Comments on: Let’s Talk About Turf Conditioning

By: Let’s Talk About Turf Conditioning « Scissors Kick

Let’s Talk About Turf Conditioning « Scissors Kick — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 19:57:50 +0000

[...] Let’s Talk About Turf Conditioning “One of the things I actually get paid to do in my office is run radiant heat load calculations for one of the product lines I represent. See, in my day-to-day work, I’m a sales representative for about ten different hydronic heating product lines, one of which is a radiant tubing company. Typically, we do heat loads for residential houses and driveways; however, one of the product lines I represent has been involved in some major projects. Projects like sports field turf conditioning. With all the weather postponements over the weekend, I figured I’d take a look at what, exactly, goes into a turf conditioning system and what they’re supposed to do.” (Avoiding the Drop) [...]

By: jjf3

jjf3 — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 01:20:12 +0000

I thought I commented on this last night, but I guess I got caught up in something else…anyways, this was really informative. We always hear about “special drainage” and “heating” of fields in very general terms. Kind of cool to actually have a sense of how its accomplished, how much energy it actually takes, and how limited its effectiveness can be. Thanks.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 09 Jan 2010 04:31:13 +0000

I used to sell the matting to go under tiles in your bathroom to heat the floor. This seems like the same principle on a much grander scale.

By: tom

tom — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:55:20 +0000

very cool

By: Sculptor?!?

Sculptor?!? — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 22:32:43 +0000

GEEK FEST!

By: semperubisububi

semperubisububi — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:49:38 +0000

Good to know.