Wireless Heating Thermostat anyone?

cairndog

We have LPG gas heating and to save on gas installed a log burner which is very efficient. Problem is its in same room as thermostat and the (only) radiator without a trv so we can't turn it off and the room gets BOILING. Other parts of the house need a higher temperature but unless the analogue thermostat is turned v high they stay cool. Would a wireless one be the answer and is it in a fixed position or can we move it around ? Anyone out there know about these please?

energysavingexp

turn the rad off in the same room as your log burner then go in to the bathroom and remove the top part of the trv that controls the valve this will ensure that you will always have one rad open all the time then turn up your room stat full and control your rads from your trv's on the other rads

de1amo

i have a wireless temperature gauge because my daughter's room is colder than the rest of the house-it tells me from the comfort of my armchair downstairs the temperature up in her bedroom. i also turn off one of the radiators in the room with the thermostat and can raise the temperature elsewhere

cairndog

energysavingexp wrote: »

turn the rad off in the same room as your log burner then go in to the bathrom and remove the top part of the trv that controls the valve ths will ensure that you will always have one rad open all the time then turn up your room stat full and control your rads from your trv's on the other rads

Thanks for this but won't this make the bathroom radiator hot enough to burn a small child ? ie as hot as I set the room stat downstairs. I'm assuming I'll have to set the room stat pretty high to keep the other radiators warm enough?

energysavingexp

cairndog wrote: »

Thanks for this but won't this make the bathroom radiator hot enough to burn a small child ? ie as hot as I set the room stat downstairs. I'm assuming I'll have to set the room stat pretty high to keep the other radiators warm enough?

it does not need to be the bathroom you could do it to you bed room if you want

also you can control the tems on your boiler

Pincher

http://www.plumbnation.co.uk/site/wireless-controls/

You need to make sure there is somewhere for the boiler water to go, in case:

1. Automatic bypass fails
2. Boiler temperature sensor fails.
3. Pressure relief valve fails.

The standard thing to do is to not have TRV on the bathroom towel radiator. Some wireless programmers are portable, so you can take it with you from room to room, but you are hardly going to remove the TRV everytime you enter a room.