Central Heating

Can I Make Cost Savings with My Heating System?

There are many steps you can take to reduce your heating bills, some of which are very simple and require no financial expenditure. The simplest way of reducing your heating bill is to reduce the temperature in your room thermostat by 1c. Although it sounds like too small a change to make an impact, the truth is that it will reduce your heating bills by up to 10%.

What is a TRV (thermostatic radiator valve) ?

Most radiators these days come with a preinstalled thermostatic radiator valve. The valve allows you to control the temperature of individual rooms. The thermostatic radiator valve typically has a range of temperatures that goes up to 22c.

For proper operation of the TRV, it is important to ensure it is not obstructed by curtains or furniture, to allow it to read the room temperature accurately, and ensure it shuts the radiator down if the room has reached the preset temperature to conserve energy and cost.

I Can’t Get the Heating Right, Some Rooms are Too Hot and Others Too Cold, What do You Suggest?

It can get quite difficult to get the balance right with a single room temperature (normally positioned in the hallway). In order to adjust the right temperature for each room, it is recommend installing thermostatic radiator valves (TRVs) which allow you to set different temperature in different rooms. This way you can have a hot bathroom and cool bedroom preset individually.

The Radiator is not Working Properly and Seems to be Cold at the Top and Hot at the Bottom, What do You Suggest?

Most likely there is air in the heating system, and the radiator needs bleeding. You need to get a bleeding key (in most DIY stores), and bleed the air out of the radiator. It is important to make sure that the system is turned off when doing it.