Energy efficient. Easy to install. Is radiant heat cheaper than forced air? Radiant heat is much more efficient than forced air, and after the initial cost of installation, these systems will save you money on your energy bills every month. You'll also get increased comfort because temperatures stay consistent. Should I turn down radiant heat at night? Does it pay to turn down the heat at night when you have a radiant-floor heating system? When the system ramps up in the morning, it will reheat the slab without any loss of efficiency.
Can radiant floor heating heat an entire house? A room in a well-insulated modern house can usually be effectively heated using electric radiant floor heat. However, you must also consider the heat-loss value of a room. But remember, radiant floor heat does not heat the air, it heats the objects that are in contact with it, such as people and furniture.
Can radiant heat cause a fire? Radiant heat transmission is deadly. Fire emits electromagnetic radiation that can injure or kill passersby or result in spontaneous combustion of materials. Not all fire rated glass prevents the transmission of radiant heat.
What temperature should radiant heat be set? What are the pros and cons of radiant heat? Pros and Cons of Radiant Heat Uniform heating. The biggest benefit of floor-heating systems is their ability to uniformly heat a room and floor. No maintenance. Electric floor-heating systems do not require maintenance. No noise. Energy efficient. Easy to install. Is radiant heat cheaper than forced air? Radiant heat is much more efficient than forced air, and after the initial cost of installation, these systems will save you money on your energy bills every month.
You'll also get increased comfort because temperatures stay consistent. Can you use a hot water heater for radiant floor heat? A hot water heater saves money when used in this way. A high quality water heater is more energy efficient and friendlier to the environment. Can in floor heating heat a house? A room in a well-insulated modern house can usually be effectively heated using electric radiant floor heat. By contrast, ceiling heating is invisibly integrated into the sloping roofs and heats the room with comfortable radiant heat.
The flexible surface heating system fits perfectly into complex roof structures. If you compare the purchase costs with a standard radiator, they are higher for ceiling heating.
This means that surface heating pays off within just a few years. Also, the ceiling heating is silent and does not require forced air, which is why it can also run at night. The flexible Variotherm cooling ceiling and ceiling heating is simple and quick to install, like in standard drywall construction. The flexible ModulePanels are mounted in drywall construction and can also be installed at a later stage.
Metal and wood constructions on the ceiling are suitable substructures. The ModulePanels can be painted with standard paint. Ceiling cooling is quick and easy to install. Find out more about how ceiling heating is fitted. The radiant energy not only cools the air, but also warms up the human body in a pleasant and healthy way. If the temperatures in summer become unbearably hot, the ceiling heating can also be used for cooling.
Since the cooling ceiling tempers the rooms using radiant exchange, there is hardly any convection and therefore no forced air. In many cases, surface heating is combined with a heat pump. This reduces energy costs and protects the environment. Even so, the room climate feels comfortable. Around six percent of heating costs can be saved for every degree by which the room air temperature is reduced.
Electric heating panels may be cheaper to buy, but they need a large amount of energy during ongoing operation. Another advantage of water-bearing ceiling heating compared to an electrically operated ceiling is that the water-bearing heating can also be used to cool the room in the summer.
Instead of warm water, cold water circulates through the aluminium multi-layer composite pipes. When you turn the thermostat up to energize the system, voltage should drop to zero.
My bad room had only v so I pulled the thermostat out, removed the leads and tested for voltage and continuity. The lines leading to and from the grid had no continuity, so I began to suspect a broken wire somewhere in the grid. Voltage from each hot wire to one of the grid leads showed 85v, same as my good room.
However, there was no voltage on the other grid lead. Sure enough, the wire was cut from above and you couldn't see the break from below. I turned the breaker off and ran a jumper wire across the break and tested the grid leads again Now off to the hardware store for a section of 16ga solid core wire and splice out the broken wire.
Still have continuity and 30 minutes later the room is nice and warm. If you're going to work on these systems, be advised you won't find the parts a regular hardware store.
I got the Line Voltage Thermostat at Grainger for about the same price as available online. I found the wire at an Ace Hardware store. If you're going to work on your system, be careful, you're playing with v. Turn the breaker off before fooling with anything! Our house was built in It has the ceiling tape heat in every room. In the bedrooms we have dark streaks on the ceiling where the tape is.
It is darkest where the ceiling and wall meet. It has been like this for several years. Should we be concerned? We are remodeling our home and would like to update the thermostats. Can anyone suggest a thermostat that works with the in ceiling closed loop radiant heat?
I am unsure how to even begin figuring out what kind of system I have, I just know we love the heat and want to keep it. Also We need to repair one wire that the electrician cut into. Is that a problem to repair and secure back into the ceiling? First you need to determine what KIND of thermostat you have. Google the old one.
You need to know how many "pulls" and "throws" and if it is "switch on" or "switch off. I did the work myself, because this is a very simple circuit. If you use an electrician, let him know you've done the research so you don't get screwed on the replacement switch. Some will try to convince you that the old switches are impossible expensive to find.
They are NOT hard to find. Question for the people smarter than me: I'm repairing a corner of the ceiling with radiant heat installed. Mine is wire embedded in the drywall, NOT between two layers. I managed to remove the drywall from around the wires, so they are intact, but now I have a loop of wire that I'm not going to be able to re-embed.
I don't want to just lay it up on top of the patch I put in attic is above. From some work I've done on another area, it seems that each panel is powered individually from the rooms thermostat.
Would it by fine to just clip this wire, and lose heat to the one panel? Do I need to do anything with the wire if I do clip it, beside insulating the end? Thanks to haulbrookdf for your comment as well. I need to replace my thermostats, as they don't really seem to shut off the heat. If the breaker's on, the heats on, even if the thermostat is turned all the way down. When i gutted the bathroom i discovered radiant heat in the ceiling.
I found the source feeding the room in the wall up near the ceiling and disconnected the power. Our hydro bills have been through the roof compared to other houses in my area. I snipped the wires in two and maretted the ends. To my surprise there was power in all the wires even after i cut them. I would have thought that there would only be one source for each room.
Any one run into that before. Just wanted to add an important warning to this post. Be cautious around the Thermalux ceiling heat system. These panels contain asbestos and should only be removed by proper asbestos remediation contractors.
Have spent quite a bit of time reading and discovered the popular mechanics ad from starting it has asbestos in it but have not see the hazard mentioned anywhere. We have radiant heat in our ceiings. We would like to put a ceiling can in our livingroom. Is there anything we can use to see for sure where it is so we could make a hold for the box? We have electric radiant heat in our ceilings in a ranch house built in the late s by my uncle. It works fabulously.
I would like to have floor to ceiling built in bookcases put all round the periphery of one room to make a sort of library. My cabinet contractor is concerned that this might "burn out" the heating system. Is this actually a concern? Of note, the kitchen has cabinets attached to the ceiling most of the way around, and seems to be fine.
If I can't go all the way up with the bookcases, then how much room must I leave between their tops and the ceiling? I have a new home and it has radiant heat in ceiling that goes back to the 's and has black pipe as coils. The ceiling had to be replaced and it originally had a cement board on it.
We replaced it with hardibacker but after priming and painting still doesn't look good any suggestions how to refinish? I am currently having my kitchen renovated in my home. To replace the old ceiling heat I had the Ditra floor heating system installed under my new tiles. I have had people swear by this system, winter will tell.
Check into a company out of Wareham, MA. The name is Calorique. I believe the floor and ceiling heat is Perfectly warm and their deicing is Perfectly clear. I have all their products in my home and LOVE them. Actually , the ceiling heat is my favorite with the radiant floor heat second. It is a film type heat and my installers said it was easy to do. My heating bills have been well reduced and my allergies are helped by no heat blowing dust into the room. One of the rooms heating has gone out.
Can you give me the name of someone who could repair this? I found this forum trying to see if it was safe. To still use my ceiling heat. We built our house in Ceiled heat was the way to go.
Heat source was not an eye sore as baseboard heaters. Use HAV system now. We liked to have our bedroom cold and the rest of house warm. We had zan oil stove downstairs that helped keep electricity cost down. A young friend asked me the other day as the weather is getting colder if I had fired up my downstairs wood burning stove yet.
I told her it would be too hot as the day warms up. I told her I turned on my ceiling heat in the morning.
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