Living here in Germany, oil c/h seems very common in our part of the Black Forest. Its wood or oil as gas supplies are very expensive.
What is frustrating me is the fact that our boiler is firing up a lot even though its warm in the house. It transpires that the thermostat to trigger the boiler is outside and set at 20 degrees. Apparently this is also very common too.
So, with the woodburner going I can be happily warm indoors, but outside its below 20 C and the boiler is firing needlessly.
Can I move the thermostat indoors or does it have to be outside ?
Is this a usual way of setting up these boilers?
When I asked the local engineer, he just shrugged and said, thats how it is ..
Any advice, knowledge or reasoning here would help me understand whats going on…
Thanks