Thermostat in hallway: Has anyone covered their radiator with a blanket

_Jem_

Like a lot of people I have a wired thermostat in the hallway so the hallway gets warm before the living room gets to the right temperature, I need to figure out a way to reduce the heating and at the same time cost in the hallway, the problem I have in the hallway is it keeps it's temperature so when the living room gets colder the hallway is still toasty.

If you have covered your radiator with a blanket how does that work for you? 

[Deleted User]

Easier to either turn the hallway radiator down or turn the thermostat up so that it better reflects the temperature you want in the living room. 

coffeehound

Yes if it just has manual valves on each side (as it should when it is the radiator near the wall thermostat) try closing one of the valves down completely, then just crack it open a tiny amount and see how that goes.  If the hall is not warming up enough, then open it a tad more, and so on.

_Jem_

@Deleted_User @coffeehound last year I turned the the hall rad down (valve) so it was barely open but even then it still didn't workout I was still getting the heat in the hallway faster than the other rooms, the first start up wasn't too bad when the home was cold. 

My main problem is really when everwhere is heated up then a couple of hours the living room starts to feel cold the hallway stat comes on but for only a short time because the radiator in the hallway gives off too much heat so the living room radiator doesn't even have enough time to heat up.

So this year I'm thinking about covering half of the radiator with a blanket to slow it down.

Turning the hallway thermostat up isn't going to help its already at 22c.

[Deleted User]

If you can't turn the radiator down, you need to get it fixed.

Then you'd get the living room warmed up and also save money by not heating blankets in the hallway.

Racky_Roo

Could you relocate the theromstat to the living room? I had to do that in my previous place as it was next to the cupboard housing the boiler which just radiated heat

coffeehound

_Jem_ if one of the valves won't close down fully, then try closing the other one.  It should be possible to stop the radiator warming up at all

BUFF

Assuming that the other radiators aren't blocked with sludge etc. then it sounds like the system hasn't been balanced (and/or is badly designed).

_Jem_

@Deleted_User @coffeehound I can turn the radiator valve down but it doesn't make much difference with it barley open the hallway warms up too fast.

@Racky_Roo No chance of moving the thermostat unfortunately.

@BUFF I would say it hasn't been properly balanced but I also would say it's been poorly designed the thermostat is way to near the radiator. 

It's a new build but I'm renting from a housing association and at the moment I'm still waiting for the snags to be fixed believe it or not I had put a complaint in last year and the guy came out and said there wasn't anything wrong. 

Ballymoney

I had this exact same issue and realistically you’re best and only option is to move your thermostat.

Our hall radiator is the first to heat up on the system and, therefore, the hall was the first room to hit temp. When the system is ticking over to keep the house a stable temperature there’s times when the boiler only needs to kick in for 4-5 mins so some rads don’t get warm enough to heat the room.

Spend a few quid and buy a portable thermostat. Ours now sits in the living room and it lets the TRV valves do the work elsewhere in the house.

coffeehound

Does the other valve look like this?  If so it should be possible to turn it off completely (clockwise) with pliers or small adjustable spanner