Hello everyone,
We bought a house (built in 1996) with underfloor heating — in every room except the bathrooms, the bulky thermostats are located right behind the door. This naturally causes the doors to bang against the thermostats and they could even be levered off. Existing damage unfortunately speaks for itself… not to mention I don’t find those things very attractive.
Now, there is also flow control installed for each floor. As far as I understand the principle, this ensures that each room receives the right amount of water so everything works properly.
Can I simply remove the thermostats and replace them with something that stays permanently open? Then control the flow only with the flow regulation? We normally set the heating once and that’s it for the winter. I haven’t really found slim-profile thermostats, and those with external temperature sensors are still quite bulky.
We bought a house (built in 1996) with underfloor heating — in every room except the bathrooms, the bulky thermostats are located right behind the door. This naturally causes the doors to bang against the thermostats and they could even be levered off. Existing damage unfortunately speaks for itself… not to mention I don’t find those things very attractive.
Now, there is also flow control installed for each floor. As far as I understand the principle, this ensures that each room receives the right amount of water so everything works properly.
Can I simply remove the thermostats and replace them with something that stays permanently open? Then control the flow only with the flow regulation? We normally set the heating once and that’s it for the winter. I haven’t really found slim-profile thermostats, and those with external temperature sensors are still quite bulky.
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hanghaus20237 Oct 2024 11:52My thermostats are no bigger than a light switch.
If you have a smart heating system, you can control it via the flow. However, it can be more complicated if you want to make changes later.
There are door stops that prevent doors from hitting the thermostat.
If you have a smart heating system, you can control it via the flow. However, it can be more complicated if you want to make changes later.
There are door stops that prevent doors from hitting the thermostat.
But that is only the sensor, not the controller itself?
In the room, there are valves like the Giacomini R470 – located directly behind the door, meaning the opening angle is maybe 60 degrees before it hits something. Additionally, I have flow regulators per floor and per room.
My idea would be to remove the valves inside the rooms. That means the pins are all fully retracted, allowing full flow. Control would then be managed via the rotary regulators on a per-floor basis – if smart, the entire house could be controlled centrally. The question is whether this could cause any issues or if I’m missing something. There must be a reason why there are two controllers per room. As far as I understand, it is to ensure that all rooms receive the same amount of hot water. But this could be tested by fully opening all room valves and then fine-tuning through the floor controllers.
In the room, there are valves like the Giacomini R470 – located directly behind the door, meaning the opening angle is maybe 60 degrees before it hits something. Additionally, I have flow regulators per floor and per room.
My idea would be to remove the valves inside the rooms. That means the pins are all fully retracted, allowing full flow. Control would then be managed via the rotary regulators on a per-floor basis – if smart, the entire house could be controlled centrally. The question is whether this could cause any issues or if I’m missing something. There must be a reason why there are two controllers per room. As far as I understand, it is to ensure that all rooms receive the same amount of hot water. But this could be tested by fully opening all room valves and then fine-tuning through the floor controllers.
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nordanney7 Oct 2024 12:47kambdan schrieb:
Can’t I just remove the thermostats and replace them with something that stays permanently open?That’s exactly what is often recommended nowadays for heat lamps. You just need to check how the actuators behave—whether they are normally open or normally closed when unpowered.
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hanghaus20237 Oct 2024 13:01kambdan schrieb:
Can’t I just remove the thermostats and replace them with something that stays permanently open?If you remove it, it will stay permanently open. At least that’s how it works for me (Oventrop).
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hanghaus20237 Oct 2024 13:03nordanney schrieb:
That is exactly what people are always advocating nowadays when it comes to heat lamps.You probably meant heat pumps. I suspect it’s an autocorrect error.
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