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Ceiling Radiant - Exposed

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Alan (California Radiant) Forbes
Alan (California Radiant) Forbes Member Posts: 4,665
edited 1:15AM in THE MAIN WALL

Living space below - roof above. Long time customer always complained that this room never heated well. And now - after they nailed the tubing - we get to see why.
No insulation in the ceiling; just that reflective paper that you see there.

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8.33 lbs./gal. x 60 min./hr. x 20°ΔT = 10,000 BTU's/hour

Two btu per sq ft for degree difference for a slab

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  • EdTheHeaterMan
    EdTheHeaterMan Member Posts: 11,766

    Someone needs to put some insulation above that tubing.

    Edward Young Retired

    After you make that expensive repair and you still have the same problem, What will you check next?

  • mattmia2
    mattmia2 Member Posts: 16,046
    https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1884934#Comment_1884934

    but can you, or would it interfere with how the roof works, does it need ventilation below to not cook?

    snowmelt system for the roof.

    EdTheHeaterMan
  • kcopp
    kcopp Member Posts: 4,642

    Slick patch! So few people solder any longer.

    EdTheHeaterMan
  • Larry Weingarten
    Larry Weingarten Member Posts: 4,036

    Snowmelt for the roof where it almost never snows 🤔😁 And nary a scorch mark on the wood behind the tubing👍

    Yours, Larry

    ps, Maybe when they reroof, some foam board can go under a new roof deck…

    Alan (California Radiant) Forbes
  • EBEBRATT-Ed
    EBEBRATT-Ed Member Posts: 19,908
    edited 2:20AM

    The roofer was a good shot. Probably 5/8" od tubing and he got it right between the eyes. What are the chances. Dead center!!!

    Or was the nail from below?

  • DCContrarian
    DCContrarian Member Posts: 1,433
    https://forum.heatinghelp.com/discussion/comment/1884949#Comment_1884949

    Looks like from below, like someone was trying to hang something from the joist.

  • mattmia2
    mattmia2 Member Posts: 16,046

    now they need someone as good as you to match the texture of that ceiling

  • DCContrarian
    DCContrarian Member Posts: 1,433

    The biggest favor you could do those people is to trace the pipes back to floor level, cut them and put in a panel radiator.

    Then hook them up with a good insulation guy and a drywaller. Take the ceiling down and redo it.

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