Need to Move a Mains Centarl Heating Thermostat

Nothing wrong with that.

 

That helps.

I know I'm being pedantic on this, but if someone for some crazy-fool reason (Mr T for instance) were to drill to the left and slightly above the location of the new stat, he'd go bang.

Possibly.

But very unlikely...

 

Aaaah, but you said you were drilling the hole downwards, which implies it wouldn't be horizontal.

You cheeky mite, you.


But, it's ok - I think I'll sleep fine tonight.

 

Cooool .

Alas this thread must now come to a close...

 

You've been misinformed if you think that will happen. Or else you're in "wishful thinking" mode.
It will cause the boiler to cycle on/off a lot more.

 

What Ry is saying is, if your hallway is simply warmer than the rest of your house, then the solution is to (as you know) turn the 'stat up a bit higher so's it 'ups' the heat in the rest of the house in comparison.

Or, adjust the heating in the hallway so's it simply doesn't become warmer than the rest of the house in the first place (hallways should normally be cooler than living areas in general).

So, is there any way to reduce the temp in the hallway? How is it heated?

But, if the hallway is affected temp-wise in unusual ways - say it gets too much solar-gain, or perhaps it's simply much better insulated than the rest of the house so it maintains its temp when the rest of the house's rooms cool down or summat, so that it isn't at a temp that reflects the rest of the hoosie, then fair enough, move the 'stat out of there.

I would suggest that the single best place to have the 'stat, tho', is in the main living area. That's the room that needs to be most stable, and the rest of the house can chust follow suit

 

The room you sit in - commonly referred to as the sitting room - is the best option.

and

 

I need to do mine the other way around! When I came here 28 years ago I put the stat in the lounge which has been fine all this time, but since installing a wood burner a couple of years ago the lounge is fine but the rest of the house isn't! I'll re-position it to the hall.