Maintain temperature in house?

paperclap

I too wouldn’t leave it on 24/7. I guess that’s somewhat contradictory to what I’ve said, ha.

But, both I and my partner work from home… so spend a good portion of our day here.

I guess the mindset needs to switch from spending money on public transport to spending money on heating more frequently!

casper_gutman

paperclap said:

I guess the mindset needs to switch from spending money on public transport to spending money on heating more frequently!

Definitely on board with this! I'm tracking how much I spend on heating my work from home office (which is a log cabin in the garden, so easy to monitor separately from the main house). 

It'll obviously cost more now the freezing temperatures have finally arrived, but in November I spent about £8.50 for the whole month. This would have covered two days of travel to my employer's office. When I look at it this way it makes me feel much better about the cost of keeping the temperature at a comfortable level!

FreeBear

paperclap said: I mean, I wouldn’t want 18°C. Even 14°C would do just fine.

Are the newer, modern digital thermostats (like the Google Nest) compatible with the older non-condensing boilers like mine?

A two channel Drayton Wiser would probably do the job. You can set different temperature throughout the day/week (so 18°C daytime, 20°C in the evening, and 15°C overnight) - There is potential to save 10-15% on gas consumption with a more intelligent control.

Fitted a smart home automation system to control my heating, and noticed a worthwhile saving straight away. Being able to set different temperatures depending on the time of day has made the place a lot more comfortable - Insulating plus new doors/windows is also having a big impact.

grumbler

paperclap said:

Grumbler, that’s good to know! What thermostat do you have?

Mine is

But, I'm sure there are other similar.

And the old one that I replaced was capable of controlling CH and HW independently.

paperclap

Hmm, this begs a thought.

Our current broken thermostat is placed directly opposite a radiator with a TRV, in our hallway. The central location of the house.

We don’t have a radiator in our kitchen.

Would it be worth getting a mains (not wired in) or battery powered one and placing it in the kitchen? Arguably, it’ll be somewhat of a wrong reading, as it’ll read cold… but it would stop the interference with the TRV. 

And maybe it isn’t such a bad thing it reads cold anyway, as this house is always cold! Needs heating up!

Norman_Castle

paperclap said:

Our current broken thermostat is placed directly opposite a radiator with a TRV, in our hallway. The central location of the house.

How have you judged it as broken? It will switch the boiler on and off at 60 degrees if that is the temperature of the air around it.

You haven't said what the current situation is. Too hot, too cold? What have you got now and what are you aiming for?

Assuming you're at home now it would take two minutes to adjust all of the trvs, except the one near the thermostat, to 3 or halfway.

paperclap

Norman_Castle said:

paperclap said:

Our current broken thermostat is placed directly opposite a radiator with a TRV, in our hallway. The central location of the house.

How have you judged it as broken? It will switch the boiler on and off at 60 degrees if that is the temperature of the air around it.

You haven't said what the current situation is. Too hot, too cold? What have you got now and what are you aiming for?

Assuming you're at home now it would take two minutes to adjust all of the trvs, except the one near the thermostat, to 3 or halfway.

I'm assuming it's broken based on it only ever "clicking" at the 15 degrees mark, irrespective of the air around it. No heating, it'll click at 15 degrees. 4 hours heating, it'll click at 15 degrees.

The current situation is that it's too cold here. Aiming for a consistent 18 degrees - to be comfortable, but in the cheapest way!

Have literally just adjusted the TRVs to 3, funnily enough.

Norman_Castle

paperclap said:

Norman_Castle said:

paperclap said:

Our current broken thermostat is placed directly opposite a radiator with a TRV, in our hallway. The central location of the house.

How have you judged it as broken? It will switch the boiler on and off at 60 degrees if that is the temperature of the air around it.

You haven't said what the current situation is. Too hot, too cold? What have you got now and what are you aiming for?

Assuming you're at home now it would take two minutes to adjust all of the trvs, except the one near the thermostat, to 3 or halfway.

I'm assuming it's broken based on it only ever "clicking" at the 15 degrees mark, irrespective of the air around it. No heating, it'll click at 15 degrees. 4 hours heating, it'll click at 15 degrees.

The current situation is that it's too cold here. Aiming for a consistent 18 degrees - to be comfortable, but in the cheapest way!

If it is stuck at 15 degrees and you want 18 that'll be why its too cold for you. No idea how to test them but replacements are about £30 and probably an easy diy job. Also no idea how this compares to replacing it with a different type as mentioned on here.

Edit. If you turn the trv near the boiler down to very low will the heating heat the other radiators for longer making the other rooms warmer?