Thermostat Question

dukesy_2

I hope someone may be able to help
we have bought a 3 storey newbuild, and the builder has put the thermostat in the lounge (ground lfoor)

Obviously, the living room gets to temperature (with people in it!) and the stat kicks off, and turns off ALL central heating in the house.

Leaving main bedroom freezing cold.

Logically, the best place to put it would be in hte hallway (either ground floor or middle floor), but the builder has simply stated that it is fine where it is.

Do any of you clever people know of any "best practice" guidelines that would indicate otherwise (Corgi or similar) ?

Without a opint of reference, the builder willsimply say tough....deal with it.

Looking forward to your help !!!!!

WestonDave

Google for the maker of the thermostat and see if you can get a copy of the instalation instructions - that may indicate where it "should" be installed.

penrhyn

My room thermostat is in the lounge, with al the radiators running when the lounge gets up to temperature the bedrooms tend to be 2 degrees or so lower.
If this is not the case may be you need to balance the system, i.e adjust the flow through the radiators so that more heat goes upstairs.
BTW Its normal to have TRVs on the rads in the other rooms is this the case?
As an experiment you could try turning down the valve on the lounge rad so it takes a little longer to warm the room.

dukesy_2

yes...all the other rads do have TRV, and we have all excl lounge on full, and lounge on lower for that reason, but the main bedroom is 4-5 degrees lower.

Main problem is that we have a newborn, and need to keep the temp in THAT room relatively constant.

cajef

I must admit I cannot quite see the logic of putting the thermostat in the lounge, we had the same problem added to which we have a large lounge with a feature gas fire, consequently whenever we used the fire we found the thermostat was switching the heating off and the other rooms were cold.

I moved the thermostat to the hall which is the coldest space in the house and now by adjustment of the thermostat and TRV's we have reasonable temperature control for all the rooms in the house.

Jonesya

You could always fit an RF thermostat to allow you to relocate it to the bedroom without having to run in new cabling.

Canucklehead

Hi

This is what you asked for.http://www.energysavingtrust.org.uk/uploads/documents/housingbuildings/ce30.pdf

The builder has done nothing wrong.(except I think you are saying the lounge has a TRV ? It should not have one as the room stat is in the same room) I would relocate the stat to the hall.

Corgi Guy.

dukesy_2

Great

Thanks for that

that is exactly what I was looking for !!!

WIll go and beat builder over head acordingly !!!

Dukesy

ryandj

We have a thermostat in the dining room, and use the valves in each room to balance it out so they are warm enough. Although i dont like to sleep in a really warm room however!

dukesy_2

So, I *(and another person on development) have raised this issue, but the builder has simply said Tough

The installation engineer has admitted that it is "not usual or best practice", but this has had no effect.

I have been as reasonoable as possible, but they are simply refusing to bear any resposibility

I am considering issuing a county court summons for the costs of rectifiying using a wireless thermostat (approx £250), what are everyone elses thoughts ?

I have, IMHO, given them ample opportunity to put things right, but to no avail.

Canucklehead

Good evening: Sorry to hear you haven't had the desired outcome. Wireless thermostats aren't an overly complex item to fit....the model you need is dependent on the boiler in question...you can pick one up for less than £100. Do you know anyone who is competent to fit the stat? Don't think it is worth going to court over especially as the builder has provided a room stat albeit in the wrong location.

HTH

Canucklehead