| Author | Message | ||
     Sifo |
I've got a quick question for the heating experts around here. My new home has a hydronic heating system. I'm new to this sort of system, and wondering about improving it's efficiency. It's got four heat zones, with dial thermostats that I remember from the '60s. My first thought was updating those to programmable thermostats. I had the controller for the circulator pump fail, so had a guy out to fix that and he told me this sort of system doesn't really respond well to those. He said just set it and forget it. So should I scrap the idea of programmable thermostats? If it matters, it's a Utica Boilers model MGB100HID. I would probably only update 1 or 2 of the zones if it even makes sense. | ||
| Aesquire |
The long time it takes to change temperature in a room with under floor heat means a fancy thermostat is good for scheduling but not precise temperature control. So you can timer the floor to be warm in the morning turning the heat on an hour or so before you get up. And let parts of the house cool during the day when no one's home. But generally that's what happens anyway  Well worth experimenting with but you only need fairly inexpensive not networking or remote thermostats. My system is manually zoned & I run the unused space colder but still heat everywhere. | ||
| Sifo |
BTW, If it matters, I've got baseboard radiators, not underfloor heat. | ||
| Aesquire |
Oh yes. Much faster to pump heat into a room. Regular timer type system is all the fancy you need. I just set & forget. Reminds me. Time to flush & vacuum for fall. |
