I've moved into a new apartment (built around 2007).
It has a Potterton Powermax HE (condensing boiler with integrated unvented cylinder). There is a wall thermostat in the hallway. All radiators have TRVs (including the one in the hall way and all bathroom rails).
All the internal doors are fitted with automatic door closers (see my other post - still trying to decide whether to remove them).
I guess I am just trying to understand how the system is designed to work - or is it just the building regulations are not particularly well thought out or consistent? If all the doors are supposed to be closed what is the point of the hall thermostat? And how can the hall thermostat work when the hall radiator has a TRV? But the regulations say there has to be a roomstat and all doors have to have closers.
I can either wedge all the doors open, turn the TRVS up and use the hall thermostat, or leave the doors closed, turn the hall thermostat up and just use the TRVs (this is what I'd prefer actually).
I understand the TRVs don't shut off the pump - but is this really such an issue in practise or for this boiler? I am pretty sure it has a builtin bypass mechanism, but I doubt it has an automatic flow interlock (to cut off when the TRVs are closed).
It has a Potterton Powermax HE (condensing boiler with integrated unvented cylinder). There is a wall thermostat in the hallway. All radiators have TRVs (including the one in the hall way and all bathroom rails).
All the internal doors are fitted with automatic door closers (see my other post - still trying to decide whether to remove them).
I guess I am just trying to understand how the system is designed to work - or is it just the building regulations are not particularly well thought out or consistent? If all the doors are supposed to be closed what is the point of the hall thermostat? And how can the hall thermostat work when the hall radiator has a TRV? But the regulations say there has to be a roomstat and all doors have to have closers.
I can either wedge all the doors open, turn the TRVS up and use the hall thermostat, or leave the doors closed, turn the hall thermostat up and just use the TRVs (this is what I'd prefer actually).
I understand the TRVs don't shut off the pump - but is this really such an issue in practise or for this boiler? I am pretty sure it has a builtin bypass mechanism, but I doubt it has an automatic flow interlock (to cut off when the TRVs are closed).