Don’t shiver your way through the cold months – read our tips and stay warm this winter.
During the winter months every house needs heating – nobody wants to be cold in their own home! Keeping your home at a temperature that is right for you and your family is extremely important but in reality, controlling the temperature in the home can be quite a challenge.
Ensuring that you completely understand how to operate your heating controls is essential when it comes to making sure that your house is kept at just the right temperature, at the right time, while saving you money.
What is a thermostat?
A thermostat is quite simply the control that turns your heating on and off, depending on the temperature it’s set at. They are designed to ensure that your home is heated to the required temperature to ensure you are warm and comfortable but also prevent you from overheating your home.
Lots of people think that if you turn the dial up to the highest temperate it will heat your home quicker. This just isn’t true; it will just result in you overheating your home which will cost you money. Step away from the thermostat!
Why heating at the correct temperature is important
The ideal temperature of the home is 18°C and ensuring that you moderate the temperature can save lots of money. You’ll be surprised at how even increasing the heating by just 1°C can make a big difference to your heating bill.
Why installing your thermostat in the right location is important
It’s really important when installing a new heating system to consider where your thermostat is placed. Ensuring that air can flow around the thermostat is essential. It’s also important to ensure it isn’t too near a cold or hot spot as this will prevent the thermostat from working properly. Ensuring that you have heating systems and accompanying thermostats installed by professionals who fully understand the requirements is a very worthwhile investment.
Underfloor heating provides consistent warmth
Underfloor heating is a great way to heat your home economically through winter. Radiating heat out of the whole surface area of the floor, it consistently warms your home throughout. There are no hot or cold spots and you don’t need to be close to the radiator to benefit from the warmth.
It is advisable to let the thermostat control your underfloor, once the floor is hot it takes very little energy to maintain that room temperature. This has two major benefits, the first is that your home is always a constant temperature, the second is running the heating system this way will actually save you money. You may decide to set back the temperature overnight and when out but only reducing the temperature by 4°C for example means the residual heat is still in the floor and when increasing the temperature again you feel the effects quickly.
Installing the right thermostat
When installing underfloor heating, a good thermostat is important in order for you to get the best from your system, but with a wide range of options available it can be confusing. At TotalUFH.com we are able to talk you through which control will best suit your underfloor heating system. With professional trained staff we can also install your thermostat, meaning you can rest assured that it’s been installed where it can work most efficiently.
Find out more about our range of thermostats and heating controls.
All of our thermostats are also available in a wireless system, allowing them to be aesthetically pleasing, as well as practical.
The Heatmiser app that can be used alongside the Heatmiser NeoStat is perfect for controlling your heating when you’re not at home. So, rather than set the heating to arrive prematurely or when you think you might be home you can pop onto the app and turn your thermostat on at the start of your journey or when you know you’ll be home. It means you can walk into a nice warm home, without worrying that the heating has been on longer than you needed it to be.
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If you are looking for advice or guidance on an underfloor heating system or which thermostat will best suit your project, please do contact us. We’re more than happy to assist in any way that we can.