Central Heating

Heating strongly heats up hallway first instead of other rooms

Anonymous user 23/02/2024 - 3.54 PM

TRV in hallway near to thermostat a bad idea? My thermostat is in my hallway. The hallway is the coldest room, besides my bedroom. When the heating does go on, it first heats up the small radiator in the hall, which can take a while and so the other rooms don't get heated. This radiator gets very hot (there is no TRV on the radiator to turn it down). The thermostat is saying the hallway is cold so the heating is wasted in the hallway which isn't used. Meanwhile in the lounge area the room may not be warm enough (at times), and the same for the bedroom, since the heating goes off when the hallway gets warm enough. The doors are shut to keep heat in but the thermostat in the hallway says it's now warm enough. The boiler heats up the hallway radiator first and then eventually goes to the rest of the flat as these radiators are on low to save energy costs, but has to stay on much longer to do this, and can turn off in the hallway first, because the thermostat in hallway has got to the right temp. Which is not ideal. Heating the hallway first. I was wondering what I can do about this. Can I fit a TRV some how to turn the hallway radiator down? I have no knowledge of how to this would be fitted. I live in social housing. The thermostat is attached to the wall in the hall and I would have no idea how to remove it or set up a different one elsewhere, if that is another option. But radiator in hall would still get too hot. Please talk really basic language as I know nothing about radiators. Thank you Google says: "Is your thermostat located in the hallway? If it is, then that is the reason why it has no trv. The thermostat and trv with work against each other in theory. Having a TRV on a radiator in the same room as your thermostat may cause your system to mis-function, as if the radiator cuts out at a lower temperature, it can trick the thermostat into thinking the house is cooler than it really is, which may cause it to overcompensate by heating up even more." .... I'm not sure that's the case for me, wouldn't the heating just be on for longer if the hallway is turned down? And that way all the rooms would be more balanced with warmth, which is what I want. Responses: Edit: to the person suggesting balancing for flow. I'm sure if an engineer came out they would say it's fine and they don't need balancing as the other radiators are turned down. It's just the hallway one gets too hot. Edit: How do I swap the lockshield and trvs please on a radiator, without the number selection option, in the hallway? Can I not just fit a TRV in the hall and how do I do this please? I don't know what a lockshield is. See above in post edit, for why having a TRV is not a good idea, what's your thoughts?