Hi,
I have just had the hydronic panels installed, with all bedrooms are upstair (1 water circuit, no zones). 1 thermostat to control the whole house.
Initially, the thermostat was installed downstair with the temperature drops below 18C (65F) at night, while I want to maintain the bedroom temp at 20C (68F) or above through out the night; as a result, the boiler is always on (very inefficient!).
I then move the thermostat to the master bedroom (upstair) and it appears the gas consumption has dropped since the boiler is not on all the time. The problem I have is during weekend, we spend more time downstair, and since the temperature in upper level is always higher during day, I have to keep running back and forth adjusting the temperature to make sure the lower level temperature is maintained comfortably.
I'm thinking of installing another thermostat downstair, to control the floor separately, but unsure if it would work. My plan is:
- Install extra thermostat downstair.
- At night, turn OFF the downstair thermostat (slide the control of OFF position), and only use the upstair one to control the temparature for the whole house.
- Duing weekend, turn off the upstair thermostat, and use the downstair one to control the temperature for the whole house
Would this work?
Your advice, any other suggestion would be very much appreciated. (zoning is not possible for me due to pipe access etc).
Many thanks in advance
Tony.
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I have just had the hydronic panels installed, with all bedrooms are upstair (1 water circuit, no zones). 1 thermostat to control the whole house.
Initially, the thermostat was installed downstair with the temperature drops below 18C (65F) at night, while I want to maintain the bedroom temp at 20C (68F) or above through out the night; as a result, the boiler is always on (very inefficient!).
I then move the thermostat to the master bedroom (upstair) and it appears the gas consumption has dropped since the boiler is not on all the time. The problem I have is during weekend, we spend more time downstair, and since the temperature in upper level is always higher during day, I have to keep running back and forth adjusting the temperature to make sure the lower level temperature is maintained comfortably.
I'm thinking of installing another thermostat downstair, to control the floor separately, but unsure if it would work. My plan is:
- Install extra thermostat downstair.
- At night, turn OFF the downstair thermostat (slide the control of OFF position), and only use the upstair one to control the temparature for the whole house.
- Duing weekend, turn off the upstair thermostat, and use the downstair one to control the temperature for the whole house
Would this work?
Your advice, any other suggestion would be very much appreciated. (zoning is not possible for me due to pipe access etc).
Many thanks in advance
Tony.
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