following on from Beanies post about hot radiators this is how to turn down the temp of your radiators. this will not make your house colder - its not the same as turning down the room thermostat. basically the radiators will warm the house up slower and be on for longer before the heating cuts out - it will still get your house up to the same temperature as normal.
ok on the front of you boiler there is a thermostat that controls the tempreature of your hot water including the water that goes to your rads (there is noramlly a little info sticker pointing it out) . if you turn this down to about 60º that should be about right*** this is the recommended minimum - see nicky jones post further down (thanks Nicky!)!!!!***. - we have ours so that when you put your hand on them its hot and you wouldnt want to hold you hand there too long but it wont burn.
the only thing this will affect is your hot water - it wont come through quite as hot as before but not a vast difference and with little ones about thats not a bad thing either.
as i said in Beanies post, hv's advise to put that foam lagging on the pipes that come from the floor to the rads. thats all very well but the rad is just as hot as those pipes - samehot water going through them. its still best to turn the temp of that water down.
dh is the plumber not me so sorry if this doesnt make sense - feel free to ask any questions and i will ask dh!
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ok on the front of you boiler there is a thermostat that controls the tempreature of your hot water including the water that goes to your rads (there is noramlly a little info sticker pointing it out) . if you turn this down to about 60º that should be about right*** this is the recommended minimum - see nicky jones post further down (thanks Nicky!)!!!!***. - we have ours so that when you put your hand on them its hot and you wouldnt want to hold you hand there too long but it wont burn.
the only thing this will affect is your hot water - it wont come through quite as hot as before but not a vast difference and with little ones about thats not a bad thing either.
as i said in Beanies post, hv's advise to put that foam lagging on the pipes that come from the floor to the rads. thats all very well but the rad is just as hot as those pipes - samehot water going through them. its still best to turn the temp of that water down.
dh is the plumber not me so sorry if this doesnt make sense - feel free to ask any questions and i will ask dh!
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(and thankyou to OH too)
thanks for that hun. I did know that you could turn the temp. down on the boiler but that info. was buried somewhere deep & dark in my brain & I doubt very much i would have found it again!! 
