The thermostat for the first floor of our new (to us) home in New Hampshire was mounted in the living room right over the hot water pipes supplying the second floor baseboard heating system. When hot water is piped to the second floor the thermostat also gets hot resulting in a very cold first floor. The thermostat is mounted on the only inside wall on the first floor and I have no other place to re-mount it. Kitchen cabinets are on the back side of the wall and the thermostat side of the wall has the staircase to the second floor. A couple of questions:
1. Is there an effective way to insulate the thermostat? It would have to be neat as it is right in the middle of the living area.
2. Is there such a thing as a remote thermostat that I could locate on a table or counter?
I don’t want to tear out the sheetrock to insulate the pipes but I would appreciate any ideas. It’s getting cold in NH and we’re already starting to notice the temperature swings on the first floor.
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I had to move my thermostat for a similar reason. Is moving the 'stat an option?
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Why does it have to be on an inside wall? Put it on an outside wall and set it so that you have a comfy room temp
the cooler exterior wall will radically affect the T stat...
the more the temp swing outdoors .. the more the affect on what the T stat thinks is going on...
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But if the wall is insulated well it would be better than the Tstat sitting over hot water pipes leading to the upper floor.
yes but the hole for the wire about negates that...
outside wall... stand off base...
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Unless the wall is paneled or has wall paper (ie, paint and DW) it is easy to open and repair.
I would seriously look at opening up that wall and insulating the pipes.
And while you are at move the thermostat over one bay also.
There are remote wireless thermostats. But I am not familar with what all they will do.
I don't know if they have them or not. But start looking at http://www.smarthome.com
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Try a can of foam blown in through the hole where the wires come through. You might have to add some stuffing first to stop the foam dropping. Mount the stat on a small panel to insulate it a little more.
Yeah, any sort of system to keep the thermostat away from the wall would help a lot. A piece of neatly stained or painted 3/4" wood, for instance. Ideally you should gouge out the back of the piece to creat an airspace. Better still if you could add vents (grooves) to ventillate the space top and bottom.
Also, plug the wire hole somehow.
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I started to suggest cutting out the back of the thermostat area and replacing the DW with foam.Don't know the details of this construction, but I suspect that whole bay area gets warm including the DW. So you are goiing to warm air currents over the thermostat when the upstair is calling for heat.I don't think that any simple insulation or isolation of the thermostat will work..
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Well, if you can get some physical separation from the warm wall you'll reduce the problem by a factor of 4 or so. And extending the thermostat out from the wall a bit will improve airflow.
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Move the thermostat and don't tell anybody. My Dad had the best laugh of his last years when he moved the thermostat because it was in the room with the fireplace. When there was a fire in the fireplace, the house got cold. My Mom was always playing with the tempature controls always complaining it was to hot and to cold.
Dad moved it and didn't tell her. She was always playing with the old one not knowing any better. Dad just sat in his chair and smirked.
Moving it shouldn't be that hard.