I am helping my son install TRV's and better controls in his 3-bed terrace house. The upstairs is no problem -TRV's on all rads; but I am unsure as to what to do downstairs.
A sketch of the ground floor can be seen at:
http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/[email protected]/detail?.dir=42fescd&.dnm=eeb8scd.jpg
The difficulties, as I see it, are: 1. There is no door between the Kitchen and the lobby outside the downstairs toilet. 2. The door from the living room is never shut, so the whole ground floor is effectively one large room
The thermostat is fairly modern with three-wire connections but there is only a two wire cable to it. Replacement of the existing cable is not possible. In any case I think the thermostat is in the wrong place - somewhere in the living room would be better??
I would then put a TRV on the rad in the kitchen. But what about the living room? Do I put a TRV on just one rad and leave the other to be controlled by the thermostat or should I have no TRV's in the living room?
Where should I put the thermostat? It will probably have to be a wireless one as all the pump timeswitch, MPV etc are all in the airing cupboard in the main bedroom upstairs and running a cable would be a nightmare
I have installed TRV before so that task does not worry me at all.
A sketch of the ground floor can be seen at:
http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/[email protected]/detail?.dir=42fescd&.dnm=eeb8scd.jpg
The difficulties, as I see it, are: 1. There is no door between the Kitchen and the lobby outside the downstairs toilet. 2. The door from the living room is never shut, so the whole ground floor is effectively one large room
The thermostat is fairly modern with three-wire connections but there is only a two wire cable to it. Replacement of the existing cable is not possible. In any case I think the thermostat is in the wrong place - somewhere in the living room would be better??
I would then put a TRV on the rad in the kitchen. But what about the living room? Do I put a TRV on just one rad and leave the other to be controlled by the thermostat or should I have no TRV's in the living room?
Where should I put the thermostat? It will probably have to be a wireless one as all the pump timeswitch, MPV etc are all in the airing cupboard in the main bedroom upstairs and running a cable would be a nightmare
I have installed TRV before so that task does not worry me at all.