Wednesday, November 24, 2010

How do I stop my thermostat from controlling the whole house?

We've just had a new boiler fitted and had a thermostat added too. This thermostat has replaced the thermostat that was on the radiator in the back room but not all of the others around the house. However when the room the thermostat is in reaches the temperature set it stops all the radiators in the house from heating up leading to cold rooms elsewhere. How do I stop this?

Sorry if my description is not clear, i'm not very good with this sort of stuff.How do I stop my thermostat from controlling the whole house?fit each radiator with a thermostatic valve you then can control all room temperature and save moneyHow do I stop my thermostat from controlling the whole house?Thermostat needs to be moved to coldest room in house(Hallway is the norm).Either extend wiring %26amp; relocate stat or install a wireless type(From plumbers merchant),and place stat where you think coldest,but not in a room with another heat source like a fire or cooker as this will also shut heating down when rest of house is coldHow do I stop my thermostat from controlling the whole house?You move the thermostat to the room you occupy the most, usually the TV room. You can either extend the cable or fit a wireless room stat. The latter is the costlier solution but you then have the advantage of being able to move the receiving stat to the room of your choice as it is entirely portable.How do I stop my thermostat from controlling the whole house?I would call the company who installed your new boiler and tell them there is a problem. You may have to have the thermostat relocated. If the room the thermostat is in gets hotter than the other rooms in the house, it will shut off your thermostat.How do I stop my thermostat from controlling the whole house?Each individual radiator should have a knob on it that turns it up and down, if you can turn the one in the room with the thermostat down, then turn the others up full, that should keep them all on?



Soz if ive misunderstood the question.



Hope this helps!How do I stop my thermostat from controlling the whole house?You can control the flow of heat from each radiator using the knob near the bottom of each one.How do I stop my thermostat from controlling the whole house?Open internal doors to let heat circulate.How do I stop my thermostat from controlling the whole house?TURN THE THERMOSTAT ALL THE WAY UP.How do I stop my thermostat from controlling the whole house?each radiator has two valves one is the regulator and the second is the lock shield valve (this has a blank cap on it so it can't be turned)



First set the temperature on the boiler, this should not exceed 60 degrees; infact the water from the boiler should be such that it is just uncomfortable to hold the pipe as opposed to just touching it. this is controlled on the boiler NOT the room stat.

then with room stat set to 20+ deg and all radiators with their regulator valves wide open touch each one they should be hot from top to bottom and they should all feel the same ( back of hand endurance test) see how long you can hold your skin against the radiator. If they are not all equal they then need balancing

To balance the radiators remove the plain cover on the lock shield valves and open them fully using either a spare regulator cap or an adjustable spanner. Then screw each radiators lock shield valve down a 1/2 a turn or more keeping the rads at the same temp, larger rads will require fewer turns than small rads, towel rails will require more turns. Once equal replace the lock shield, set room stat to ecconomical 18 degs then adjust each room for warmth by adjusting the regulator

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