Installing smart heating controls to your home heating system can help you control the amount of energy your home is using all year round. If you do not have heating controls, you may find you are incurring unnecessary energy wastage and you have higher heating bills. This is due to the lack of control you have over the amount of heat you are using to heat your home and your hot water. Having the ability to control a heating system from any location is vital in maximising a property’s energy efficiency. Grant supplies the necessary controls to operate Grant Uflex underfloor heating as efficiently as possible with the touch of a button.
Generally speaking, your room thermostat should be set between 18°C and 22°C, depending on the type of room, how often it is occupied and your personal temperature preferences. If you turn your thermostat down a little, by one or two degrees, then you could save money on your fuel bills because you will be reducing the demand on your boiler and therefore the amount of fuel it uses. Click here to learn more about how you can save energy by turning down your room thermostat.
Whatever the age of your boiler, fitting a boiler thermostat, a timer or programmer, a room thermostat and thermostatic radiator valves (TRVs) is recommended as it can help you save money on your fuel bills by helping you to accurately control your boiler and wider central heating system, reducing energy wastage.
Yes, room thermostats are strongly recommended for oil condensing boilers:
Room thermostats and controls deliver heat when and where it is most needed, reducing the demand when not required which consequently reduces the demand on the boiler.
Design system controls with programmable room thermostats or use weather compensating controls to maintain return temperatures below 55 °C.
So while a boiler can operate without a separate room thermostat, we advise on installing room thermostat (or equivalent controls) to ensure efficient, controlled operation of the heating system.
The temperature you set your room thermostat(s) to will be determined by several factors such as the type of room in which the thermostat is fitted and how warn you want a room to be. Typically, a room thermostat located downstairs should be set around 18°C-20°C and one fitted upstairs will be set to around 20°C-22°C. If you try turning your room thermostat down a degree or two, you could also save even more on your fuel bills.
You don’t need to turn up your thermostat when the weather gets colder, your heating system will still warm your home to the set temperature. However, on particularly cold days, it may take a little longer to reach that temperature. To keep your home comfortable, you may wish to schedule your heating to start earlier during the winter months. You can adjust these times easily by updating your heating schedule on your control panel.
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