Heating in winter

We have dispensed with thermostats and are curious about the self-regulating effect. They are, of course, already electrically prepared.

Hellloooooooo

After the cold snap I had a strange "warmth sensation."

My wife showed me around the house and pointed to the thermostat. We have at least 20 degrees comfort temperature everywhere.

hm should jog less :)

And that's why I'm asking you if your control is measured or displayed in degrees. I doubt that degrees can be found there!

Also, you wrote in the opening post that it is more or less cold in other rooms!

hope no stupid question. We (own the EG apartment) basically only heat the bathroom & living kitchen (40 sqm) in winter. The rest is more or less cold or set to thermostat 5 degrees (minimum).

Stupid question: do we generally have to heat the other rooms higher so that the pipes, for example, don’t burst from the cold?

I see this less from the perspective that pipes could “burst,” but rather the self-created temperature gradient within your apartment. As you describe it, you have it cozy in the SW and the rest remains comparatively “cold.” I also lack a bit the idea of whether it is fun to play in comparatively cool children’s rooms.

I am inclined to assume that this behavior will backfire and you will experience a surprise based on the yearly bill. Where the “cold” rooms meet the “warm” rooms, the “warm” ones work on the “cold” surfaces; they try, in my opinion, to “heat” the cold surfaces. What a sentence construction :eek:

I am also just imagining the consequence for the upper floor residents; I wrote elsewhere that I once had such a thrifty roommate. Between the new building from 1993 and today there are worlds apart, but I assume that the effects of reduced heating behavior have not changed. Either the owners of the upper floor set the temperatures comparatively high – then part of the two-family house is permanently “cold” – or they ensure a constant base temperature of around 18° in all rooms. Either way, in my opinion, you both will – regarding flow temperature – pay a predictable additional cost.

Rhenish greetings

I also had such problems but I just informed myself on an advertising site about whether I can reduce my heating costs through better insulation and I have decided to try this insulation, and I will report the results...


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