Ceiling Cable Heat

Many houses built during the 1960s and 1970s in areas not served by natural gas suppliers incorporated electric cable ceiling heat as the primary means of keeping the interiors warm during the cold months of the year.

Ceiling cable heat. After all this is precisely the temperature we know from the most comfortable situations. Radiant ceiling heat comes in two main forms. In the older form electric heating elements are sandwiched between a layer of drywall and a layer of plaster.

The house builders before installing the plaster or drywall to form the ceilings would install electric resistance heating cable panels above it and then cover them with the finishing materials. A layer of drywall mud is then put on and immediately put a 2nd layer of drywall mover the first. For tougher ice situations some deicing cables may carry 10 or more watts per foot.

Radiant ceiling heat is a style of heating that is significantly different from the radiators or forced air ducts that you may be used to. Designed to provide maximum comfort at the absolute lowest cost there is no wasted heat using our electric radiant ceiling heating system. The number of watts per foot that a heat cable generates provides information on its heating power.

Radiant ceiling heat is the same type of natural heat that warms you just like the sun on a cool spring day. Electric gypsum panels fit between the ceiling joists above the finished ceiling. It is a closed loop electrically.

Tools you will need to demo a heated ceiling mattock 2 5 lb. Although the air is cool the radiant heat from the sun keeps you warm. A gentle curtain of warmth is then spread evenly throughout the room now free from drafts and dust.

These temperatures feel very comfortable. In is stapled to a layer of drywall working back and forth across the room parallel to ceiling joists making sure to leave joists open. A cable with five to seven watts per foot is average and suits the majority of homeowners.