Evening guys...and gals.
Been asked for some advice by the mother-in-law and she has confused me. Apologies if this is a simple question but I'm still very much learning!!!
She has just moved into her new home, probably 30yrs old. She has her system boiler in the loft with cold water cistern and hot cylinder in the airing cupboard. She has a Honeywell programmer in the kitchen and room stat in the lounge. Two Rads have TRV's on (downstairs wc and a ground floor bedroom). She was looking at having TRV's in every room....although I explained it's not good to have one on the rad in lounge with stat as it could contradict the room stat. Also mentioned it could work as a safety device to protect the boiler, even though I'm pretty sure her boiler/pipe work will have a bypass.
She then tells me she had a British Gas engineer around and he agrees about the protecting the boiler but has said to put TRV on BOTH the rads in her lounge. Her main issue is she wants her conservatory heated beyond the temperature of her lounge. She has one rad in the conservatory and would like that to heat for longer. Hence the reason she had the BG man around to advise on how she could accomplish this problem. Conservatory is only about 8 years old.
Many thanks for any advice anyone could offer, either on how she can overcome her problem or my confusion as to why have TRV's in the lounge with room stat....which I had been taught. As mentioned, I only have a year or two experience and am sure the BG engineer and yourselves have so much more!!!
pete
Been asked for some advice by the mother-in-law and she has confused me. Apologies if this is a simple question but I'm still very much learning!!!
She has just moved into her new home, probably 30yrs old. She has her system boiler in the loft with cold water cistern and hot cylinder in the airing cupboard. She has a Honeywell programmer in the kitchen and room stat in the lounge. Two Rads have TRV's on (downstairs wc and a ground floor bedroom). She was looking at having TRV's in every room....although I explained it's not good to have one on the rad in lounge with stat as it could contradict the room stat. Also mentioned it could work as a safety device to protect the boiler, even though I'm pretty sure her boiler/pipe work will have a bypass.
She then tells me she had a British Gas engineer around and he agrees about the protecting the boiler but has said to put TRV on BOTH the rads in her lounge. Her main issue is she wants her conservatory heated beyond the temperature of her lounge. She has one rad in the conservatory and would like that to heat for longer. Hence the reason she had the BG man around to advise on how she could accomplish this problem. Conservatory is only about 8 years old.
Many thanks for any advice anyone could offer, either on how she can overcome her problem or my confusion as to why have TRV's in the lounge with room stat....which I had been taught. As mentioned, I only have a year or two experience and am sure the BG engineer and yourselves have so much more!!!
pete
