Baseboard heaters instructions for guests (template)

How the heat works

• Each room has its own heater and thermostat. Turn up only the rooms you're using.
• Thermostats: [Where they are, e.g. on the wall by each door / on the right end of each heater].
• [Dial type, e.g. the dial goes from 1 to 5; 3 is comfortable / set in degrees; we suggest 20°C (68°F)].
• The heaters warm the room slowly. Turning the dial all the way up won't heat it faster.

Room by room

• Living room: [Thermostat location].
• Bedrooms: [Thermostat location].
• Bathroom: [Thermostat location or "heated floor, see the control by the light switch"].

Safety

• Please keep furniture, curtains, bedding, clothes and towels at least [30 cm / 12 inches] from the heaters.
• Please don't dry clothes or shoes on the heaters, or cover them.
• Heaters can be hot to touch. Please keep small children away from them.
• A light burning-dust smell the first time a heater comes on is normal and fades in a few minutes. Any other burning smell is not: turn it off and text us.

When you go out or leave

• When you go out, you can turn the rooms down a little.
• When you leave, please turn each thermostat down to [Checkout setting, e.g. 2 or 15°C / 59°F].

If something goes wrong

• A room won't heat: check the thermostat is turned up, then check [Breaker panel location] for a switched-off breaker labelled [Label].
• Still cold, or a heater smells of burning or makes a buzzing noise: turn it down and text [Host name] at [Host phone].
• Extra blankets: [Location].