I have been giving the issue of the minimum temperature for seldom occupied rooms some thought.
I live in a 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom house, 2 of which are en-suite. The house was a one up, one down, ancient farmhouse, extended four times between c. 1800 & 1980. The roof & most wall insulation is excellent, & the house has partial double glazing. The house is centrally heated with a gas, wet system, and Evohome throughout & a couple of electric UFH zones, which are not relevant to this question.
I have one bedroom & en-suite bathroom which are probably used twice a month for a couple of nights. I have been setting theHR92s in both rooms to a permanent 12 degrees, but note that in the recent cold snap the heating was on from time to time, and over shot to as high as 14.5 degrees.
I tried turning the required temperature down to 10 degrees, it's now overshooting to c. 11.5..
I then turned the heating off in these rooms for 3 days, and the temperature fell to 5 degrees, ambient was down to 0 overnight at this time.
The question is, what is the best temperature to set as "permanent" in these rooms whilst they are unoccupied? I always have at least 24 hours notice of when they are going to be occupied.
Second question, how do I minimise overshoot ?
What do you do?
FB
Tried to edit the typo in the heading, without success !
I live in a 4 bedroom, 3 bathroom house, 2 of which are en-suite. The house was a one up, one down, ancient farmhouse, extended four times between c. 1800 & 1980. The roof & most wall insulation is excellent, & the house has partial double glazing. The house is centrally heated with a gas, wet system, and Evohome throughout & a couple of electric UFH zones, which are not relevant to this question.
I have one bedroom & en-suite bathroom which are probably used twice a month for a couple of nights. I have been setting theHR92s in both rooms to a permanent 12 degrees, but note that in the recent cold snap the heating was on from time to time, and over shot to as high as 14.5 degrees.
I tried turning the required temperature down to 10 degrees, it's now overshooting to c. 11.5..
I then turned the heating off in these rooms for 3 days, and the temperature fell to 5 degrees, ambient was down to 0 overnight at this time.
The question is, what is the best temperature to set as "permanent" in these rooms whilst they are unoccupied? I always have at least 24 hours notice of when they are going to be occupied.
Second question, how do I minimise overshoot ?
What do you do?
FB
Tried to edit the typo in the heading, without success !
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