radiant

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this is the floor of my new yoga studio. i'm installing a radiant floor to keep my feet warm in the winter months. i have lousy circulation in my feet, either because i'm tall or because i froze them several times growing up in colorado and hunting at five in the morning in below zero weather. essentially, each space between joists (i had to level the floor--it was six inches out of level!) becomes a small heated chamber and the heat conducts up through the floor. the red tubing carries heated water from my building's boiler. the aluminum helps radiate the heat upward to the floor and seals out drafts. next step is to lay down plywood.