Several types of heating controls set how warm the home is heated and when the heating is turned off or on. Your heating system may have some or all of the following controls.
Room thermostats keep individual rooms at a set temperature. Programmable room thermostats control both temperature and when heating itself is turned on. Separate thermostats upstairs and downstairs can be set to heat bedrooms only just before bedtime, and the downstairs heating can be switched off when the household is in bed.
Radiator valves control how hot individual radiators are. These can also have timing controls to set individual radiators to heat up at different times. A separate hot water for a thermostat provides hot water from a cylinder when it is needed. A boiler thermostat controls how hot the water is heated in the boiler before it is pumped through the radiators.
A weather compensation system monitors the outside temperature and adjusts the water temperature according to how cold it is. Furthermore, zone controls divide the house into areas that are heated up at different times.
If you don’t have smart controls, it is worth installing them. Smart controls connect to the internet and add extra functions. They allow you to control heating when away from the home. They learn your habits and adapt the heating to your lifestyle.
Heating control can manage heating in ways that optimise energy use and lower energy bills. If you suspect that your heating is not energy efficient, talk to one of Xgas’s heating engineers at their Wrexham base.
