Firring Strips and Warm Floors!

Well, we got started ripping the firring strips yesterday...  Actually, I am ripping 2x6's down into half inch strips, so each piece will be 1.5" x 0.5".  I will also need some that are 1.5" x 2", so I have several of those also.

Because of the varying sizes of the rooms, I have calculated how many of each I need at various lengths, and so I can get them done ahead of time, and then we can cut them to length as we put them in each room. The following table shows how many of each size I need:

Length	0.5" wide strips	2" wide strips
10'	75	17
14'	98	19
16'	17	9

So far, I have the following cut:

Length	0.5" wide strips	2" wide strips
10'	34	0
14'	23	0
16'	17	9

So, I have a bunch more to do, but it is coming along -- in just over a day!

Here is a picture of the pile of strips I've cut -- the 2" 16' boards are in the middle. The camera appears to have something on the lens -- probably sawdust from ripping all these boards...

And, the heat is set for 40 degrees, so it does come on at night quite a bit, and so I took my shoes off to walk around on the floor tonight, and it feels pretty nice!  We are going to enjoy that in the mornings!  Without the insulation on the ceiling, the heat does seem to be sapped out of the slab pretty quickly, but I was happy to be able to feel the warmth...