Understanding Thermostats

[bpk101]

Taking into account all feedback so far... i'm thinking the best set-up is to have a hard-wired room stat on the north facing wall of the dining room... with the radiator in that room fitted with 2 x lock shields and throttled right down.

Coming in close second is the same set-up but in the hallway...

 

[stem]

Sometimes with certain properties there is no perfect location, yours is difficult due to the open plan nature of the downstairs and the presence of another heating source. However, you seem to have a fairly good grasp of the theory, and what you propose sounds feasible to me. The only reason I didn't suggest having it in the dining room is that in your drawing it's shown next to the kitchen doors and if they get left open when there's cooking going on....

 

[Dan Robinson]

Teenage daughters and landlines? . Jesus T, what decade are you living in?


And the Nest isn't wireless.

 

[bpk101]

Given the walls are open and the electrics and plumbing are starting to go in now, is it feasible for us to have our plumber install the new boiler, rads and TRVs and set up and test the system now without a room stat... and to add in the hard wired room stat at a later date?

Or do we need the room stat ordered and on site when the boiler and rads go in?

 

[stem]

That's your choice, but to comply with building regulations, your installer can't install a new system without a room thermostat as a boiler interlock. You are also increasing the work, by installing the system, then altering it.