This house is cold

Cardew

LisaLou1982 wrote: »

11 rads in a 2 bed house is crazy! Average of 1 rad per room (sometimes 2 if the lounge is big) is common.

That is a rather sweeping statement.

There are radiators and Radiators.
The size of the radiators determines the heat output and you can get a radiator that can deliver over 3000 Watts or 250 watts.

The shape of rooms, position of window etc determines size of radiator

beverleyhills

Try turning the thermostast on the hall radiator to low. The hall may heat up before the rest of the house

Cardew

beverleyhills wrote: »

Try turning the thermostast on the hall radiator to low. The hall may heat up before the rest of the house

If you turn the thermostat to low it will switch of the pump and you will have no central heating at all.

The thermostat is simply acts like an on/off switch. When the temperature in the hall is below that set on the thermostat, the CH will run until it reaches the set temperature, then the thermostat will turn off the CH.

Siting of a thermostat is always a compromise. Cold hall or warm living room, neither location is ideal.

[Deleted User]

I have 11 rads in 3 bedrooms plus 2 en suites, 1 bathroom, 1 cloakroom and a study. My house is very well insulated and feels very comfortable on minimum energy input

Insulation is key OP and is something you will have to tackle over time. We have had 2 houses which felt very cold and we insulated the walls in both via various methods, not foam and neither was cheap. Good insulation made a huge difference to energy cost and comfort

Start with the cheapest ie loft and curtains and draught proofing. In the meantime I suggest `living` in one room otherwise your heating bills will run away with you

Maybe you might have a ghost. I have been in old buildings with a distinct chill and the rads have been full on

Cardew

When talking about the number of radiators, you should really count a double panel radiator as 2 radiators as they produce virtually double the heat of a single panel radiator.

DVardysShadow

Where are the rads? under the windows or away from them?

If they are away from windows this will tend to cause draughts putting cold air past your feet and hot air past your head - a definite recipe for feeling cold

irn_bru

Turn the stat up a bit for God's sake!!! As mentioned above, it only reacts to the temperature in the room where the stat is. If this heats the house to a satisfactory level then you have a working system and if you want to take steps to reduce your heat losses then there are many ways of doing so.

On the other hand, if this doesn't work then your heating system either isn't up to the job or you have other problems and no-one here can tell you what they are without a lot more info!

Katie-Kat-Kins

Have you checked the actual temperature with a thermometer?

20c is not that warm, you might be used to warmer.

First you need to work out whether your heating is working correctly, check all the radiators are getting hot and don't need bleeding.

Then check whether the thermometer is working properly, you might want to consider replacing it, my parents have an amazing digital programmable one that has many settings so that they can vary the heat to stop the house getting too cold. They have it on all day, but only up to 22c when they are in, overnight and while out they turn it down to about 15c just to keep the chill off and prevent the house from feeling damp. This means it hardly ever comes on, only when it is really cold out. It is so much more practical than a timer and thermostat.

Check your insulation too, the energy saving trust has good advice on this.

And wrap up warm! Slippers and socks indoors at all times, a nice big warm jumper to wear in the house, full length longsleeves pjs for bed, an extra blanket on the bed and one for the sofa makes a big difference.

sequence

Just because the thermostat says 20c doesn't make it so....

Check the actual temperature as these things are wrong more often than not.

INT1

Our house is warm downstairs but freezing upstairs!
Also the windows upstairs get lots of condensation, is it just a case of a poorly ventilated house>?