New stat, refit in hall or living room as per manufacturer instructions.

[cascas]

refitting a ch system. Previous fitted by british gas, who put the thermostat half way up the stairs (level with the upstairs floor). Just reading the instructions for a new siemens controller who, stat that the room temperature controller should be fitted in the main living room, at a height of 1.5m

The house is a traditional 3bed detached (i.e hall/stairs, kitchen, dining, lounge). Do others find mounting in the front living room, or hall is better. Think a stat might look out of place in the living room.

 

[marleyco]

Coldest room of the house with a radiator on locksheild valves

 

[shorticus]

Coldest room of the house with a radiator on locksheild valves

agree that's best design, but custard is king

 

[stevetheplumber]

wireless stick it in custards hand and tell him its a remote controll

 

[marleyco]

Your both right there. Had huge discussion with customer about why we don't fit trv's and stat in same room. They had both in the end, what do I know!

 

[shorticus]

Your both right there. Had huge discussion with customer about why we don't fit trv's and stat in same room. They had both in the end, what do I know!

we just smile and politely take the money...jeez that sounds so mercenary

 

[Best]

I saw new house with the room stat fitted in living room, straight above a large rad which was fitted with TRV!!! Bet the neighbours had same! The room stat should be in a stable heat area, with a rad ( not too close) fitted with no Trv. A living room heats up with any fires or body heat( get a few people in one room & see it warm up!) or even heat from tv, so stat will only shut off too early.

 

[fuzzy]

refitting a ch system. Previous fitted by british gas, who put the thermostat half way up the stairs (level with the upstairs floor). Just reading the instructions for a new siemens controller who, stat that the room temperature controller should be fitted in the main living room, at a height of 1.5m

The house is a traditional 3bed detached (i.e hall/stairs, kitchen, dining, lounge). Do others find mounting in the front living room, or hall is better. Think a stat might look out of place in the living room.

hall is normally the best place, not in direct sunlight

theres proabably no 100 best place for a stat, but most the time the hall is the best

 

[cascas]

Looks like consensus is in the hall. Strangely when fitting a simple stat, have tended to put them in the hall, but with my own rf programmer stat, it has found a home in the main living room. Having said that, I haven't really got much of a hall in this house.

What do others think about fitting the programmer stat between the floors (ala British Gas), makes for easy wiring through the floor void.

 

[adrian816]

When I had my new system installed I had the programmer stat installed in the coldest room. Doing that allows all the other rooms to warm up first (with TRVs on those radiators.)

 

[AWheating]

the problem with many living rooms is that other heat sources like gas fires can influence the heating of the rest of the house. Many house dont have a hall way as such either. Thats why rf stats are so good, you can leave the customer with the option of moving it around if needed.