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Central heating thermostats.
muddyjames:
--- Quote from: "Lyndsey731" --- Go on then I'll have a go :lol:
In parallel when the downstairs stat switches off the upstairs is still in circuit so the boiler stays on continuing to heat both up and down.
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That is what I want :D I can turn all the rads off downstairs except on very slightly to give some heat out just to keep the frost off. This way I can use my bedroom to tweek temp up n down just to the rad in my bedroom and bathroom. When guests come round I can turn downstairs up and open up lounge rad valve. Guests go home and back to bedroom stat I go.
--- Quote from: "Lyndsey731" ---My solution, keep the stat on low to heat the areas that you want background heat in, turn off the rads where you don't want heating and spend £50 on an electric panel rad with integral stat to sit in your bedroom.
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But surely this uses alot of leccy? Gas is cheaper than leccy is it not? I cant get my head around the most complicated bills in the world EVER.
--- Quote from: "Lyndsey731" ---As for your towel rail you can get electric ones but to the letter of the law it will be subject to Part P of building regs :wink:
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Would a water one not be easier to plumb in as it is just going to the other side of my door (not enough room for a rad though) and would involve 2 floor boards to be pulled up and 4 carpet tiles!!??
V8MoneyPit:
--- Quote from: "muddyjames" ---
--- Quote from: "Lyndsey731" ---In parallel when the downstairs stat switches off the upstairs is still in circuit so the boiler stays on continuing to heat both up and down.
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That is what I want :D I can turn all the rads off downstairs except on very slightly to give some heat out just to keep the frost off. This way I can use my bedroom to tweek temp up n down just to the rad in my bedroom and bathroom. When guests come round I can turn downstairs up and open up lounge rad valve. Guests go home and back to bedroom stat I go.
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That's not what he said though! When either of the stats are still in circuit the boiler will provide hot water to all the rads. So it won't do what you need. You need to have 2 separate water circuits to be able to switch each one separately. Or thermostatically control each radiator separately.
Lyndsey731:
I do understand what you want to do, but unfortunately it wont work. The room stat doesn't dictate the output of the boiler, it just lets the boiler know when the room is warm enough and the switches it off. Just because you want downstairs at say 10° and upstairs at say 20° the boiler can't put out two different water temperatures so if the downstairs stat is off and the upstairs is on both get 100% heating. With a zone valve when downstairs is at temperature the valve closes and sends everything upstairs, when downstairs gets cold the valve opens again allowing the hot water to flow through the downstairs loop again.
As for electric heating it wont use much juice for a small room and it would certainly be cheaper then what you have to do at the moment.
A water towel rail would be easier in your case by the sound of it but you will still have the same problem.
Gav
Edit Steve your a faster typer than me :lol:
V8MoneyPit:
--- Quote from: "Lyndsey731" ---Edit Steve your a faster typer than me :lol:
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Maybe so... but I'm learning a lot here :D I took one look at the plumbing in the airing cupboard and shut the door.... pipes and valves everywhere :roll: Far too complicated for my single brain cell to cope with :lol:
muddyjames:
--- Quote from: "Lyndsey731" ---I do understand what you want to do, but unfortunately it wont work. The room stat doesn't dictate the output of the boiler, it just lets the boiler know when the room is warm enough and the switches it off. Just because you want downstairs at say 10° and upstairs at say 20° the boiler can't put out two different water temperatures so if the downstairs stat is off and the upstairs is on both get 100% heating. With a zone valve when downstairs is at temperature the valve closes and sends everything upstairs, when downstairs gets cold the valve opens again allowing the hot water to flow through the downstairs loop again.
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Sorry guys. I am really bad at describing things and have no way of thinking how to describe it in a drawing either :( :cry:
I only want the heating to kick in downstairs if say I am away for a weekend and it has a really cold bite outside and then the heating will kick in from say 5c and go up to 10c. Hopefully upstairs stat would kick in too but as cold air sinks I guess downstairs would freeze faster?
I'm not after 2 different heats up and down stairs. All I want is my bedroom and bathroom warm and when guests are here the whole house at same temp as bedroom and bathroom.
I don't care about what temp the lounge is or kitchen as I dont go in my lounge at all and my kitchen for all of about 5-10minutes a day and that is on my way to work after making me lunch box for the day so I can go and leap in my car and get warm again!
I wonder if this might help me describe it better?
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