Could anyone advise whether there is a pipe frost stat on the market (not on Honeywell web site). I have lagged pipes in the loft but above loft lagging therefore could be at risk at night in very cold temps. A pipe stat coming on below 3-5 degrees would be ideal - enough to heat and circulate the water for a short while without heating the house, especially when house is unattended. Would mean a house could be left all winter with no frost fears. Would also solve the pipe work in garage problems.
Frost Stats
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Not that I've ever come across, you just put a normal frost stat on the wall. If you like you could have a normal frost stat and wire a standard pipe stat into it, so that the frost stat tells the boiler to come on if the room gets too cold, but the pipe stat shuts it down again when the pipes are at, say, 10ºC. Seen that done before, don't ask me how to wire it though!
The Drayton PTS1 looks just the job. The problem with a space frost stat is that the space has to heat up to turn it off - and, apart from having no radiators, you don't want to heat a loft or garage!
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as muggles has suggested, you need to fit a frost stat with a pipe stat in series . the frost stat will kick the boiler on when the space is in danger of freezing temps and the pipe stat will knock the boiler off when the pipes are at a safe temperature. no need to heat the space at all.
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Thats why pipe stats are used in conjunction with a frost stat.
The amount of frost stats fit without pipe stats is unreal.
OK, thanks guys.
Heating pipes.
If I'm away and particularly cold weather is expected I programme the heating to come on for an hour at 3 am which is an awful waste when all I need is to warm the water slightly when needed. Just got my last quarter gas bill - £500 - ouch!!!!! Interestingly that's £200 higher than last year for virtually identical useage of gas, more ouch! Electricity the same trend, even more ouch!
If I'm away and particularly cold weather is expected I programme the heating to come on for an hour at 3 am which is an awful waste when all I need is to warm the water slightly when needed. Just got my last quarter gas bill - £500 - ouch!!!!! Interestingly that's £200 higher than last year for virtually identical useage of gas, more ouch! Electricity the same trend, even more ouch!
what you heating a castle
£500 you must have it on 24 hours aday
£500 you must have it on 24 hours aday
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