Re: zoned or not zoned?? thermostatic control of multiple spaces

["Lighthouse" <gruntledlark@xxxxxxxxx>]

thanks for the idea Lee, but the system is hot water. as far as i know
there are no controls on hte indivdual baseboard radiators.


E. Lee Dickinson wrote:
> "Bill Kearney" <wkearney99@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> >and tormenting your
> > tenants in the process, really doesn't seem like a good idea.
>
> That's how I read this at first, too, untill I went back and re-read the
> first post. Curently, there is a single thermostat in a tenant space
> controlling the temperature for all three. "Lighthouse" is trying to install
> something more equitable.
>
> I would put in a damper system, in this case. This will give your tennants
> the maximum amount of control in each of their spaces, without having to
> install a seperate air handler for each. Install an electric damper in the
> ducts leading to each apartment. The damper will be triggered in parallel
> (probably via a 12v relay) with the boiler. Each tennant now has his own
> thermostat which he can set to any temperatre he pleases. If the
> boiler/blower is running, his duct will simply open when the room is too
> cold. If it's not running, it will start up, open his duct, and warm the
> place up.
>
> Anyone who lives with someone else knows that different people have vastly
> different temperature prefernces, and a few degrees either way can be
> intolerably uncomfortable for some people. So this is a big deal, to me.
>
> Electric dampers can be had on Ebay for around $80.
>
> As for a maximum temperature setting, you could always just put some stop
> screws or rivits in a conventional lever thermostat or put wireless temp
> probes in the apartments with stiff contractual penalties if anyone lets
> their apartments get too hot or too cold (expensive/freezing pipes).