I have not heard from anyone who was happy with electric ceiling radiant
When they fail they are impossible to repair!!   

    We are sometimes asked about ceiling radiant, although we have replaced several ceiling radiant houses with either baseboards or floor radiant we have never installed a ceiling radiant system. We have installed a few wall radiant systems usually to supplement a floor panel. We have used wall radiant very successfully in barns to heat livestock.

      Radiant ceiling heat can never approach the comfort level or efficiency of floor radiant. You should never try to use ceiling radiant in a vaulted ceiling as the surface temperatures would have to be so high that the losses through the roof would be greatly increased.
     The human body has the poorest circulation in it's feet, it makes no sense to give it the least heat.     

I GET SEVERAL EMAILS A MONTH FROM PEOPLE WHO'S ELECTRIC CEILING RADIANT HAS FAILED AND THEY HAVE NO WAY TO REPAIR IT!!

FLOOR AND SNOWMELT ELECTRIC SYSTEMS ARE NOW POPULAR.

ELECTRIC RADIANT?

There are two types of radiant that use electricity, direct cable and electrically heated water.
    We have installed two cable systems both failed within five years. Electrical resistance cables have an inherent problem of developing hot spots in the wire and burning a hole in the wire. This problem is made worse by voltage fluctuations.
    We have installed several electrically heated hot water radiant floor heating systems. They all work as well as any other heat source but the cost of electricity makes this form water heating prohibitive even using off peak power with an extra storage tank. If you are doing a very small area such as a bathroom or kitchen then electric floor panels sometimes are practical, but their costs are unbelievably high even in small area's.

Electric water heaters simply do not have enough Btu output for space heating.
Remember when you take a shower you are using the stored hot water not the water that it is being heated.

TYPICAL CEILING RADIANT EMAIL.

I was searching the web to see whether there is a class-action suit on contractors who installed electric radiant heat in ceilings during the '60s and came across your site.
I'm in the process of selling my mother's home (she's in a nursing home and I have to liquidate her resources in order for Medicaid to pay her expenses), and of course, there are cracks in the ceiling from the heat. This is the reason I'm trying to find out -- have you heard of any suits) against contractors? That was really a terrible heating system!
Thank you,  Alice

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