Gas Heating Query's

faolteam

I have a few questions though on Gas heating is it better to have all radiators on in a house were only some rooms are been used or is it better to leave them all on?.

also is it better to have your heating on a timer to come on at certain times or just have it on low for so many hours?

We have and old fashioned like a light switch with two buttons to turn on one side is for Hot Water and the other is for Heating , can u just have the heating switch on or must you have both on , ie you have to have the water switch on if you have the Heating one on ?

ZENER

You'll get a better answer to this query here.

My 2cents would be:

1. If you don't use a room then no point spending money to heat it, a caveat to that would be to keep that room door closed so you're not heating it from heat meant for say a hallway.

2. A plumber may be able to answer this question better but it would depend on whether there are people in the house all day, if there are then personally I'd have it coming on every 2 hours for half an hour depending on how cold it is outside - but that's just me.

3. If the system is installed properly then it will have a motorised valve in each of the 2 circuits, i.e. one in the circuit feeding the hot water tank/cylinder and another feeding the radiator circuit. It usually ok to have either or both on. A fitter told me once that it's good practice to have at least one radiator on the hot water circuit for some reason, usually the bathroom one. No idea if that's true or the reason for it though I have my own theory.

Ken

dudara

Moved to Plumbing & Heating

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dudara