Originally Posted by Taf (Post 36141688)

As per regs at that time, the hallway radiator hasn't got a TRV, the flow through it was turned down by the installers, so that it doesn't heat too quickly, shutting down the entire house.

But the new boiler has a bypass loop, so if all the rads are TRVed and shut off, the pump will keep running with the flow going through the bypass until the hall thermostat shuts it off. But the council refuses to accept that, despite it being in the handbook, so no hallway TRV.

Originally Posted by nomadking (Post 36141692)

The conclusion I've come to, is that my hallway radiator is too big. It's bigger than the living room one. That might be ok for a house where you would be heating the stairway and upper landing, but in a bungalow it heats up too quickly compared to the living room.

Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 36141700)

You should be able to balance that out by adjusting the lockshield valve at the opposite end to the thermostat/main tap to cut the flow rate down.

Normally the lockshields are adjusted to obtain a particular surface temperature on the radiator.

Originally Posted by nomadking (Post 36141705)

Didn't realise that sort of thing existed and was in place.

Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 36141711)

Should be part of the original installation and set up during commissioning. Not necessarily obvious and as its name suggests that you can't obviously see the valve as it's covered by a domed shield. Radiators a long way from the pump would have their valves well open whereas those close would be shut down to balance the flows correctly.

Originally Posted by heero_yuy (Post 36141711)

Should be part of the original installation and set up during commissioning. Not necessarily obvious and as its name suggests that you can't obviously see the valve as it's covered by a domed shield. Radiators a long way from the pump would have their valves well open whereas those close would be shut down to balance the flows correctly.

Originally Posted by Chris (Post 36141679)

The advantage is supposed to be that if your comings and goings from home during the week don’t match what’s set in the thermostat’s timer, you can remotely turn it on or off, or up or down, as required. It should save money if you’re able to turn the heating off when you’re out for the evening. To be honest I suspect the advantage is minimal. Certainly in our house full of teenagers there’s lots of coming and going and giving any one of us remote control over the heating would be even more problematic than having a fixed programme in a dumb stat at home. At least this way, whoever’s home can alter it if they need to. At least in our case, the house is new and well insulated so it warms up quickly.

Originally Posted by Chris (Post 36141727)

Eh … it knew you’d gone out?

Originally Posted by Chris (Post 36141727)

Eh … it knew you’d gone out?

Originally Posted by SnoopZ (Post 36141733)

Yes because the phone was on me which has the app on it, I can change the distance from home too.

What temperature do people's houses drop to if the heating isn't on? Mines around 14.5c at the moment and with the heating turned on from 8pm to 10pm while I was at work it raised to 17c.

My house is 25years old so it won't have modern insulation from the last few years.