Thermostat Smart Tips for Dummies – 5 Fixes for Your Home!
We’ve all done it: mucking about with the thermostat, blasting the heat, then shivering an hour later. Let VPS Underfloor Heating guide you on some Thermostat smart fixes that will help you save money and keep your home warm at the same time.
Here are 5 common thermostat mistakes and how to easily fix them for year-round comfort and potentially lower energy bills:
The Thermostat Smart Fixes we’ll be looking at:
- Embrace Programmable Stats
- Small Tweaks
- Location, Location, Location
- Setback Temperatrues
- Stat Maintenance
Embrace Programmable Stats
Our lives are busy – we have so much to do, jobs to go to and kids to get out the door each morning. Give yourself one less worry and invest in a programmable thermostat to replace the manual one on the wall. You won’t need to adjust it every morning as you leave – just set it and forget it. Automatically control your homes temperatures throughout the day, so you can have cosy mornings and cool evenings.
Small Tweaks
Even if your home is very cold, simply turning your stat up really high is not going to accomplish anything except giving you an expensive bill at the end of the month. Make small tweaks to the temperature and give your home time to get used to it. A 1 or 2 degree change might make all the difference as long as your home is properly insulated.
Location, Location, Location
Ensure you are getting the correct reading from your thermostat – it need good air circulation to display the most accurate temperature – so don’t have it sitting behind a curtain or close to a radiator. Make sure it is situated in a central location with a lot of good airflow.
Setback Temperatures
A setback temperature is like home insurance for your comfort. It keeps your house at a pleasant temperature even if you don’t return home when you expected too. Instead just turning off your heating completely, experiment with a setback temperature (many suggest 16 degrees – but see what works for you!) Some Smart thermostats can even calculate the temperature automatically for you when you are away, so you don’t have to.
Stat Maintenance
Like anything, regular maintenance of your thermostat will ensure that it stays in working order, so you are not caught short when you really need it the most. Keep it good working order so it remains accurate and saves you money.
Why should you choose VPS Underfloor Heating?
VPS Underfloor Heating are able to answer any question you might have in regards your thermostat or any upcoming project or installation and stock a range of top-quality underfloor heating products from some of the most recognised names in the business including: Grundfos, Taconova, Heatmiser, ProWarm, ESBE and Salus Controls.
Give us a call on 0141 459 3141 to talk to one of the team or take a look at our Underfloor heating design and quotation service – to get a detailed cost of your underfloor heating project. Our team of design experts are on hand to create your underfloor heating quotation. In just 24 hours we provide you with a detailed quotation, material estimate, and further details about our products and your new system.
