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Central heating thermostats.
muddyjames:
I have a combi boiler. When I turn the hot tap on the boler fires up to give me hot water (no hot water tank) and as far as I can work out the boiler only turns off when the house is up to temp, hence why i say it is on all the time as downstairs never gets to temp due to the rads would be off in a dream world. silly heating whole house for me in my bedroom!
Jimbo:
--- Quote from: "muddyjames" ---I have a combi boiler. When I turn the hot tap on the boler fires up to give me hot water (no hot water tank) and as far as I can work out the boiler only turns off when the house is up to temp, hence why i say it is on all the time as downstairs never gets to temp due to the rads would be off in a dream world. silly heating whole house for me in my bedroom!
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Oh :oops: , I see. We have a conventional boiler, I know jack about combi's.....other than my sis-in-law has one, and me and the father-in-law argued for hours over several beers about how best to set it up, in the end she got a plumber in :oops:
muddyjames:
--- Quote from: "V8MoneyPit" ---So I guess if you turn the boiler down it would be on more often to maintain temperature? But if your radiators are also turned down, they wouldn't release as much of the heat that the boiler puts into the water. So the boiler kicks in less. Is that right?
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there is a knob I can turn and to be honest it seems to do square root of nothing! I think it is just a water temp thing?
I dont 100% understand ur question to be honest mate.
If I turn down rads then little to no heat comes out so downstairs is always cold so boiler on all the time. turn rads up and still on all the time as stat is right by my stairwell so all the heat whizzes upstairs and my hall never gets warm so boiler still stays on :twisted:
V8MoneyPit:
Sorry, it wasn't aimed at you! I think it only applies to 'proper' boilers if you excuse the term!
I suspect yours needs an electric thermostat. But I'm nowhere near qualified to say for sure!
Of course, you shouldn't do any of this yourself. Current rules mean you should have a qualified (certified?!) person carry out the work. Damn stupid if you ask me. There are plenty of people more than capable of carrying out perfectly safe work on their own houses.
muddyjames:
Do you not need a Corgi person for just fiddling around in the boiler itself? Surely a few wires under me floor boards doesnt need a goo roo to do?
I also want a towel rail rad put in, in my bathroom so I can have a; warm towels b; my towel by the shower instead of hanging it on the door handle and c; the rad heats the room rather than burn me leg when on the loo or back of door if i forget to shut the door!!! :lol: But thats another story!
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