Open or shut for efficient use of central heating?

Hootie19

OK, husband and I are bickering over the best way to heat the house.
One of us says that all rooms should have the doors shut "to retain the heat inside each room".

The other says that the doors should be left open "to circulate the heat all round the house".

Every room has a radiator, bar the kitchen. We both agree that the door from the porch to the hall should be kept shut.

Which one is correct?

looby-loo_2

I keep doors shut. This prevents drafts and each room stays warm at the temperature set using the radiator vavle. Each room has a radiator with a valve which is set according to the use of the room. Spare rooms are set a little cooler. There would be no point setting all these vavles if I left the door open and the heat circulated.

Canucklehead

Good evening: Do either of you have a room thermostat, if so, is it located in an area without a radiator?

Canucklehead

looby-loo_2

Our thermostat is in the breakfast room, next to the kitchen. This is a problem whenthe kitchne gets hot the heating goes off all round the house

Hootie19

Each radiator in the house, except the one in the hall, has a thermostatic valve. We have a thermostat in the hall which controls the timings and temperature of the heating.

Canucklehead

Good morning: Room thermostat should be located in a room/area without a TRV on the rad and not near the rad in question. If you close all the doors the rooms will work individually with the TRVs as long as the actual room stat is calling for heat...with all the doors shut you might find that the heating shuts down prematurely. Looby-loo: you need to relocate your room thermostat. For the record, we leave the doors open to allow air circulation

HTH

Canucklehead

frankie

Canucklehead, can I ask? All my rads have a tvr. I do not have a room thermostat. Is this an efficient system or do I need to make changes?

Cheers Frankie

Canucklehead

Good evening: Best practice is to have ,for example, a programmable room thermostat so you can set both time and temperature for greatest efficiency. See more here .... http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/uploads/documents/housingbuildings/CE51%20Final.pdf

HTH

Canucklehead