LIVESTOCK CONFINEMENT HOUSE WITH IMPROVED ENVIRONMENTAL CONTROL

摘要

A livestock confinement house having a waste disposal pit and a slotted concrete floor positioned over the pit. The slotted floor comprises a plurality of elongated concrete slats spanning the pit, with each of the slats having a conduit positioned therein to reinforce the concrete. The conduits are interconnected to form a floor circulation system through which a temperature controlling fluid may pass to alternately heat or cool the floor. Ventilating ducts communicating the exterior of the building with the pit coupled with reversible ventilating fans in the roof of the house permit air circulation either upwardly or downwardly through the slotted concrete floor. Valves in the floor circulation system permit selective temperature regulation or complete blocking of sections of the house floor from the circulation system.