Can someonwe please explain the logic behind the central heating system in my new house?
The condenser boilder has 2 zones.......
Zone 1 is for the downstairs (except hall) and is controlled by a thermostat in the lounge which has 2 radiators without TRVs. All the other downstairs rads have TRVs fitted. The problem is, in order to keep the house warm I have to set the lounge thermostat very high. The lounge is not usually used during the day and with the door shut it heats up quite quickly, reaches thermostat temperature and cuts off the heat to the rest of downstairs.
Zone 2 is for the TRV radiators upstairs and is controlled by a thermostat in the hall with a single non-TRV radiator adjacent. I have nearly closed off the valve on this rad but still the thermostat reaches temperature quite quickly (mainly from the downstairs rads) and so shuts off heat to upstairs. The only way round this is to set the hall thermostat to a very high setting so that the bedrooms have heat if the TRVs need it.
It all seems weird to me. I am thinking of fitting TRVs to the lounge rads and leaving it's thermostat on very high. The lounge rads will then turn-off at their set temperature but the thermostat will still run the rest of the downstairs zone as required.
Upstairs I can't think of anything besides buying a remote wireless thermostat and fitting it in the coldest bedroom. This room hardly gets warm as the hall thermostat has turned off long before it's had any time to get heated.
Any thoughts would be really appreciated as it just seems plain daft to me!
Thanks.
The condenser boilder has 2 zones.......
Zone 1 is for the downstairs (except hall) and is controlled by a thermostat in the lounge which has 2 radiators without TRVs. All the other downstairs rads have TRVs fitted. The problem is, in order to keep the house warm I have to set the lounge thermostat very high. The lounge is not usually used during the day and with the door shut it heats up quite quickly, reaches thermostat temperature and cuts off the heat to the rest of downstairs.
Zone 2 is for the TRV radiators upstairs and is controlled by a thermostat in the hall with a single non-TRV radiator adjacent. I have nearly closed off the valve on this rad but still the thermostat reaches temperature quite quickly (mainly from the downstairs rads) and so shuts off heat to upstairs. The only way round this is to set the hall thermostat to a very high setting so that the bedrooms have heat if the TRVs need it.
It all seems weird to me. I am thinking of fitting TRVs to the lounge rads and leaving it's thermostat on very high. The lounge rads will then turn-off at their set temperature but the thermostat will still run the rest of the downstairs zone as required.
Upstairs I can't think of anything besides buying a remote wireless thermostat and fitting it in the coldest bedroom. This room hardly gets warm as the hall thermostat has turned off long before it's had any time to get heated.
Any thoughts would be really appreciated as it just seems plain daft to me!
Thanks.