iced98lx
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If you have any experience with radiant ceilings I'd love to hear about it. We're seriously considering retrofitting the garage (and house..) with radiant ceilings (hydronic in this case).
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Anyone doing radiant ceiling?
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Uncle and grandparents had it in their houses (electric resistance).
Like all radiant heating, felt good! The very clear advantage (at the time) over the common/popular baseboard electric heaters was not losing any wall space. But it also meant you had to be very careful when poking holes or dealing with the drywall ceiling.
Like all radiant heating, felt good! The very clear advantage (at the time) over the common/popular baseboard electric heaters was not losing any wall space. But it also meant you had to be very careful when poking holes or dealing with the drywall ceiling.
We had it growing up -- at the beach. As above -- it was electric. it must have been a big thing in the 50's -- they buried it in the plaster.
Have done a lot of radiant ... But, have never tried to fully heat a house with ceiling. Have done it for both new and retrofitted walls ... the only ceiling was in a kitchen when I could not get the BTU's from the floor.
What is the reason you are going this route? There is a lot of information available ... so the answers are out there.
Have done a lot of radiant ... But, have never tried to fully heat a house with ceiling. Have done it for both new and retrofitted walls ... the only ceiling was in a kitchen when I could not get the BTU's from the floor.
What is the reason you are going this route? There is a lot of information available ... so the answers are out there.
theoldwizard1
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If you have any experience with radiant ceilings I'd love to hear about it. We're seriously considering retrofitting the garage (and house..) with radiant ceilings (hydronic in this case).
Radiant floor is much more comfortable. Warm feet and the rest of you is warm.
38Chevy454
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Always seemed to me that you are fighting heat loss with heat in ceiling. I understand the radiant part, but even with good insulation it is a battle for heat loss. Unless where you live has very low electricity rates, it is pure resistance heat which is energy hog.
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readhead
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We had it in our last house. It was electric and expensive to run. The whole system goes against physics. Hot air rises and I could prove it every time my cold body stood up and and my brain was gently warmed. After the first miserable winter I installed hot water baseboard heat.
nadogail
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We have it in a condominium unit that was built in 1979 & 80. There was a shortage of natural gas at the time. So the builder used Electric Ceiling heat.
My wife, son and I lived in in that condo for 3 years, 1985-1988 and never turned the heat on, because at that time San Diego Gas & Electric had high electric rates.
If we were chilly Dear Wife would clean the oven or bake something, we also occasionally used the fireplace.
My wife, son and I lived in in that condo for 3 years, 1985-1988 and never turned the heat on, because at that time San Diego Gas & Electric had high electric rates.
If we were chilly Dear Wife would clean the oven or bake something, we also occasionally used the fireplace.
fitter30
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Heres a link for some info. They make some nice looking radiate wall heaters and cast iron baseboard. Might also want to look at companies that supply finland and the EU.
https://advancedhydronics.com/radiant/
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Milton Shaw
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Our house (1956 Build) had radiant when we moved in. All the heat went into the attic. If you were sitting at a table your feet would freeze because the table blocked the heat. The utility company offered to insulate the ceiling and bill it without interest for a year. The day after they did that we had to turn every thermostat in the house down as suddenly we were way to hot. Sorry way to heat a house. Went to heat pump and then gas heat in the new addition so we have plenty of heat now. This was built in the TVA service area where electricity in the 50's was cheaper than dirt. Now it's still cheaper than most of the country but I still don't want to heat with resistance heat.
Thanks to those who responded, as I assumed not a ton of experience with modern hydronic heat in ceilings though the experiences with electric resistive heat are helpful as well obviously.
Would normally of course heat the floor but our choice of flooring (mostly 3/4 inch hardwood and carpet) mean it's not as effective and we are in climate zone 6 with quite a few big windows/doors (read: high BTU needs). We have hydronic baseboards now and wouldn't ever consider going to forced air heat. We have a project coming up which will expose all the ceilings and require re-drywalling and insulating, thus the idea of going for hydronic ceiling heat, ditching the base boards and supplementing with toe kick and heated floors where possible (bathrooms, etc).
Would normally of course heat the floor but our choice of flooring (mostly 3/4 inch hardwood and carpet) mean it's not as effective and we are in climate zone 6 with quite a few big windows/doors (read: high BTU needs). We have hydronic baseboards now and wouldn't ever consider going to forced air heat. We have a project coming up which will expose all the ceilings and require re-drywalling and insulating, thus the idea of going for hydronic ceiling heat, ditching the base boards and supplementing with toe kick and heated floors where possible (bathrooms, etc).