Verticaltrx,
Thanks, I've installed a Ritchie before, I like the flexible line they include with the trough as it makes installing them easier. I also like that the lid requires no tools to remove and that they are cheaper than the MiraFount.
I used the MiraFount because they are black which should hold heat better, you can see the balls floating from a distance and my other four were already MiraFounts. (I'm OCD like that)
I chose the size of my pad based on a two yard minimum concrete delivery. I can buy them precast but it requires a perfectly level area and as you know that is difficult.
Daybreak,
I needed 1 1/2" pipe to get the pressure I needed. Do what ever you want to "do it right the first time" but schedule 40 pvc has always worked for me.
I just use corrugated pipe for my heat well or earth tube. Mine ended up being 6' deep but that was only because I had no idea what the final grade was going to be when I installed them.
Dave,
I appreciate you watching. I really was starting to think I was talking to myself at one point.
The reason I was posting this was to hopefully help someone who had never installed a MiraFount. Yes, this is part of a project turning a 45 acre corn and alfalfa field into pasture for rotational grazing.
Thanks, I've installed a Ritchie before, I like the flexible line they include with the trough as it makes installing them easier. I also like that the lid requires no tools to remove and that they are cheaper than the MiraFount.
I used the MiraFount because they are black which should hold heat better, you can see the balls floating from a distance and my other four were already MiraFounts. (I'm OCD like that)
I chose the size of my pad based on a two yard minimum concrete delivery. I can buy them precast but it requires a perfectly level area and as you know that is difficult.
Daybreak,
I needed 1 1/2" pipe to get the pressure I needed. Do what ever you want to "do it right the first time" but schedule 40 pvc has always worked for me.
I just use corrugated pipe for my heat well or earth tube. Mine ended up being 6' deep but that was only because I had no idea what the final grade was going to be when I installed them.
Dave,
I appreciate you watching. I really was starting to think I was talking to myself at one point.
The reason I was posting this was to hopefully help someone who had never installed a MiraFount. Yes, this is part of a project turning a 45 acre corn and alfalfa field into pasture for rotational grazing.