house with rad valves and room-stats

Andy From Sligo

our house has a rad valve on every radiator ... and we have a room-stat downstairs and a room-stat upstairs on the landing.

whats the best way to run this kind of setup? is it better to:

Put every rad valve onto '3' setting (that should regulatearound 19c mark shouldnt it ?) and turn the roomstats up to higher than 21c ?

or

Put every rad valve in the house on '5'/'max' - and put the room-stats to 21'c and let the room-stats control the heat in the house?

whats the most economical way to do it whilst also being a nice constant comfortable heat in the whole house?

cheers

Water John

Landing wouldn't be a great location for a control stat. Where is the downstairs one?

Andy From Sligo

Water John wrote: »

Landing wouldn't be a great location for a control stat. Where is the downstairs one?

hall

Water John

Both of those are called common areas, basically areas one transits through. They only need a low temp. Bedrooms could be at about the same temp, living room and bathroom higher.
Set the bathroom and living room at 4/5, other downstairs areas 3 and the bedrooms at 2. See how that works out.
I presume with the two stats you have upstairs and downstairs zones. In many houses the upstairs one can be really turned down. It's a matter of personal comfort.

jimf

hi again andy

you get the microwave back together

you know im only joking of course

Andy From Sligo

Water John wrote: »

Both of those are called common areas, basically areas one transits through. They only need a low temp. Bedrooms could be at about the same temp, living room and bathroom higher.
Set the bathroom and living room at 4/5, other downstairs areas 3 and the bedrooms at 2. See how that works out.
I presume with the two stats you have upstairs and downstairs zones. In many houses the upstairs one can be really turned down. It's a matter of personal comfort.

Thanks - will try that. yes Upstairs and downstairs room-stats are different zones - Upstairs i can see zone valve in the hot press on the landing linking to the upstairs rads - downstairs, there must be a zone valve somewhere , but i am buggered if i have ever found it - there is a cupboard under the stairs and a false chipboard cover , so i reckon it could be there.

I think last winter I tried turning rads down in bedrooms and it got quite chilly in there and bedclothes felt a bit damp, the downstairs of the house definitly has cavity wall insulation - the upstairs pretty sure it hasnt. Its one of these dormer style houses and the windows that jut out have those plaster rendered wood material not brick

Water John

Sorry Andy, sounds like that will motor through fuel.

Andy From Sligo

Water John wrote: »

Sorry Andy, sounds like that will motor through fuel.

what the upstairs being built like that you mean?

Andy From Sligo

jimf wrote: »

hi again andy

you get the microwave back together

you know im only joking of course

hello Jim , no .. blooming wife wouldnt let me take her microwave oven apart!

jimf

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

hello Jim , no .. blooming wife wouldnt let me take her microwave oven apart!

:P:P:P

Water John

Some sensible person in the house.

Andy From Sligo

Water John wrote: »

Some sensible person in the house.

I hope you arent insinuating my mrs isnt sensible?

jimf

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

I hope you arent insinuating my mrs isnt sensible?

that's a new thread andy :D

could run to pages

Water John

She did say yes when you asked her to marry you.

Andy From Sligo

Water John wrote: »

She did say yes when you asked her to marry you.

she could have just felt sorry for me

agusta

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

she could have just felt sorry for me

probably loved your inquisitive mind