Understanding Thermostats

bpk101

Zandoni wrote: »

I'd put the non TRV radiator and thermostat in the lounge.

Same room as warm bodies and a log burning stove? I thought the non-TRV and stat should go in a living space that heats up the slowest?

bpk101

bpk101 wrote: »

Given the complications that arise when having a TRV in the same room as a Room Stat, is my plumber allowed to fit a standard manual valve on 1 of the radiators

Is it good practice to fit a lockshield to both sides of the room stat radiator... instead of fitting a manual valve to this rad?

Zandoni

bpk101 wrote: »

Same room as warm bodies and a log burning stove? I thought the non-TRV and stat should go in a living space that heats up the slowest?

I'd ignore warm bodies but factor in the stove if it's used all winter. If you have a wireless thermostat you can move that to whatever room you wish.

Have you no room for a rad in the kitchen?

I went for no TRV in the bathroom and my thermostat usually stays in the lounge. Most important for me.

jhs14

Your kitchen looks cold...

Seronera

If you have a mobile RF roomstat sensor it makes a nonsense of not putting a TRV on one radiator as the sensor could be in any room you might be using. I know people who work from an office at home, turn down the TRVs in the rest of the house and take the thermostat into the office and just heat that room, controlled by their mobile stat...and a TRV. It makes perfect sense.

There have been varying reasons for not having a TRV on all rads. Some make more sense than others, but provided there is a bypass built into the system there is no reason not to have TRVs on all rads IMHO. In my house I have taken the view that with a TRV in the room with the stat I can actually balance the heating in the rest of the house better by careful use of the TRV setting in the room with the fixed (in my case) thermostat. Thats a personal thing, it works for me and others can take notice or not at their leisure. There is a logic to it though.

Yes I am a heating engineer and my advice is do what works for you by all means but I don't half see some people getting themselves into a twist over whether to install a £14 TRV or not. Lifes too short to get hung up on it.

bpk101

jhs14 wrote: »

Your kitchen looks cold...

Underfloor heating going in with the kitchen extension being built v soon

Seronera

bpk101 wrote: »

Underfloor heating going in with the kitchen extension being built v soon

And presumably that will have its own dedicated roomstat to control the underfloor zone.