Radiant Heat Cable Ceiling

But unless you re really intent on period authenticity bus s suggestion is probably the right one install something more maintainable and more efficient.

Radiant heat cable ceiling.

Since the cables wires in this type of ceiling heating heat by electrical current resistance this is indeed a specific form of electric heat and suffers just about all the drawbacks of it. In fact the temperature variant from ceiling to floor is only about 1 c 2 f. Hello i used to do a lot of ceiling radiant cable before thermo ray came out with the heat wires imbedded in 12 wide sheetrock panels and even that is now a dinosaur. Low temperature ceiling heating can be used in rooms with a height of between 2 5 and 3 5 meters.

For those that have never seen it a heat loss for the room is determined then you order the length wattage of cable you need. Ceiling radiant heat is an interesting historical anomaly. Where ceiling heating makes sense. 07 14 2006 05 17 pm 8.

Disadvantages limitations problems and cons of electric cable ceiling heat same problems as other forms of electric heat. Btw i had something similar many years ago 2x4 radiant panels that dropped into my rec room s drop ceiling grid. The second was when the ho cut a hole in the ceiling for a paddle fan and cut the heat cable wires in the sheetrock and come winter wondered why the heat didn t work. Our electric radiant ceiling heating system also eliminates cold and hot spots throughout the environment.