Hi
I have oil central heating system running a FireBrid Enviromax boiler that is in a boiler house external to the main dwelling with pipes running back to the main dwelling
It has been suggested to me so that to ensure pipes dont freeze in this really cold weather to have the heating system timer set to run all the time or at least during the night and to turn the stat on the firebird boiler down to the minimum setting as low as it can go and have either the water or the heating set on constant on the timer in the house
I have no problem doing this as dont want frozen pipes or worse
Im just wondering
1. What is the relationship between the stat on the boiler itself and the stat in the dwelling house
2. If i have the stat on the boiler turned down as low as it can go say over night and the heating timer set to be on all the time, what setting should i have the stat inside in the house set to - do i need to have it at 20 degrees or would it be ok to have it at 18 or 16 or lower degrees
3. Is there any recommenation regarding if temperatures hit a certain minus value that you should leave your heating running all night on a low setting or have timer set so that heating comes on for a while a few times during the course of the night
4. Also what is the most efficient setting to have the stat on the boiler set too. Up until this time, I would never have gone near it seems to be set near to the max setting it can be set too - maybe set at 80-90%. In normal weather conditions what would be most efficient setting to have it set to and also the internal wall stat in the house
5. Also if out of the house for periods of time over the christmas e.g. away for couple days and have heating timed to come on at different times of the day - how long each time heating comes on is it recommened to time it to stay on - 30 mins, 1 hour, longer... so as dont end up with burst pipes
Thanks
Sorry for all the questions
I have oil central heating system running a FireBrid Enviromax boiler that is in a boiler house external to the main dwelling with pipes running back to the main dwelling
It has been suggested to me so that to ensure pipes dont freeze in this really cold weather to have the heating system timer set to run all the time or at least during the night and to turn the stat on the firebird boiler down to the minimum setting as low as it can go and have either the water or the heating set on constant on the timer in the house
I have no problem doing this as dont want frozen pipes or worse
Im just wondering
1. What is the relationship between the stat on the boiler itself and the stat in the dwelling house
2. If i have the stat on the boiler turned down as low as it can go say over night and the heating timer set to be on all the time, what setting should i have the stat inside in the house set to - do i need to have it at 20 degrees or would it be ok to have it at 18 or 16 or lower degrees
3. Is there any recommenation regarding if temperatures hit a certain minus value that you should leave your heating running all night on a low setting or have timer set so that heating comes on for a while a few times during the course of the night
4. Also what is the most efficient setting to have the stat on the boiler set too. Up until this time, I would never have gone near it seems to be set near to the max setting it can be set too - maybe set at 80-90%. In normal weather conditions what would be most efficient setting to have it set to and also the internal wall stat in the house
5. Also if out of the house for periods of time over the christmas e.g. away for couple days and have heating timed to come on at different times of the day - how long each time heating comes on is it recommened to time it to stay on - 30 mins, 1 hour, longer... so as dont end up with burst pipes
Thanks
Sorry for all the questions