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Central heating thermostats.
muddyjames:
Is my idea of another thermostat cheaper than installing a woodburner in my bedroom?
Thrasher:
Ours has 2 stats, one in the house, 1 in the garage. The one in the garage is to get the boiler to run if the external temp is too low - thus preventing icing up....
So I assume you could do the same ... but I'm no electrician!
TDi90:
not in the long run, cos you will be paying for heating...
TechnoTurkey:
Thermostatic radiator values are they best way, then you can easily control each room. In the rooms I don't use I have the temp right down.
Two thermostats would in theory work, but you would need to wire them in series not parallel so that as soon as one goes off, the whole circuit is cut. if you put them in parallel then both rooms would need to be up to temperature - however this isnt gospel as I'm no electrician either....
V8MoneyPit:
--- Quote from: "muddyjames" ---Is my idea of another thermostat cheaper than installing a woodburner in my bedroom?
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The wood burner is the relatively cheap bit. It's the flue pipe that adds up. My wife sells these things (got about 2000 stoves in stock at present!), so sadly, I know all about them :roll:
Expect to pay around £200 for a small stove. Depending on the lengths of vitreous and twin wall flue, you could easily spend £400 extra on pipework.
You need to have the stove at least 18" from any combustable material (doors, studwork walls, etc) and 6" from any other wall IIRC. The smallest of stoves kick out loads of heat though. We have an 11Kw one and it heats the whole 3 bedroom house without any problem at all. We have been known to have to open the windows because it gets too hot!
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