Thermostat Location?

tom_54

thermostat. I have attached a layout of my house and radiators. Is it possible that my thermostat is in the wrong location? Should it be in the room with the last radiators on both mains?

Jamie Hall

nice drawing!

but what's the problem? The thermostat is where it is! If one of the rooms is too warm or too cold, then that could be a problem... describe the problem for us!

Matt Clina

T'stat Location

You want your thermostat to control the heat in the room where you want to be the most comfortable. This is why they are usually in the living room. You want to keep them away from any heat sources or drafts, so they accurately represent the temperature of the room.

If you relocated your T'stat to the most remote room, and ran your boiler until that room was satisfied, what would that do to the rest of the house (and to your fuel bill)?

If the distribution of heat is not even, that can be attributed to either incorrect radiator sizing, or flow problems (air, stuck valves, blocked radiators, etc.)

Judging from your drawing (which is very nice), you may have undersized radiators in your first floor bedroom and den, and you may want to add some heat to your kitchen.

I'll have to leave any further recommendations up to the pro's, as I am not one (at least in this regard).

Good Luck

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I am not sure what a "relative thermostat" is, but anyway. Nice drawing, but not too useful; the thermostat is not placed based on the physical layout of the house.

Wherever you put the thermostat, it will control the temperature in that room, not anywhere else. There is no "right" location; if you put it in the warmest room, then that room will be 70 (or whatever) and all other rooms will be colder; maybe that's what you want. Or if you put it in the coldest room, all other rooms will be warmer. If you put it in a 'medium' room, then some rooms will be warmer and others colder, splitting the difference.

It is, however, possible to control the temperature in each room. This requires putting in thermostatic radiator valves (TRVs) on all radiators. (TRVs are valves and so they can turn the heat down but not up; if you put the stat in the coldest room, then you can usefully install TRVs in all other rooms). You can save money by only putting TRVs in those rooms that are uncomfortably warm.

Uni R

Dining Room

I wouldn't put it where you have it because it's right by the front door (sudden shots of cold air) and where people congregate (letting the rest of the house cool). The dining room looks to me like it would be the best average for the home. You want stability since this will provide the best comfort while optimizing your fuel use. I'd put in the dining room on the back of the kitchen wall on the side of the door across from the big window.

BillW@honeywell

T'stat location...

Away from sources of heat/cold, out of the sun, never on an outside wall, at about eye level. Plug the wire hole with insulation, so the stat reads the air temp, not the wall cavity. You have several options, Remote sensors can be connected to our PC8900 Home Control, or to the new VisionPro thermostat. Both support up to 9 remote sensors, and average their readings. You could zone each room or group of rooms with it's own thermostat, connected to a zone valve or a zone circulator, but that will involve lots of piping changes. You also could use Thermostatic Radiator Valves that will work for individual rooms. Piping changes will also be necessary with these as well.

Plumbob

> Away from sources of heat/cold, out of the sun,

> never on an outside wall, at about eye level.

> Plug the wire hole with insulation, so the stat

> reads the air temp, not the wall cavity. You

> have several options, Remote sensors can be

> connected to our PC8900 Home Control, or to the

> new VisionPro thermostat. Both support up to 9

> remote sensors, and average their readings. You

> could zone each room or group of rooms with it's

> own thermostat, connected to a zone valve or a

> zone circulator, but that will involve lots of

> piping changes. You also could use Thermostatic

> Radiator Valves that will work for individual

> rooms. Piping changes will also be necessary

> with these as well.

tom_54

thank you all for your responses...we

spend most of our time in the kitchen and the den. What's weird is that the thermostat in the living room can read 65 degrees while a stand along thermometer in the diding room along the wall adjacent to the kitchen reads close to 70.