Repairing Radiant Ceiling Heat Wires

The ceiling is textured and they are planning a have a sample analyzed first for asbestos.

Repairing radiant ceiling heat wires.

I don t know too much about radiant heating system in general. In the older form electric heating elements are sandwiched between a layer of drywall and a layer of plaster. These old ceiling heat systems have radiant heating wire throughout the 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.

House was built in early 1970s. The wire he cut isn t the supply wire to the ceiling heat. He cut the actual resistive heating wire. First check the visible wiring.

If the radiant ceiling isn t heating up because of an incomplete circuit there are several possible causes. The newer form involves radiant ceiling heat panels. Begin at the breaker box tracing back through the walls and attic. Fixing your heating system can also vary from 90 to 1 200 or more depending on the type of issue and the work required to fix it.

This style of radiant ceiling heat is much harder to fix when it fails. Step 2 repair faulty wiring. Look for corroded or snapped wires. If this is the source of the problem repairs are fairly easy.

There is no way to install a box to repair it. Disadvantages limitations problems and cons of electric cable ceiling heat same problems as other forms of electric heat. My understanding is that if these old ceiling heat systems are damaged there is no approved field repair. What are the best options to fix.