Whilst you may set your central heating to a certain temperature overall for your property, you may nevertheless want varying temperatures in the different rooms. Many people, for example, prefer a cooler bedroom for a comfortable night’s sleep, while preferring to have the rest of the house nice and warm – especially the bathroom perhaps. With double glazing throughout your property you can achieve these variations as long as you fit thermostatic valves to radiators. With these in place, you can set the temperature in a bedroom, for example, at a lower level compared with other areas. As long as you keep the bedroom door closed, that room temperature will be maintained.
Conversely, you may wish to have a warmer room – especially if you are looking after elderly people who need to be in a warmer environment. Extra warmth too can be achieved with a thermostatic valve on the radiator in the room. Double glazing will minimise heat loss and consistently ensure that you have the temperature you prefer in any closed room.
It is sensible to make the most of all heat you generate in your property. If the oven is on and the kitchen is warm, that’s the time to ensure this extra input is allowed to escape from the immediate area, so keep doors open to assist airflow. Your double-glazing will ensure that very little of the extra warmth is lost from the property, so recycle it and make the most of the energy from the kitchen.
Hot air rises, so you may find that, using the thermostats, you can set upstairs rooms at slightly lower temperatures. Should you have a fireplace, solid fuel burning in the grate will heat up the chimney breast too. The upper floors of the property will benefit from this extra energy, which will be able to circulate with minimum loss. It is worth running a check on room temperatures so that you can set the different rooms to achieve the environments you prefer with the doors open or the doors closed, and then not have to keep making changes which could prove inefficient and more costly.