Hi, I just moved into a new house and it has a Glow Worm Compact 24c combi boiler and a ESI ESRTP4RF+ programmable room thermostat and I am wondering if it's worth turning on the optimum start and stop features? There is also something called TPI (chronoproportional control) but I'm not sure how or if it's worth setting that.
I live in a small 2 bedroom, mid-terraced house with 6 radiators total, 5 have TRV valves and the main big one in the lounge doesn't but there is also a small one with a TRV valve near it on another wall. My lounge is somewhat open plan as the stairs to the first floor are in the living room and aren't closed off or have a door to get to them (if that makes sense) so I assume any heat produced in the living room just goes upstairs to some extent.
I normally set the room thermostat to 18 degrees and generally have it on for an hour in the morning between 7 and 8am and then if needed I may put it on for an hour or so later in the evening or late afternoon around 4pm (trying to keep costs down). All the radiator TRV's are set to number 3.
It still feels a little chilly, especially in the living room but I'm not sure if that's because all the heat is escaping up the stairs or I don't have the thermostat set to a high enough temperature or I just don't have it on for long enough. After the heating goes off after an hour, then the temperature may reach around 16-17 degrees according to the thermostat (weather dependent). The thermostat itself is on a little stand on my coffee table roughly in the middle of the room.
Anyway, getting back to my original question, are any of the optimum start/stop features beneficial and worth using? Would I need to have my heating on a lot longer in general or a higher temperature?
Thanks for any suggestions, sorry for the long post.
I live in a small 2 bedroom, mid-terraced house with 6 radiators total, 5 have TRV valves and the main big one in the lounge doesn't but there is also a small one with a TRV valve near it on another wall. My lounge is somewhat open plan as the stairs to the first floor are in the living room and aren't closed off or have a door to get to them (if that makes sense) so I assume any heat produced in the living room just goes upstairs to some extent.
I normally set the room thermostat to 18 degrees and generally have it on for an hour in the morning between 7 and 8am and then if needed I may put it on for an hour or so later in the evening or late afternoon around 4pm (trying to keep costs down). All the radiator TRV's are set to number 3.
It still feels a little chilly, especially in the living room but I'm not sure if that's because all the heat is escaping up the stairs or I don't have the thermostat set to a high enough temperature or I just don't have it on for long enough. After the heating goes off after an hour, then the temperature may reach around 16-17 degrees according to the thermostat (weather dependent). The thermostat itself is on a little stand on my coffee table roughly in the middle of the room.
Anyway, getting back to my original question, are any of the optimum start/stop features beneficial and worth using? Would I need to have my heating on a lot longer in general or a higher temperature?
Thanks for any suggestions, sorry for the long post.