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Just seeing if anyone has come across ceiling heating before...?

They have it installed in a flat (top floor) we're currently working on.

Very thin (2-3mm) type of matting laid all around between the ceiling joists. Has a 10mm copper strip down each side of mat, a type of fabric in between and is covered in a film. Stat in each room.

Looks quite dated, going by the rest of the install would say no earlier than 1970's.

Currently trying to suss out where its wired from. They have economy 7 so not sure if may also be wired in to here.

Cheers Sy
 
Seen it in a estate of bungalows in a village near us. Definately 70's built. About as much use as a bad bellyache seemed to be the concensus amongst users,now long since converted to wet systems.If I recall it was fed on the onpeak side of E7 via a T/S and contactor,and available 24hrs.
 
Yes, seen it before.
A stat in each room, sometimes elements in the ceiling too,
 
Yes ... 70's or thereabouts. Absolutely bloody useless. While the wife upstairs feet were blistering, the gadgee doonstairs heid had a coating of frost on it.

It was installed in a lot of council flats and after a few years abandoned. It wan't removed though - just disconnected and alternative heating installed.

I have no idea about how or why it was wired from I only know it was a disaster.
 
Just seeing if anyone has come across ceiling heating before...?

They have it installed in a flat (top floor) we're currently working on.

Very thin (2-3mm) type of matting laid all around between the ceiling joists. Has a 10mm copper strip down each side of mat, a type of fabric in between and is covered in a film. Stat in each room.

Looks quite dated, going by the rest of the install would say no earlier than 1970's.

Currently trying to suss out where its wired from. They have economy 7 so not sure if may also be wired in to here.

Cheers Sy

If they have any sense it will be disconnected and not wired to anything, but why not try firing the heating up and see if the ceiling gets warm?

What better test to see if it's working can there be?

You may have to stand on a chair to reach so watch out for the H&S Bogey Man! ;)
 
Cheers Guys for a speedy reply.....



Thats a new one on me, always thought E7 was ran from around midnight to 07:00?


Was there not two parts to E7 - a timed side for Off Peak and a 24 hour side so you could switch the heating on when YOU wanted it on?

Don't know really - had nothing to do with them - just seen them collecting dust & cobwebs in the backs of junk cupboards.
 
Was this under ceiling heating an infra red radiant panel?

It was like big ceiling tiles all interlocked like ceiling tiles that covered the ceiling like ceiling tile. From my dodgy memory dims. were about 3 feet x 2 feet but I stand to be erected on this

They were coloured white I think and I think I remember seeing one with a sticker on it telling the householder not to paint it.

They got hot - well, warm - but did not glow red and were better for heating the wife upstairs' floor than the room you were paying to have heated!!
 
Was there not two parts to E7 - a timed side for Off Peak and a 24 hour side so you could switch the heating on when YOU wanted it on?

Bit of further investigation required tomorrow, just briefly found an E7 CU on the way out tonight.

Currently pricing up some electric eco panel heating (Fahro) for the customer, much better. Fit a lot of these to replace old storage heating tat.
 
I'd be interested to see some photos if you can take some Sy.
It was like big ceiling tiles all interlocked like ceiling tiles that covered the ceiling like ceiling tile. From my dodgy memory dims. were about 3 feet x 2 feet but I stand to be erected on this

They were coloured white I think and I think I remember seeing one with a sticker on it telling the householder not to paint it.

They got hot - well, warm - but did not glow red and were better for heating the wife upstairs' floor than the room you were paying to have heated!!

Under the plasterboard Marvo, just a heat mat that heated the ceiling, and kept the snow off the roof!


Boydy

I can't for the life of me imagine how they could possibly work if they're not radiant. How was the heat supposed to reach the people below? Did they maybe have some kinda forced circulation fan? Sounds like the result you get when you let the marketing department get involved in R&D.
 
Bit of further investigation required tomorrow, just briefly found an E7 CU on the way out tonight.

Currently pricing up some electric eco panel heating (Fahro) for the customer, much better. Fit a lot of these to replace old storage heating tat.

I've never had anything to do with electric heating of any kind other than electric fires and immersion heaters as I always though water filled radiators are better. As you say the storage heaters are / were tat.

I suppose though that there must have been some advances made and would not discount out of hand what you propose. In fact, I would be interested in learning a bit about them out of curiosity.
 
I'd be interested to see some photos if you can take some Sy.




I can't for the life of me imagine how they could possibly work if they're not radiant. How was the heat supposed to reach the people below? Did they maybe have some kinda forced circulation fan? Sounds like the result you get when you let the marketing department get involved in R&D.

You hit the nail right on the head Marvo my little Zulu friend!

The fact was they did NOT work - EVER - yet were fitted in a Hell of a lot of council rental properties such as tower blocks (Ronan Point has a lot to answer for!).

The cynic in me says "somebody" made themselves a lot of money.
 
Saw it a lot in the 70s as said by others.
New schools, nurseries etc, council buildings.
I dont know the name of the type of roof but best described as a flat roof with a slope??? Where the front of the building is lower than the rear and has gym halls and community areas.
Anyway, a long time ago but as I remember the specialist would wire it down to the stats and we would supply it from there. These were new builds, timber framed.
I think it was fibreglass between the joists, reflective tinfoil across the josts, heat mats between the joists and then plasterboard over.
It did work as I recall but probably all been changed now as I know many of the buildings are still there.

Boydy
 
Bleedin' costly insulation, I reckon.:chillpill:
 

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