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Yeah I'd hate having District heating. A friend had this in the past and she couldn't even regulate it. The house was way too hot for her. It would not work fo

Yeah I'd hate having District heating. A friend had this in the past and she couldn't even regulate it. The house was way too hot for her. It would not work for me as I usually have the house around 16 degrees C in winter. Needless to say my energy bill is very low :)

AnssiH 4y ago
That's not a thing here, everyone has controllable thermostats (Finland).
fy20 4y ago
That's only the case with really old apartments. I live in a fairly new apartment with district heating (7 years old) and each room has its own thermostat to control the underfloor heating.
Ekaros 4y ago
It really shouldn't stop from regulating temperature. It is basically two heat exchangers. One for local central heating which is then controlled by what ever thermostats you have connected and one for hot water... Ofc, it the thermostats used are bad there might be problems.
cinntaile 4y ago
This does not sound right. You can regulate district heating when it enters your house.
- Symbiote 4y ago
  I have seen this several times in 1950s/1960s eastern bloc apartments. I was only visiting, so I don't know if it was the original design, or if the valves have jammed.
  - konschubert 4y ago
    This was standard in the Sowjet Union. If you think it’s too warm, you open the window.
Gravityloss 4y ago
In Finland, which this news article is about, typically in apartments, each radiator has a thermostat so you have very precise control. Also in houses. Further, each building has a heat exchanger. Offices have multiple thermostats per floor.
Tade0 4y ago
> Yeah I'd hate having District heating. A friend had this in the past and she couldn't even regulate it. Interesting because I could regulate mine after all the radiators were replaced around 20 years ago. And I kind of had to because the workers installing them made a mistake and I got the radiator meant for the living room, so it was grossly oversized for the space it heated. That being said it's usually mandatory to keep them at least half-open considering that the heat is shared with other apartments. I now live in a building from the early 90s and the knobs are all functional but I don't use them because the city pumps heat according to the weather outside.
- GekkePrutser 4y ago
  > That being said it's usually mandatory to keep them at least half-open considering that the heat is shared with other apartments. Yeah that was kinda the thing. She could technically close it but then the neighbours would complain. I would hate that as most of the time I use no heating (or cooling) at all. Also, I wouldn't like to pay for it if I don't even use it. PS: I live in a nicely mild-climated mediterranean coastal city so I can imagine "not using the heater" is not really a done thing if you live in Finland :)

AnssiH 4y ago

That's not a thing here, everyone has controllable thermostats (Finland).

fy20 4y ago

That's only the case with really old apartments. I live in a fairly new apartment with district heating (7 years old) and each room has its own thermostat to control the underfloor heating.

Ekaros 4y ago

It really shouldn't stop from regulating temperature. It is basically two heat exchangers. One for local central heating which is then controlled by what ever thermostats you have connected and one for hot water... Ofc, it the thermostats used are bad there might be problems.

cinntaile 4y ago

This does not sound right. You can regulate district heating when it enters your house.

Symbiote 4y ago
I have seen this several times in 1950s/1960s eastern bloc apartments. I was only visiting, so I don't know if it was the original design, or if the valves have jammed.
- konschubert 4y ago
  This was standard in the Sowjet Union. If you think it’s too warm, you open the window.

Gravityloss 4y ago

In Finland, which this news article is about, typically in apartments, each radiator has a thermostat so you have very precise control. Also in houses. Further, each building has a heat exchanger. Offices have multiple thermostats per floor.

Tade0 4y ago

> Yeah I'd hate having District heating. A friend had this in the past and she couldn't even regulate it. Interesting because I could regulate mine after all the radiators were replaced around 20 years ago. And I kind of had to because the workers installing them made a mistake and I got the radiator meant for the living room, so it was grossly oversized for the space it heated. That being said it's usually mandatory to keep them at least half-open considering that the heat is shared with other apartments. I now live in a building from the early 90s and the knobs are all functional but I don't use them because the city pumps heat according to the weather outside.

GekkePrutser 4y ago
> That being said it's usually mandatory to keep them at least half-open considering that the heat is shared with other apartments. Yeah that was kinda the thing. She could technically close it but then the neighbours would complain. I would hate that as most of the time I use no heating (or cooling) at all. Also, I wouldn't like to pay for it if I don't even use it. PS: I live in a nicely mild-climated mediterranean coastal city so I can imagine "not using the heater" is not really a done thing if you live in Finland :)