fixing radiant heat???

[dyi...@hotmail.com]

I have a 13 years old 2 stories townhouse with 2 bedrooms upstair.
One of the bedroom's radiant heating was working
and the other was not. And also, downstair's living
room radiant heat was not working. When I said it was
not working, it meant that you did not 'feel' the heat when
it was turned on.

My questions are:

1) Is there a way I can diagnose what's wrong with the
system?
2) Can I 'fix' it myself or have a company come in to
fix it? How much would that be?

Thanks!

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dyi...@hotmail.com wrote:
>I have a 13 years old 2 stories townhouse with 2 bedrooms upstair.
>One of the bedroom's radiant heating was working
>and the other was not. And also, downstair's living
>room radiant heat was not working. When I said it was
>not working, it meant that you did not 'feel' the heat when
>it was turned on.
>
>My questions are:
>
>1) Is there a way I can diagnose what's wrong with the
> system?
>2) Can I 'fix' it myself or have a company come in to
> fix it? How much would that be?
>
>Thanks!

Hi.

1 Yes, it is. Check thermostat.Check breaker.If are OK, turn off
main breaker. Disconnect feeding wires.
Mesure with Ohm meter continuity(turn up thermostat).If you have no
reading, circuit is intrerupted.

2. Not likely. Can be a lot.

For further help email me. Zoltan

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Try bleeding the radiators.
Jay

dyi...@hotmail.com wrote:
>
> I have a 13 years old 2 stories townhouse with 2 bedrooms upstair.
> One of the bedroom's radiant heating was working
> and the other was not. And also, downstair's living
> room radiant heat was not working. When I said it was
> not working, it meant that you did not 'feel' the heat when
> it was turned on.
>
> My questions are:
>
> 1) Is there a way I can diagnose what's wrong with the
> system?
> 2) Can I 'fix' it myself or have a company come in to
> fix it? How much would that be?
>
> Thanks!
>

[Bruce Birbeck]

dyi...@hotmail.com wrote:
>
> I have a 13 years old 2 stories townhouse with 2 bedrooms upstair.
> One of the bedroom's radiant heating was working
> and the other was not. And also, downstair's living
> room radiant heat was not working. When I said it was
> not working, it meant that you did not 'feel' the heat when
> it was turned on.
>
> My questions are:
>
> 1) Is there a way I can diagnose what's wrong with the
> system?
> 2) Can I 'fix' it myself or have a company come in to
> fix it? How much would that be?
>
> Thanks!

Well! The first two replies to your post that I see suggest that your
radaint is either electric, or hot water radiators.
My questions would start with that: what kind of heat is it? Electric
ceiling radiant? Hydronic floor radiant? Radiant wall panels?
Hot water or steam?

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[dyi...@hotmail.com]

In article <381E66...@tidewater.net>,
roc...@tidewater.net wrote:

> Well! The first two replies to your post that I see suggest that your
> radaint is either electric, or hot water radiators.
> My questions would start with that: what kind of heat is it?
Electric
> ceiling radiant? Hydronic floor radiant? Radiant wall panels?
> Hot water or steam?
>

I believe it is a electric ceiling radiant because the room that has
the radiant heat working will have 'burning' smell when it is turned on.
There is warning sign on the control that says 'do not punture(?) the
ceiling'.

[Bruce Birbeck]

Does sound like electric. I would be scared to smell anything burning
when I turned it on. Perhaps you mean that 'heated' smell.
If there is a problem with the control, that would be the simplest
thing for you. If there is a break in the wires embeded in the plaster,
that would be more trouble.
An electrician should be consulted in either case; trouble-shooting is
a thing best done by those with the most experience.
If you are a clever and logical person, you can check the wiring up to
the thermostat, the thermostat, and the continunity of the ceiling grid
with a meter. Replacing the thermostat, if still available, is the
easiest fix.
Repair of the ceiling grid consists of locating the break, revealing
it, and splicing it. Depending on the type of cable/system, the bad
section might be bypassed. Locating the break is a scientific art, with
the use of a signal injector and receiving unit, or a voltage dectector.
I'm in hot water radaint heating, where finding a leak is often easy:
it's where they drilled into the floor, and water is coming out.
Good luck.