ᐅ How do you control underfloor heating in a newly built home during initial occupancy?
Created on: 9 Oct 2016 16:16
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rudiherbert
Good day,
This topic has been discussed here several times before, but maybe someone can give me advice for my particular situation.
I moved into a new condominium in a six-family house (first occupancy) in the summer.
It’s on the upper floor facing east-southeast (bedroom, study, kitchen face east; living room faces south).
Heating system: pellet heating with a solar collector system for domestic hot water and heating support.
3 rooms plus kitchen and bathroom, about 80m2 (860 sq ft). Each room has a Salus thermostat controller.
Flooring: laminate (except hallway, bathroom, and kitchen which have tiles).
Household situation: single occupant, full-time employed (leave home around 8:30 am and return at about 5:30 pm).
I want to switch on the underfloor heating for the first time now; it has never been in operation before.
According to the heating technician, a balancing procedure was done. I am supposed to control everything using the room thermostats only.
Question:
How should I set the individual room thermostats?
For example, should I set the bedroom to 18°C (64°F) and leave it at that until summer?
And the living room? Set it to 20°C (68°F) and leave it running continuously—even if the outside temperature, even in winter, is occasionally quite warm?
I have no experience with this at all!
Are there any tips to avoid overheating? PS: The walls are practically dry—no moisture issues from the new construction. The apartment is quite “warm” since it is well insulated (KFW70 standard) and on the sunny side.
Thank you very much
rudi
This topic has been discussed here several times before, but maybe someone can give me advice for my particular situation.
I moved into a new condominium in a six-family house (first occupancy) in the summer.
It’s on the upper floor facing east-southeast (bedroom, study, kitchen face east; living room faces south).
Heating system: pellet heating with a solar collector system for domestic hot water and heating support.
3 rooms plus kitchen and bathroom, about 80m2 (860 sq ft). Each room has a Salus thermostat controller.
Flooring: laminate (except hallway, bathroom, and kitchen which have tiles).
Household situation: single occupant, full-time employed (leave home around 8:30 am and return at about 5:30 pm).
I want to switch on the underfloor heating for the first time now; it has never been in operation before.
According to the heating technician, a balancing procedure was done. I am supposed to control everything using the room thermostats only.
Question:
How should I set the individual room thermostats?
For example, should I set the bedroom to 18°C (64°F) and leave it at that until summer?
And the living room? Set it to 20°C (68°F) and leave it running continuously—even if the outside temperature, even in winter, is occasionally quite warm?
I have no experience with this at all!
Are there any tips to avoid overheating? PS: The walls are practically dry—no moisture issues from the new construction. The apartment is quite “warm” since it is well insulated (KFW70 standard) and on the sunny side.
Thank you very much
rudi
I would say just wait and relax for now; you probably won’t have to adjust much. The room thermostats are only emergency overrides. This means the control is managed by the outdoor sensor for the entire house, and when it gets warmer outside, the heating won’t run high enough to make it too warm inside, and so on.
I would also set a desired temperature and wait for a while. Underfloor heating is very slow to respond, so adjusting it up or down quickly doesn’t make much difference.
In a multi-family building, you can only hope that the heating curve/settings are properly configured and not based on "more is better," otherwise individual room controllers might be absolutely necessary after all.
In a well-adjusted single-family house, those are actually quite unnecessary.
from on the go
In a multi-family building, you can only hope that the heating curve/settings are properly configured and not based on "more is better," otherwise individual room controllers might be absolutely necessary after all.
In a well-adjusted single-family house, those are actually quite unnecessary.
from on the go
I would set all the thermostats to 20 degrees Celsius (68°F) and keep the doors closed initially.
If you feel the bedroom is generally too warm, set it to 17 or 18 degrees Celsius (63 or 64°F). In the bathroom or living room, where you want it a bit cozier, set it higher there. So adjust it one day and then subjectively see if it feels right for you the next day, and so on.
Regards
If you feel the bedroom is generally too warm, set it to 17 or 18 degrees Celsius (63 or 64°F). In the bathroom or living room, where you want it a bit cozier, set it higher there. So adjust it one day and then subjectively see if it feels right for you the next day, and so on.
Regards
K
Knallkörper9 Oct 2016 20:28rudiherbert schrieb:
Hello.
We already have an outdoor temperature sensor, so the system adjusts based on weather conditions.
However, my apartment is on the upper floor facing east-south, so it naturally gets warmer compared to apartments on the north or west side.
The outdoor sensor activates quite early to prevent anyone from having a cold apartment.
Or does it make no difference for me how I have to adjust the controls?
ThanksIf the radiator thermostat in your room measures 25 degrees Celsius (77°F) due to sunlight while your setpoint is 22 degrees Celsius (72°F), the valve will close completely anyway. To explain technically: the purpose of a control system is to react to changing disturbances (like varying solar heat gain), unlike a simple regulator.
I also live in a multi-family building with underfloor heating supplied by a gas boiler. Each room has its own thermostat. I have set every room to the desired temperature and have hardly needed to adjust the thermostats for the past five years. When it gets very cold in winter, I sometimes raise the living room temperature a bit. The room receives a lot of sunlight, so the underfloor heating doesn’t run when the sun has already warmed up the space.
Compared to the apartment I lived in before, my heating costs have decreased by about one third. And I keep the temperatures fairly comfortable:
Office = 20°C (68°F)
Living room = 21°C (70°F)
Bedroom = 17°C (63°F)
Bathroom = 24°C (75°F)
This is year-round, even when I am away for several days or ventilate the rooms briefly twice a day, for example.
Compared to the apartment I lived in before, my heating costs have decreased by about one third. And I keep the temperatures fairly comfortable:
Office = 20°C (68°F)
Living room = 21°C (70°F)
Bedroom = 17°C (63°F)
Bathroom = 24°C (75°F)
This is year-round, even when I am away for several days or ventilate the rooms briefly twice a day, for example.
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