Got an infrared panel to attach to the ceiling, but the attachment on the panel is made for wall mounting.
I've been pondering for a few weeks on how to attach it to the ceiling without the risk of it slipping out of its mount. The ideas I've come up with involve too complex and much work for little essence.
How about hanging it on four screws as intended and then placing a block or something similar as a stop on one side to prevent it from moving and sliding out of the screw heads?
I thought about that too, but it looks pretty ugly if the block is larger than the actual panel. It needs to be screwed in outside the panel, or is it just me who is not technically minded...
Yes, it must sit outside the panel but it doesn't need to be that big, does it? Maybe just a screw to prevent it from moving in the direction of the tracks in the mounting is enough. Then perhaps it's nicer with a strip the same width as the panel. You could also get a piece of aluminum or sheet metal profile to better match the panel.
Tried this over the weekend. Ugh, it was a disaster. Just attaching the panel to the ceiling with 4 screws was completely impossible. It was unwieldy and heavy, and aligning it so that all the screws fit into the holes and then locking it... Then it has to come down again for me to install some cables and do other fiddling. Anyway, I gave up after 20 attempts.
Going to Bauhaus to get some U-profiles and attach some hooks to the panel so that it can slide into the U-profile... so much for cheap DIY...
Tried this weekend. Wow, it was a disaster. Just attaching the panel to the ceiling with 4 screws was impossible. It was cumbersome and heavy, and aligning so that all four screws went into the holes and then locking it... Then it needs to come down again for me to mount some cables and other fiddly stuff. Anyway, I gave up after 20 attempts. I'm going to Bauhaus to get some u-profiles and fix some hooks on the panel so it can slide into the u-profile... so much for cheap DIY...
Now the panel has been installed. Bought U-profiles and had to modify the panel's mounting brackets a bit, and then it was fine to put it up. Great tip with the magnet, a big "but"... they lose their strength over the years. Whether it takes 10 years or 20 years is another matter. I'd rather not go under it and be afraid it will flop down on my face one day.
I'm going to take it down again to attach some cables and will take photos of how I did it.
A question, I need to run an installation cable along the corner of the wall. I have tiles on the walls in the laundry room, and I'm not quite sure how to attach the cable to the wall. What do you use? Where do you place the fasteners? On the wall or the ceiling? I don't think you should use screw clamps...
I thought about it, but it's an EKK and is hyper stiff, and it's an installation cable. They should be fastened with clamps, right? Compared to a regular lamp cord. Yeah... just want to do it right, complain about people who do it wrong and you don't want to be hypocritical, so to speak. =)
This is probably the first time I hear someone call EKK hyper rigid. Often one does not want to have EKK visibly clamped precisely because it is considered floppy and difficult to clamp nicely. Are you sure it really is EKK?
In any case, there is nothing wrong with placing EKK in a cable duct.
It's probably the first time I hear someone call EKK hyper rigid. Often, you don't want EKK visibly clipped because it's considered flimsy and difficult to clip neatly. Are you sure it's really EKK?
Anyway, there's nothing wrong with placing EKK in a cable duct.
Haha! Hello! Do you think one has handled football lengths of cables or what? =) Haven't installed that many installation cables in my life. There's probably worse =). If you want it to look nice, what should you use instead of EKK since it's flimsy? Now I have 25m of EKK but then there are some alternatives for next time.
So switched from EKK to RKK and got cable channels (Good cable channels from Schneider, otherwise they come loose after 1 day).
Figured out how to reattach it and at night at 5 am, then fen.
Removed the mounts from the panel and got u-profiles. Up with the stuff and then slide in the stuff. A bit tricky, but not as tricky as trying to mount the panel with 4 screws and getting muscle fatigue.
I have absolutely no experience with an infrapanel, so I have no idea how well they heat, how they are perceived other than it being warm when you walk under it, etc., as well as how much energy it consumes. Will see in a few days.
Luckily the panel is app-controlled, it would have been hell to go up and down on a chair to adjust the temperature.
So now I can close the thread.
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Alfredo said:
It's probably the first time I hear someone call EKK hyper rigid.
