Browse Forums Heating, Cooling & Insulation 1 May 30, 2008 5:19 pm Hi all,
This is the first time we have lived in a house (now 2 weeks) with 2550mm ceilings and gas central heating (last rental had 2400mm ceilings and gas central heating). The previous rental seemed to blast out the warm air and we would basically cook when it was set to 20C. In our new place we are struggling to keep warm on the couch with it set on 22C and over night we have been having it run at 18C just so we don't freeze while in bed (whereas rental was at 14C). What are people's opinions? Is it because the hot air is all up in the higher room height? Is it that the heater thermostat is not set right and the tempertures are out? We upgraded to the 4* unit (Vulcan), so we were expecting it to be very efficient, but I'm considering bumping the temp up right now to 24C and I have 3 layers on... Ray. Second Time 'Round Re: Central heating not hot enough? 2May 30, 2008 5:26 pm Hi Ray, nice to see you on!!!!
That doesn't sound right??? Can you call the builder or the installer and discuss it with them? You might have an issue with your unit? If you have it set for a certain temp, then the house should warm to that temp and then the unit should cut off until it fires up again upon dropping below the selected temp??? Maybe call Vulcan cust svc and see if they can help??? Or get hubby to go up in the roof and make sure the unit is working when it should? I hope you work it out soon.... Re: Central heating not hot enough? 3May 30, 2008 5:34 pm The "new" place has 2.7 m ceilings and raked....bloody high at the peak....and in one spot two raked spaces sorta come together and we had the same experience for a coupla weeks.....
I had to fiddle with the remote panel that came with the heater but there were a couple of adjustments I could make with the heater that significantly changed it's performance. You could adjust the maximum fan speed - when we moved in it was set at quite a low speed - probably reset when the power was disconnected at transfer.....so adjusted that up. Also it had an economy, normal, and boost setting.....which sets the gas burn rate. The timer is setup to turn on in the morning with Boost, and then about half an hour later back to the normal setting. If we go out when we come back we put it on Boost to get temp up and then put it back to normal program mode. At night it's set for about 15 degrees so DW doesn't freeze her toosh off when doing night feeds....but the vents are shut off in the kids rooms. Normal temperature setting during the day is about 22 to 23 and remains comfortable. So ours is an eight year old heater with higher ceilings and I've looked at the heater unit "compliance plate" and it doesn't look anything special....so what I'm getting at....and there is a point to my rambling...is that if yours is a spec'd up unit with lower ceilings it should be able to keep you comfortable. Hope that helps..... mmm....donuts Homer Simpson 1956- Links: Site Costs Ready Reckoner | H1 Addiction Medical Advice | Château TDL: The Backyard Re: Central heating not hot enough? 5May 30, 2008 6:30 pm Get yourself one of those combination thermometer/clock things, something like this :
http://www.radioparts.com.au/ProdView.a ... +%2f+CLOCK Then take some readings at various points around your house. Write them down, it might help if you did multiple samples over the course of a few hours. Don't forget to record ambient (outside) temp at the same time as your other samples. You will then have some objective "science" to see whether your system is working properly, rather than relatively subjective feelings of being cold. If I were you I'd find out how the thermostat works; by that I mean does it have a single sensor located somewhere, or multiple points. If it's single point then you can take readings directly next to the sensor, and if there's a huge differential between your programmed temperature and the actual temperature then there's a problem. Having actual readings will also help argue the point if you have to make some kind of warranty claim. Cheers, Justin. Re: Central heating not hot enough? 7Jun 01, 2008 7:39 pm Sounds like the company who installed has'nt been back to commision it get them back to do their job right another thing is the unit maybe to small builder's are always looking for short cuts and if that is the case make them replace it with the right size unit or if the don't ring up the plumbing board because they can make them fix it at their cost .
What ever you do don't get another company out to look at it or fix it because your cause your self more trouble with regards to compliance certifcate . Compliance certifcate gives you 6 years insurance on faulty workmanship so keep that in mind. If they did'nt give you a compliance certificate then they are in a lot of trouble and that means you have them by the balls then good luck Re: Central heating not hot enough? 8Jun 01, 2008 8:29 pm sounds wrong, you should be toasty
Quote: If you have it set for a certain temp, then the house should warm to that temp and then the unit should cut off until it fires up again upon dropping below the selected temp??? in my last house after house reached temp? it would then seem to blow cold air out and aircon guys fobbed me off with this is what happens (they said it doesnt simply cut out like you would imagine grrrrrr) so is this never the case? cos I really didnt think so ........grr Re: Central heating not hot enough? 9Jun 02, 2008 8:32 am bec sounds wrong, you should be toasty Quote: If you have it set for a certain temp, then the house should warm to that temp and then the unit should cut off until it fires up again upon dropping below the selected temp??? in my last house after house reached temp? it would then seem to blow cold air out and aircon guys fobbed me off with this is what happens (they said it doesnt simply cut out like you would imagine grrrrrr) so is this never the case? cos I really didnt think so ........grr bec, I'm no heating specialist but, it should cut out and not blow cold air!! Paula Re: Central heating not hot enough? 10Jun 02, 2008 3:00 pm Funny I could actually have written this post too.
We have to leave it on 18.5 overnight as the house gets too cold - for a 5 stqart house it sure does get cold. During the day I find 22 ok. Our problem is that one side of the house if 2 deg cooler than the other simply due to orientation (of course thats our bedroom...) We added outlets to bathrooms and the laundry and I'm wondering if we added too many Re: Central heating not hot enough? 11Jun 11, 2008 6:00 pm Don't get me wrong - the heater works fine, it's just that it doesn't feel the temperature it is saying it is. It displays the room temperature as well as the set temperature, but we are running it at 22C during the evenings - sometimes 24C just so it is toasty warm (without having to peel off jumpers). I will definitely have a look to see if it says where the thermostat is located (would it be in the controller itself?) and see if it matches a thermometer.
Ray. Second Time 'Round Re: Central heating not hot enough? 12Jun 12, 2008 11:39 am I'd get your builder/heating unit supplier to look at it. My in-laws built a new house and thought the central heating wasn't really working. To cut a long story short, after the builder telling them they had to be wrong, the unit was fine, finally the unit supplier was called and they sent someone out who said they had been having problems with the model my in-law's unit was (which I don't know the details of) and the whole unit was replaced under warranty. When in-laws called builder to advise they had not been imagining the problem the builder said - oh, yes, we've stopped using that one...........
So, basically, I'd get it checked out. My in-laws suffered all of last winter with a unit that wasn't working, don't do the same yourselves. Re: Central heating not hot enough? 14Jun 12, 2008 9:48 pm I have airon and refuse to use it as the warmth for my home.
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