Central heating..

[soulvapour]

how do i ecconomise with my gsh, i have 2 thermostats 1 on the boiler and 1 on wall, im trying to save money but the lower i have my boiler thermostat the more times its lit it seems, so does this make it less ecconomical?

[hard2miss]

Turn the one in the room down slightly, the one on the boiler goes on the returning temperature of the water I think and fires up the burner accordingly.

 

If you wish to save money then turn the room stat down a degree or so.

[soulvapour]

ive always had the 1 on wall set to 20 and always messed around with the boiler 1 because this adjusts heat thanks for your reply

[Alcoblog]

I was worried that I had my heating on in the day as opposed to in the night ... i thought it was more expensive. Not so according to N Power who've been really helpful. They bend over backward to help you save money (and fuel) and are more than willing to send you info on saving money ... dead friendly too!

[chem1st]

Make sure you only have it on when you need it.

 

Don't have it on too high.

 

Use jumpers, blankets etc to keep warm before resorting to the heating.

[Grahame]

I have fitted thermostats on the radiators and turned them down low in the bedrooms and on the stairs while the lounge is a comfortable 20 degrees. (All the web sites recommend 21 degrees)

 

The room thermostat is in the kitchen/dining-room and that is set to 20 degrees. There is no radiator stat in that room because the two thermostats would conflict with each other.

 

So if you think about it the boiler is controlled by the room stat in the kitchen/dining-room (in my case) and the rest of the house is controlled by the radiator stats and thanks to them I can have those rooms at whatever temperature I like providing they are less than 20 degrees, so really I am only heating the rooms I want. (By the way, I always think the room stat needs to be in the room you want to be the warmest and away from sunlight.)

 

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Added. Don't worry about the boiler stat as the hotter the water is when it leaves the boiler the hotter it returns. I have mine on full because it warms the house up quicker and once the kitchen/dining-room reaches 20 degrees the boiler turns off so it isn't as if it is running all the time.

 

 

[mc55]

our boiler manual tells us that our boiler is most efficient when turned up to max - we use the room thermostat to control the temperature and have individual controls on the radiators too.

[ChrisT70]

boiler stat is usually quite high, for efficiency reasons, control the heating with TRVs in each room to get the room to the right temp, a decenty room stat to turn it all off/on, and careful use of the time clock etc.