Can you spot all the errors?
Sure it’s cold outside but why do I feel chilly inside? The addition to the house is built on a cement slab. We installed in-floor heating to take away that basement cold floor effect. It works wonderfully when it isn’t broken. You have that warm fuzzy feeling as heat radiates from the floor up through the room. You feel chilly when it doesn’t.
We called in the repair guys. Our expansion tank (in red) is leaking. They pointed out several things wrong with the initial installation. This was done by a professional who our contractors claimed was the best. I guess he had a bad day.
1) The expansion tank (water!!) should not be near the electronics.
2) There are no shutoff valves. It would be much easier to replace the tank if they could simply turn off the water.
3) There is no pressure gauge so we have no idea whether the system is operating properly or not.
4) The pink box needs to be rotated 90 degrees. We found the instruction manual given to us when it was installed (Dave keeps everything). It specifically states to NOT mount it as it has been done in our case. It even has a picture of what NOT to do with a big red X through it.
The price to fix it seems high. Dave is contemplating doing it himself with the help of my Dad. It might be worth the $$$ to get it fixed sooner rather than later. There’s also the hardwood floor to be installed. Add to the list the fact that it’s snowing like crazy.
I think skiing will win out this weekend over heating & flooring. Besides, it’s not our only source of heat and we’ve been walking around the extra wood planks all week without injury. Snow on the other hand, is here today and gone next week (are they really calling for rain again?).