Heated Shed / Living Space

Question

Been wanting to build a Heated Shed for years.
With it on one side / living space on the other side for House....

With So many options and cost . Wondering what's the best Bang for your buck ??!!

Been collecting info for years just want to do it right and not have any regrets .... You know

Here are my thoughts.

1. Big enough  thinking 50 x 100 x 18 or 60 x 100 x 18
2. Spray foam insulation
Eliminate air leaks 
Seal completely . Low heating cost.
3. In Floor heat . Seems best
( Although seems complicated ... No one has yet to explain or give me a simple system...) Boiler? Electric? Water heater? Corn fired? Geo??$$$
Would love to do it all floor heat and heat the house that way too ??
Would it be enough ?

I know there are 1000 things you can do ...just wanted to see any tips or tricks to make sure I don't overlook anything .

Thanks !!

Answer

I built a 40x100 biulding the 40x40 is the house 14 foot tall vaulted ceiling 2 story's the machinery side is 40x60 16 foot tall. I went with fan fold styrofoam in all the ceilings and spray foam but the side walls went with bat insolation. They building manafacture would not warranty me steal if I sprayed foam directly on my steal I wish I would have put styrofoam on me side walks and sprayed the foam.

As for heat I went Geo in my house force air duct work. in floor heat is nice but to mainy I have talk to say they don't like the way it heats there house. But have had people tell me the love the way it heats there shop.

Myself I would not do Geo again it nice but for the price I could have bot alot of propane I would do foam on the walls but make shear you can still get warranty because if you put foam on steel it well rust this is what the manafacture told me. As for the shop it is not heated but thinking of putting a outside wood boiler and running fans threw radiator to heat the shop.

Answer

We really like the floor heat in our shop and our house. We run electric boilers for both, we looked into geo for our house but the new electric boilers are so efficient anymore it’s hardly worth the upfront cost of geo. Talking to people who have done both say they wouldn’t go back to geo. Buy a good floor heat thermostat, they monitor air and slab temperature. Not a big deal in a shop but a must in living area, you can also zone control floor heat so it can run two different temps in two different areas on one system.

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