thermastat location

joe jr.

thanks for the reply. I have a one pipe steam system and in the dining room their is a large rad at the oppisite side of the room whicn is about 10 by 22 long. rest of the house upstairs is not over heating. I feel the t-stat is going on because that room drops temp faster because its on the north side of house and doesn't get much natural light.The other room on the opposite side of dining room is half the size of the dining room and has a rad in it about 3' long which sits under one double hung window in that room. The t-stat would be on the opposite side on the wall where the stairs go up. It would be be about 10 ; away from rad.I was going to run a temperary t-stat wire to that side of the room and mount t-stat there.Just as a trail run and see how the house heats up. Thanks for the repl hope to here from u again Brad to let me know if i shouldn,t even bother doing a test run on the other room. thanks

joe jr.

thermastat location

I need some advice. My house is a small colonial. since we been in the house the t-stat ben in my dining room,which is on the north side of house. It never gets any direct sun light. Its actual a prettty dark rooom even in the middle of the day. The house has insulation that we had blown in ,but its not air tight. That room gets cooler faster then the room on the opposite side of it. their is a stair way seperating the two roooms. The other room is on the south side and seems to maintain a higher temp during the day. Was thinking about moving t-stat to that side of the house, but their is a 3' radiater near by. I'm affraid it would turn off the boiler to soon before rooms upstairs get warm.Right now i can set the t-stat down to 60 and it would reach that temp. tring to stop boiler from going on when nobody is home during the day ,without having to turn off heat at the t-stat all together. Any body with advice would be greatly appreicated. thanks

Brad White_9

Jimmy,

Some questions:

Is there a problem with the current arrangement and how does it show up? In other words, you say the dining room gets cooler than the others, but does this mean the rest of the house is overheating?

You are right not to move the thermostat to near a heat source or in sunlight for the reasons you mentioned.

If the dining room is too cold (even after insulating?) I would ask if the radiation is under-sized or might it be fin-tube while the rest of the house has cast iron radiation?

Brad White_9

I cannot see

changing the thermostat location because I do not see a problem. "If it's not broken, don't fix it" would be my philosophy here.

If the dining room is too cool to your liking and the rest of the house is not overheating, then it is a dining room radiator size or capacity issue, or the dining room radiator is not venting fast enough to heat up. Are the radiators seeing steam all at close to the same time? If so, perhaps a size issue. If you move the t-stat to a warmer room the house may seem colder and your dining room colder still.