Hi
I am already thinking of the winter ahead and the gas bill price hikes and I would really appreciate some advice.
My central heating system has a thermostat that is sited in the hall which is in fact the warmest part of the house. (It is a small hall with lots of natural sunlight.)
The problem is :
a) because the temperature in the hallway is 20-21 degrees IN WINTER, I have to manually adjust the thermostat to 21 degrees or more for the CH kick in.
b) the other rooms in the house are cold until i do this manual adjustment. if i set the thermostat at 20 degrees but the hallway is 21 degrees it means the CH doesn't come on at all. (it pains me to leave it at 21 and 22 degrees as I think it might be more expensive.)
c) the high temperatures used to make the other rooms in the house uncomfortably hot. (TRV's were fitted to all radiators to solve this.)
Would it be better to re-site the thermostat to the living room where the temperature is more representative of the other rooms? The stat would be set to a correct (lower) temp and the CH would kick in at the right time. isn't that the way it's supposed to work? or is it just better to keep setting it to 21 degrees or more and use the TRV's to regulate the room temps.
i really hope that makes sense. please let me know if you have any q's.
(edit: typos)
I am already thinking of the winter ahead and the gas bill price hikes and I would really appreciate some advice.
My central heating system has a thermostat that is sited in the hall which is in fact the warmest part of the house. (It is a small hall with lots of natural sunlight.)
The problem is :
a) because the temperature in the hallway is 20-21 degrees IN WINTER, I have to manually adjust the thermostat to 21 degrees or more for the CH kick in.
b) the other rooms in the house are cold until i do this manual adjustment. if i set the thermostat at 20 degrees but the hallway is 21 degrees it means the CH doesn't come on at all. (it pains me to leave it at 21 and 22 degrees as I think it might be more expensive.)
c) the high temperatures used to make the other rooms in the house uncomfortably hot. (TRV's were fitted to all radiators to solve this.)
Would it be better to re-site the thermostat to the living room where the temperature is more representative of the other rooms? The stat would be set to a correct (lower) temp and the CH would kick in at the right time. isn't that the way it's supposed to work? or is it just better to keep setting it to 21 degrees or more and use the TRV's to regulate the room temps.
i really hope that makes sense. please let me know if you have any q's.
(edit: typos)