How warm do you like your house?

rogerblack

p00pieb0tt0m wrote: »

PS. You can never use enough PTFE tape.

And yes you can - PTFE tape bits inside the system are not a good thing.

Anyway - to get back to the original topic - I've only been heating last winter once it's down below 5C.

Using an electric blanket on the bed, and using a keyboard under the blankets.

Keeps me toasty warm on ~60W, rather than the ~6000 it'd take to heat the house to 15C.

Of course - it's only me.

renegade

Cardew wrote: »

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/5372296.stm


I think many people think that a thermostat situated in the hall set to say 18C means that living room temperatures are 18C.

Whilst 16-17C may be fine if you are working in the house, but I doubt many people would tolerate 16-17C sitting watching TV.

Do some research on the web and just about everywhere the recommended living room temperature is 21C to 23C.

Could you please explain to me what temps mean on TVR's..I usually have mine on 5 in the living room and kitchen but lower in bedrooms.If I have the hall thermostat on 20 what will be the temps in the rooms?

Cardew

renegade wrote: »

Could you please explain to me what temps mean on TVR's..I usually have mine on 5 in the living room and kitchen but lower in bedrooms.If I have the hall thermostat on 20 what will be the temps in the rooms?

Nobody can say what the temperature will be in the other rooms if the hall thermostat is set to 20C

All you can say is when the temperature in the hall reaches 20C the pump will stop running and no hot water will be pumped to the other rooms.

It is one of the drawbacks of our heating systems that the CH is often effectively controlled by the thermostat in the hall that you really don't need to keep at a high temperature.

The temperatures set on the TRV(thermostatic Radiator Valve) depends according to the manufacturer; this is for Danfloss:

http://www.radiatorcontrol.com/how_a_trv_works.aspx

I have Honeywell VT117 TRVs and the settings are:

* = 8C (a frost symbol)

1 = 16C

2 = 18C

3 = 20C - this has a white line and is called 'normal setting'

4 = 22C

5 = 24C

Fully open = 26C