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6th Gear Member
Joined: Dec 2003
Posts: 6,524
From: Sacramento, CA
Of course you can have floor heating with a pit, I worked at WattsRadiant using 2D CAD to design the layouts! 
Whether you go with a heatmat under a painted floor or full out water heating you can still work around the pit.
I spent a few minutes drawing this up but its not a bad idea for a pit layout.
Of course the pit would be quite long.
Note the drain sump to keep from filling up with water.
I didnt put it in but a good strong sliding cover should be built in.
Then you can put a lift over that as well, a mobile one like the link I am about to post, that way you can place it in a few places.
The lift, its a YouTube vid but you get the idea.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5e5c8euXEw
Whether you go with a heatmat under a painted floor or full out water heating you can still work around the pit.
I spent a few minutes drawing this up but its not a bad idea for a pit layout.
Of course the pit would be quite long.
Note the drain sump to keep from filling up with water.
I didnt put it in but a good strong sliding cover should be built in.
Then you can put a lift over that as well, a mobile one like the link I am about to post, that way you can place it in a few places.
The lift, its a YouTube vid but you get the idea.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L5e5c8euXEw
Last edited by NeoTokyo; Dec 26, 2010 at 09:55 PM.
5th Gear Member
Joined: Jan 2008
Posts: 3,306
From: Canada
Of course you can have floor heating with a pit, I worked at WattsRadiant using 2D CAD to design the layouts!
Whether you go with a heatmat under a painted floor or full out water heating you can still work around the pit.
I spent a few minutes drawing this up but its not a bad idea for a pit layout.
Of course the pit would be quite long.
Note the drain sump to keep from filling up with water.
I didnt put it in but a good strong sliding cover should be built in.
Then you can put a lift over that as well, a mobile one like the link I am about to post, that way you can place it in a few places.
The lift, its a YouTube vid but you get the idea.
Whether you go with a heatmat under a painted floor or full out water heating you can still work around the pit.
I spent a few minutes drawing this up but its not a bad idea for a pit layout.
Of course the pit would be quite long.
Note the drain sump to keep from filling up with water.
I didnt put it in but a good strong sliding cover should be built in.
Then you can put a lift over that as well, a mobile one like the link I am about to post, that way you can place it in a few places.
The lift, its a YouTube vid but you get the idea.