Radiant Ceiling Heat Dangers

Radiant heating systems supply heat directly to the floor or to panels in the wall or ceiling of a house.

Radiant ceiling heat dangers.

Btw i had something similar many years ago 2x4 radiant panels that dropped into my rec room s drop ceiling grid. It cost more to install radiant ceiling heat cables than other forms of heating but the savings pays back the cost. Ceiling radiant heat is an interesting historical anomaly. It is not as common central heat or wall heaters but it is not uncommon either.

But unless you re really intent on period authenticity bus s suggestion is probably the right one install something more maintainable and more efficient. It is no more dangerous than any other type of heating. Radiant ceiling heating is called zone or zonal heating. The systems depend largely on radiant heat transfer the delivery of heat directly from the hot surface to the people and objects in the room via infrared radiation.

Radiant ceilings don t have these problems because people are not usually in contact with the ceiling so it can be radiating heat for warmth or absorbing it for cooling without problems of. In fact the temperature variant from ceiling to floor is only about 1 c 2 f. A direct transference of clean even heat from object to object without fans pumps or hoses silent motionless and invisible.