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muddyjames:
I am trying to find ways to be greener and money saving and I have had this wacky idea which I think may work.

How difficult would it be to wire in another wall thermostat in parallel to my existing one?

Reasons for this.

I spent 99% of my time at home in my bedroom and it is only little me who lives here. SO, If I were to wire in another stat I would only need to heat up my bed room (which is directly above the exisiting stat) At the moment I am heating the whole house up as the stat is downstairs by the kitchen, lounge and hall way. This seems mad to me that I am heating the whole house up. I could turn the radiators off but then the downstairs would never warm up and the boiler will be on for as long as it is on, on the timer. If I have 2 stats then I can have my bedroom heat up and kick the boiler off and existing stat on low just to keep the chill off downstairs as not to freeze up. I can turn all the rads off except my bedroom and 1 small rad in hall way downstairs.

When guests come round I can then use exisitng stat to heat whole house up and turn a couple more rads on around the house to warm the place up.

the heating was installed after the house was built in 1995 so there is some cable casing runing up the wall and into the ceiling / my bedroom floor. So hopefully a couple of floor boards up and I will find the wires for the stat.

I thought about moving the stat into my room but then when friends come round I have to run up and down the stairs to tweek it on or off. This is what I am doing now when my bedroom becomes warm enough.

Is this a barmy idea or one that is do-able? 2nd question is, is it a VERY simple diy electrical thing or would I need a boff into do it?

My money situation is near brasik / buy what I need, so sooner I get this done the better and on the cheap the better and sooner I save money the better!! :lol:

TDi90:
see i have this amazing theory... SOD heating... put another layer of clothes on, and light one of the wood burners.
R

muddyjames:
I do do that too. I can only get so many layers on though before I cant touch the keyboard to type replies on MC!!! As for wood burners  :?  I have no chimney!!!

TDi90:
get one built. or fabricate a pipe outta one of the walls or something...
gloves? lol

V8MoneyPit:

--- Quote from: "muddyjames" ---As for wood burners  :?  I have no chimney!!!
--- End quote ---


You don't need one if you have a position for a stove by an outside wall. You just run a flue through the wall and up the side of the house. However, it ain't cheap!

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