Central Heating Question

John_the_Boy

Not sure if I have a problem so would welcome any advice.


Just replaced my old boiler and had a radiator fitted on the landing where there wasn't one and changed a single radiator in the kitchen to a double.


The issue I have is when the house reaches its temperature per the hall thermostat (18 degrees) and the boiler goes off it is taking between 40 minutes to an hour before the heating switches on again and only stays on for approx 5 to 10 minutes.


I have placed a thermometer next to the thermostat and the temperature in the hall doesn't appear to be falling much so would explain why the heating hasn't come on. However the old system never took more than about 20 minutes before topping up the heating.


My question is this - is it right for the heating to stay off for so long and could the extra radiators/new boiler account for such a change in behaviour?


I am no expert (as you can tell from this question:rotfl:) so any thoughts welcome.

1984ReturnsForReal_2

Solutions.

Both work & are tried & tested.



1) Turn the thermostat up


2) Move the thermostat (out of the hall/landing & somewhere that relates to where you spend most of your time ie lounge)

1984ReturnsForReal_2

Or

3) Get an RF wireless thermostat (depending on the wiring).

A.Penny.Saved

The thermostat should really be in the coldest part of the house so that all other rooms are heated sufficiently and thermostatic radiator valves switch off Radiators when they reach the correct temperature. The changes to the radiators haven't altered the temperature near the thermostat have they?

Are all your rooms warm enough? If so then I wouldn't think there is a problem.

John_the_Boy

Hi - thanks for your replies.

The single to double radiator in the kitchen is reasonably near to the hall thermostat (the kitchen door is 2 feet away from it) so as the kitchen is now warmer the cool 'draft' I got from the kitchen no longer happens so that will keep the temperature in the hall more even. Also having the radiator on the landing must mean that there is less heat rising up the stairs to heat the landing now so again keeping the hall warmer.

Personally I do not think we have a problem (however waiting up to an hour does seem long to me) but by wife is a born worrier and wanted me to get other people's view. She is convinced that such a long gap will mean we don't get enough heat in the airing cupboard and thus up to the water tanks in the loft and could get a frozen pipe (everything is lagged there!).

As I said a born worrier - lol.

Thanks again for the replies.

Swipe

If your pipes are lagged in the loft there's no need to worry. My bungalow is freezing probably around 13C in the airing cupboard directly under the loft tank and that still has the old style woollen lagging. That survived the continued -10C overnight temps we had here last winter without freezing. As long as there is regular water flow pipes rarely freeze if lagged.