Turning radiators on and off?

JC1440

Is it okay to do this? I live by myself and it always seems pointless heating up a room that I won't be for hours. Is it okay to say, have all four of my radiators on for twenty minutes at the start of the day, then three of them off when I run the heat again for twenty in the afternoon (the bathroom and two living room ones as I'm in my bedroom most of the daytime) then turn those three back on and turn the bedroom one off in the evening when I'm downstairs and run the heat again? My boiler is a fairly old looking non-condensing combi ~80% efficient (band 'D'). Thanks

KTF

Yes, thats why they have the facility to allow you to do this

JJ_Egan

Only negative on turning rads on and off is the fact that the valves may weep. Easy enough to overcome with a small spanner .

Cardew

JJ_Egan wrote: »

Only negative on turning rads on and off is the fact that the valves may weep. Easy enough to overcome with a small spanner .

True, but that's better than the person paying the bills weeping!

Better_Days

I've bought programmable TRV's so that I can have the heating on downstairs all day but in the bedrooms just morning and evening. Stops the faffing around turning the rads on and off. Currently we have the thermostat in the living room, but when we change over to a wireless stat we will also fit them in the living room.

If you decide to get some, shop around the price can vary quite a bit
http://www.pegleryorkshire.co.uk/EN/News/Terrier/TerrierItemplaunch

Honeywell and Salus also make programmable TRV's

JC1440

Thanks, all.