Rad v thermostat best solutiom

[ss]

In my lounge there are 3 radiators (gas CH) one at each end of the lounge and one in the middle, the middle one has the room thermostat about a foot to one side and about 3 feet above it. Something tells me this is not a good set up, so without moving anything whats my best solution. The radiator has a temp valve on it. Should I turn the temp valve down low, it seems to me that with the thermostat being so close it will be closing the heating down prematurely as it catches the heat from the rad before the room gets up to temp. I rarely sit in the room but wife complains its cold but then she is inactive watching TV so I have tended to ignore it.

[Bill Wright]

It's very unchivalrous to refer to your wife, or indeed any lady, as 'it'.

Bill

[alan_m]

Get a wireless thermostat and fit the receiver to the existing wiring (existing thermostat position) and place the sender elsewhere in the room.

[ss]

[Graham.]

Does the wall thermostat just control the lounge "zone" or does it turn off all the radiators when it reaches its set-point?

If the former, then the TRVs in the lounge are redundant.

If the latter, and is much more likley to be the case, you would be better to relocate the wall thermostat to a room that is heated but intended to be cooler than the main rooms, typically the hallway.

The TRV head in this room should be removed or set to full on.

[Graham.]

I would locate the receiver at the boiler / wiring centre. There might not be a neutral on the existing thermostat.

[Ernest Clark]

You need to look at your heating system as a whole. Also take any residents complaints about cold seriously otherwise why have central heating? As pos ted before, if your whole system is controlled by this thermostat then it i s best to have it in the room you want to be the coolest. My experience aft er having 3 new boilers and new radiators and new rooms in 2 houses over 25 years is that a wireless thermostat gives you flexibility. But does your b oiler do wireless? If it does then you can experiment with different rooms/ positions/temperatures until the central heating does what it supposed to d o - make everyone warm and happy but efficiently. You need to know how your system works and heats each room if you are going to do it yourself. Therm ostat position, balancing, and residents ok's are then needed to be done. O therwise get a good specialist but you will need to have a feel for what yo u need. As an example, my recent boiler and extra shower room downstairs me ant a new boiler. First with the thermostat box (wireless) in the kitchen, the TV room and bedrooms were boiling but the new shower room was cold. Aft er some experimenting I have switched off one of the radiators in the TV ro om and also drastically reduced the radiators heat up upstairs. Now the the system works fine for us -toasty where toasty is needed and luke warm wher e we don't spend much time. One thing also .... WHY do you need 3 radiator s in one room? It was the addition of new wall and roof insulation that cau sed my over-heating problems in the first place!

[ss]

We moved in a couple of years back and I am now getting around to sorting some issues out. The lounge probably had 2 rads originally but then an extension was added on so looks like they put another in the ext making 3 in total The lounge is 25 x 14 feet with 2 x single 55" rads and 1 x 55" double.

[R.G. Bargy]

...and if it doesn't, you could add wireless capability e.g.

[F]

Doesn't that mean that the system will turn off before the other rooms are up to temperature? I have always installed thermostats in the room we occupy the most and then balanced the system to choke off the flow to that room compared with the others. That way we get the temperature we want in the room that's most important and the other rooms get the best chance to reach the temperature we want in them.

[alan_m]

I agree. I originally had my thermostat in the hallway and saved 15 to

20% of my gas consumption by moving the thermostat to the main room where the heating is required to give a degree of comfort whilst watching TV. The system is balanced/adjusted to give lower temperatures elsewhere in the house. I've never been a fan of heating the whole house to the same temperature or sleeping in overheated bedrooms.

It may also be advisable to remove thermostatic radiator valves in the room with the wall thermostat to prevent the radiators shutting down before the room has reached the required temperature.

Feeling cold may also be just a draught at the legs/feet level due to internal doors not having a draught excluder.

[meow2222]

Turning the rad under the stat off would make the stat work, but you might or might not then have enough rad output for a cold snap. Moving the stat is best, and sounds like a fairly easy diy job. Unless the room's wallpapered.

NT

[ARW]

Try that if you have a cat - the rules are that all internal doors must be left open:-)

[Bob Eager]

We actually have cat flaps (sort of) in two of the internal doors.

[ARW]

Had my cat not passed away then I was going to to that.

It is time for me to get a a new cat - no home is complete without a pet.

[ss]

Previous owners have what appears to be like a lining paper on the walls painted over. I`ll mess around with that rad and see what happens.