Wireless heating controls

[2b1ask1]

Pretty much as the title says; I've just pulled the trigger on over £1 of wireless heating controls for the house. This will replace the tank stat, the main stat and all 12 TRV's complete with a wall mount for the central controller and naturally it will work remotely with iPhones/Android etc. Every room will be controllable which is a massive improvement on the existing situation where over the years since I put the heating in we have lost both motorised valves and the stats meaning the system has been dumb and just 'ticking over' 365/24/7 but the hot water has been scalding!

Looking forward to some savings and comfort following tweaks.

I went with the Honeywell EvoHome 2020 range as the installation seems straight forward enough.

 

[CatmanV2]

A whole pound! Splashing out there

Been into home automation for years now. Have a pretty complete system that controls heating and many of the lights as well as underfloor, and some of hte music systems. Which is nice.

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[lifes2short]

hats off to poundland, which branch was it

 

[mjheathcote]

We just turn on the aga for winter, and the central heating then basically doesn't bother anymore!

 

[CatmanV2]

We just turn on the aga for winter, and the central heating then basically doesn't bother anymore!

Bet that costs more than a quid

C

 

[2b1ask1]

Bloody autotrype deleted the k off that or 000 if you prefer.

 

[midlifecrisis]

Send us your password and we'll have some fun...

 

[mjheathcote]

Bet that costs more than a quid

C

It's unusual to have an aga in a modern built highly insulated house, and ours was in the house when we bought it, the house was 4 years old, 13 years ago now.
I don't think it costs anymore to run than central heating in our case. When on, the central heating is hardly ever on.
At times the house can be too hot, and throughout the summer we do have to turn it off as far too hot.
In winter it does dry all our clothes, so the tumble dryer is never used, saving electricity.
Would we buy one given the choice, no, but do we like it getting it for 'free', yes, it is the heart of the house.

 

[CatmanV2]

Bloody autotrype deleted the k off that or 000 if you prefer.

Bloody ****! That's rather more than my setup cost! Granted I don't have TRVs or indeed a tank to put a stat in.....

But I do have rather a lot of other stuff

C

 

[CatmanV2]

It's unusual to have an aga in a modern built highly insulated house, and ours was in the house when we bought it, the house was 4 years old, 13 years ago now.
I don't think it costs anymore to run than central heating in our case. When on, the central heating is hardly ever on.
At times the house can be too hot, and throughout the summer we do have to turn it off as far too hot.
In winter it does dry all our clothes, so the tumble dryer is never used, saving electricity.
Would we buy one given the choice, no, but do we like it getting it for 'free', yes, it is the heart of the house.

I confess they have no appeal to me at all, but each to their own. I have a Smeg dual fuel range and a gas boiler which stays 'on' all year because it has an amazing device called a 'thermostat'

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[Gazcw]

Pretty much as the title says; I've just pulled the trigger on over £1 of wireless heating controls for the house. This will replace the tank stat, the main stat and all 12 TRV's complete with a wall mount for the central controller and naturally it will work remotely with iPhones/Android etc. Every room will be controllable which is a massive improvement on the existing situation where over the years since I put the heating in we have lost both motorised valves and the stats meaning the system has been dumb and just 'ticking over' 365/24/7 but the hot water has been scalding!

Looking forward to some savings and comfort following tweaks.

I went with the Honeywell EvoHome 2020 range as the installation seems straight forward enough.

So have you calculated how long the payback is based on energy savings?

 

[2b1ask1]

So have you calculated how long the payback is based on energy savings?

Erm, not really, I don’t think about filling up the Maserati either. I’m happy there is added value to the house if we do move.

 

[hunta]

I have the Honeywell Total Connect / Evohome system as well, though not sure what the 2020 is (fitted mine with around 20 HR92 TRVs a few years ago). Feel free to PM me as you come across quirks, but on the whole they're pretty trouble free.

 

[conaero]

I’ve just had a new boiler at the office and it comes with one of these controllers. It’s not working as the app is faulty. It’s got a one star rating. Can only set the boiler schedule via the app...I see troubles ahead.

 

[lifes2short]

too much technology isn't always good especially when it goes wrong, whats wrong with the old fashioned way, programmer and stat

 

[tokyomb]

Interested reading this.

We installed Heatmiser's wireless controls in our cottages when we completed their conversions about 8/9 years ago. Had one thermostat fail recently (will no longer communicate with the control panel), so contacted Heatmiser who told us that the whole system was now considered obsolete and their recommendation was to rip the lot out and upgrade to their new WiFi based system. Fortunately they agreed to make a replacement thermostat for us.

The idea of ripping the lot out and starting again would have been a bit galling.

 

[CatmanV2]

old fashioned way, programmer

Oxymoron alert We may as well all go back to building a fire every morning

Have to say, since my spring migration from a shockingly poor piece of kit (Vera. Anyone thinking of it, don't) to an open source system (which granted was not for the technically feint of heart) everything has gone swimmingly. The only thing that goes wrong is me

And, of course, stuff going wrong happens with old fashioned stuff as well. It's only an issue if you don't know how to fix it.

My only real red flag is using cloud tech for this kind of thing. I've not looked into this specific system, but for me it's a huge red flag, as with Nest and so on.

C

 

[CatmanV2]

Interested reading this.

We installed Heatmiser's wireless controls in our cottages when we completed their conversions about 8/9 years ago. Had one thermostat fail recently (will no longer communicate with the control panel), so contacted Heatmiser who told us that the whole system was now considered obsolete and their recommendation was to rip the lot out and upgrade to their new WiFi based system. Fortunately they agreed to make a replacement thermostat for us.

The idea of ripping the lot out and starting again would have been a bit galling.

Which is, of course, the other challenge with closed ecosystems....

C

 

[lifes2short]

Oxymoron alert We may as well all go back to building a fire every morning

, im still in the stone age with that sort of stuff, i do actually like gizmos and tech but i can live without some of it, programmer set and that's how its stayed for the last 12 years, i just like hard wired stuff wherever possible

 

[Bebs]

I installed a Heatmiser system to control the underfloor heating both upstairs and downstairs when we renovated the house. The WiFi module is located in the ‘engine room’ and connects to an app on our phones/iPads. Very easy to use and set up. Each room is completely controlled individually.