I just can't deal with the heat anymore!

A home inspection should be a part of every purchase.

When a home inspection takes place, one of the instruments in the inspector's bag of tools is the thermal imaging camera. What you are seeing is the older style heating system where electrical elements were embedded into the plaster ceiling revealing the radiant heating system. A previous home-owner decided to upgrade to a forced air gas furnace with a central air conditioning system. However, they did not eliminate the radiant heat from the ceiling. You cannot see if the heat is on based on the digital picture below. However, when we conducted a home inspection, the thermal imaging camera revealed the radiant heating system had been in operation year round, yes all through the summer! No one in the household had noticed that the wall-mounted thermostat was turned on. Do you think maybe the previous home-owner was selling their home because they just could not deal with the heat to the upper level of the home. Hmm. But now because of the home inspection, the prospective buyer was informed about the issue.

                                                                            infrared image

                                                                digital picture of the same image