"Mungo "two sheds" Toadfoot" wrote in
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Hi peeps,

The thermostat that controls our central heating boiler is in the,
fairly small, hallway. Is this the best place for it?

If our living room and kitchen doors are closed and someone opens the
front
door won't the stat think the house is freezing and fire up the heating?
If
the stat's trying to get the hallway up to, say, 28 degrees, wouldn't the
rads in other parts of the house be getting hotter than they needed to?

Our last house had the stat in the living room, which sounds a much better
idea to me - if the main room is warm then the rest of the house is too,
surely?

Also, I'm thinking of putting TRVs on all the rads so that the bedroom
rads
can be turned down in the daytime. I'm guessing that they can just be
swapped with the existing valves (after draining down of course)?

If I did this would it mean that I could leave the stat where it was? It'd
be a right pig to move and I'd rather not!


If the thermostat is in the living room and you have a gas fire- even for
'looks' - then the living room can be as warm as toast and the rest of the
house freezing.

In the hall, with a properly balanced system, you should be able to get a
acceptable temperature in the other rooms. If you them turn on the gas fire
in the living room (for that warm look or a roll in front of the fire with
the Mrs) you don't confuse the system.

Opening the front door etc will cause a 'burst' of the heating but that
inrush of could air will need warming or it can give cold draughts in the
other rooms.

On balance, I favour the thermostat in the hall.

Also, do a good job of draught excluding- that does wonders for the warm
'feel' of the house.

Regards

Brian
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Brian
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