply is the same obviously  it's got a red cap for hot close it as far as the other end goes we have um the  same thing we got red for the supply blue for   the return and then there's a little space  to put a thermometer in there temperature gauge all right so all these fittings you see  me putting on right now are basically   isolation valves and they all seal with a  washer and the system only runs between 12   and 18 PSI so all you need to do is just  snug these up and you shouldn't have any lakes so you just take this little thermometer and  it slides right into the socket and then you just tighten it in there all right guys I am officially done mounting and  getting all of the manifolds prepared so so you   can see on the return side you're going to have a  drain uh fitting on the supply side you're going   to have a supply uh fill fitting where you can  hook up just a regular garden hose too on either   of those and then the way I'm tackling this I  decided to do it uh since these two are going   to face each other um I came off with a 90 and  then put my shut off valve and thermostat right   there or thermometer right there uh for both the  supplies and then the returns will come off I'll   put a I'll get a I'm going to have to buy a 90  right here and so these two um right here will   both come in and 90 up so um I may have to change  that I'm not 100% sure because I won't know until   I get my um control system all mounted but he  did send me a picture of it and I think uh the   way I got this it'll work and if not we'll just  uh we'll figure it out but that's that that's uh   step one to um getting your um INF floor heat  control system hooked up and that's getting   your manifolds all hooked up and ready to rock  and roll so tomorrow I should be receiving my   controls so I can get all that mounted and get  all my thermostats wire hooked up and I'll know   where I need to run my power and then I'll need  I'll figure out what I need for fittings to get   the control system the pumps and return lines  hooked up to these manifolds so all right guys   so that's going to be a wrap on video number  one for this series for those of you guys who   want to design your own Barn aminium uh we have  a design service so check that out design mrose   frame also we have a patreon group it's for  self-builders it's to learn how to do stuff   like this it's a group of other self-builders  you get to share your project you get to ask   questions we do lives every month check that  out um hopefully this video was helpful to you   and getting started with your radiant uh heat so  with that being said um come back for the rest   of the videos in this series you won't want to  miss them and um at the end of this series I'll   go ahead and talk about my system this system  here has been in service for I think 3 years   this will be the third or fourth season and I'll  kind of give you an overview of my thoughts the   efficiency of it all that kind of good stuff so  as always we appreciate you watching hit that   subscribe button if you haven't share us with  your friends and we'll catch you on the next video

Channel: MR Post Frame | Marshall Remodel

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Keywords: Midwest, Iowa, Home, Design, DIY, Construction, Self Build, New Build, New Constrution, Post Frame, Pole Barn, Barndominium, Farmhouse

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Length: 17min 48sec (1068 seconds)

Published: Sun Oct 29 2023