Downstairs Warm/Upstairs Cold

Jim_Cook

Hi there,

I wonder if someone could advise me on what to do. I brought a house last year and it's a 2 Bed Semi-Detached House, which is roughly 25 years old now.

The radiators have all been bled, and work fine.

I have recently had a new boiler fitted in the summer this year. Now Winter has come, the heating heats downstairs no problem, and upstairs remains a fridge.

I have the heating on for about 2-3 hours a day in winter, but downstairs does get drafty after a while, and upstairs remains so cold, and unbearable.

Please could anyone please advise?

JC_Derby

Well......
I think we need a bit more info really.

Firstly are the radiators upstairs getting hot?
If they are the issue isn't with the heating system.

Does your house have double glazing throughout? does it have a loft, does the loft have insulation? Have you closed all the doors upstairs? If you have are rooms still cold?
Have you tried turning the heating on for longer?

JJ_Egan

2-3 hours in the winter is not long enough .

JC_Derby

Also why is downstairs draughty?
That's not the problem of a heating system, that's either windows and doors that are draughty, or poor insulation or both

JC_Derby

JJ_Egan wrote: »

2-3 hours in the winter is not long enough .

Agree....2hours in the morning and probably from half an hour before you get in until an hour or half an hour before you go to bed

Farway

Do the rads have TRVs fitted? If so are they at correct setting?

PhilE

If heating is working fine and rads properly positioned, you have a heat loss issue.

Could be the windows and/or loft insulation.

nicobrum

Farway wrote: »

Do the rads have TRVs fitted? If so are they at correct setting?

Added to Farway's comment, are the TRVs actually working? I've had in the past a couple fail over summer months stopping the respective radiators heat up.

Farway

nicobrum wrote: »

Added to Farway's comment, are the TRVs actually working? I've had in the past a couple fail over summer months stopping the respective radiators heat up.

You beat me to it, one of mine was stuck closed after this summer

Cardew

Farway wrote: »

You beat me to it, one of mine was stuck closed after this summer

Frequent occurrence with my old TRVs. Easy to cure, unscrew top of TRV and gently tap pin, or pull up with a pair of pliers.

Zither

My house is perpetually cold - thermostat at this time of year doesn’t make it above 12 degrees C. I think it might be to do with BTU output of my single panel radiators upstairs... if your radiators upstairs are warm, are they creating warm air currents above them?