Building a new shop - pre-fab steel building

[Blue72slab]

Looks like fun! Subscribing. I will be building a shop in the next couple of years. Are you putting in heat and if so what kind? Have you looked at floor heat? Power is so cheap in WA where we are moving to that I am considering that. All electric out where we are but only 2.7 cents per KW.

[JJorgensen52]

Originally Posted by Blue72slab

Looks like fun! Subscribing. I will be building a shop in the next couple of years. Are you putting in heat and if so what kind? Have you looked at floor heat? Power is so cheap in WA where we are moving to that I am considering that. All electric out where we are but only 2.7 cents per KW.

I've toyed with the idea, but not seriously. Although I could do geothermal and get a pretty good deal out of that, I think.

As of right now, I'm planning to do a heat pump set up, that way I can heat in the winter and cool in the summer. The temperatures here aren't too extreme so that setup works pretty well.

My last shop, up in New England, was strictly propane, and that's been a pretty good deal for the area.