Help with heating a childs room

dgillespie

macman wrote: »

You don't need 'switches or regulators', you just need to get the CH working properly as it was designed too. This could be something as simple as bleeding the radiator or balancing the system. Why buy additional heating and bump up your electricity bills when the fix is probably very simple?

i agree it probably is an easy fix but the thing is im 98% certain if i call out an engineer again...to hear the CH is working and wired correctly itll be another waste of money.
id much rather buy a decent oil filled heater(recomended by the nice folk on here) thatn waste time and cash on a repeat performance regarding the boiler.
thanks

LydiaJ

dgillespie wrote: »

hi folks thanks for your help.
The people who were out to check the boiler and heating system are the qualified contractors who work for the company who built all the houses.
it is a brand new build which was constructed by KIER homes.
there is thermostat on the radiator in the kids bedroom but not on the 2 in the living room which is a right pain.
so no matter whats done the living room is crazy hot.
I am still going to look for a small electric heater with timer/thermostat i just didnt want one that made the electricity go through the roof.
ive checked all the likely places but most seem to have either or...not with both thermostat and timer which would be perfect.

thanks

We put an oil-filled radiator in our son's room when he was little. He would keep escaping from his blankets and getting cold, and we didn't want to keep the central heating on all night. We got one with a thermostat, and then plugged it in with a timer plug, so it didn't matter that the radiator didn't come with a timer as part of it.

dgillespie

LydiaJ wrote: »

We put an oil-filled radiator in our son's room when he was little. He would keep escaping from his blankets and getting cold, and we didn't want to keep the central heating on all night. We got one with a thermostat, and then plugged it in with a timer plug, so it didn't matter that the radiator didn't come with a timer as part of it.

i think that would be the best option.
all radiators have been checked,bled, inspected...boiler has been looked at.so ive got no idea at all whats the problem neither does anyone else whos looked
so only option left is radiator.thanks again
ive been looking around and probably will just go with a simple oil with thermostat and do as u said have it coming on overnight.
seems best idea
thanks

trufflebuggy

brig001 wrote: »

If these are new houses, there shouldn't be a cold room anywhere. I suspect a building fault somewhere. In ours, we had loft insulation that didn't go to the corners and holes in the wall under the floor which were letting cold air underneath the floor. Could also be a fault behind plasterboard or badly installed plasterboard. These can all be fixed. Get on to the builder and talk to the neighbours to see if they have the same problem. I you have, all go together and complain. If still no joy, talk to your local council, they may be able to help too.

This is what i was about to say, my sister is in a new build house (just over a year since moving in), and she has encountered numerous problems including very cold attic rooms where the children are..... a builder friend advised her to get them to make sure that everything behind the plasterboard, roof facias was installed properly, and lo and behold it hadn't been done properly allowing cold gusts of winds to enter the house voids cooling the whole place down. Its being fixed this week, and building firms rep confirmed that other houses on the estate had the same problem, don't be afraid to complain and get them to check, afterall you've paid for a brand new house which should be up to spec. Don't be afraid to knock on doors and ask your neighbours.

hth