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Using a House's Concrete Foundation To Cool a PC

Posted by timothy on from the thinking-deeper-than-built-in-cable-drops dept.

Agg writes "Well the slab gets poured on Wednesday so I thought I would sink 6 meters of copper pipe in the slab so that I can run my water loop through it when the house is finished. I hope to have water year round at about 16deg [about 61F]. No need for radiators or fans with chilled water coming straight out of the slab!"

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  1. Seriously? by kgwilliam · · Score: 0, Troll

    Really? You are going to compromise the structure of your (presumably) expensive house in order to do what? Cool a PC? I can't wait to see this on failblog.

  2. Re:Sell it? Get it past inspectors by Brigadier · · Score: 0, Troll

    6m of copper tube will corrode, and leak eventually undermining the slab resulting in a crack. In a cold climate it will eventually freeze also causing the slab to crack. I assume your being facetious but there are the facts. House won't explode but the bill to repair the slab will be horrendous.

  3. Re:Resale value of house? by MobileTatsu-NJG · · Score: 1, Troll

    I don't know about you, but if I buy or make something, it's for me. I'm not there to take care of it for the next owners. If I wanted that, I'd rent.

    Meanwhile, to the rest of the people in this reality, re-sale value is very much a concern with home ownership. If the cost of the modifications matters, then the future ramifications of the value of that house matters.

    Oversimplification and ridicule is not insightful.

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