Heating thermostat options

Martyn_H

Hi

I've been told by a gas fitter that wireless thermostats are unreliable and that it would be better to have a wired-in one. This would involve a lot of upheaval removing furniture etc.

Couldn't the existing programmer in the hall be replaced with a combined prog/timer?

Thank you.

macman

Yes it could. Wireless stats are not unreliable, they can sometime lose the connection, but a decent one should not be unreliable.
A 'programmer' includes a timer, do you mean an ordinary room 'stat?

southcoastrgi

nothing wrong with a programmable wireless room stat stick to the well known makes, most probs are flat batteries

Jaynne

Wired is always going to be more reliable as the batteries can never run flat nor can it lose connection. Wireless is reliable enough though with a decent make.

What do you mean by combined prog/timer? You can easily get very fancy ones for combi boilers but there are less available for conventional ones.

Martyn_H

All I have is a few TRVs, and a timer to programme heating & hot water in the hall. The boiler is 18 years old.

Jaynne

Martyn_H wrote: »

All I have is a few TRVs, and a timer to programme heating & hot water in the hall. The boiler is 18 years old.

I don't see why you can't just stick a thermostat next to the programmer - they're essentially a switch except rather than a button they're controlled by temperature.

The only reason I can see not to is that if this spot is near the boiler it might be warmer than the rest of the house but in this case a wireless one would be an option.

I had a little look round recently as I wanted to replace our programmer and don't remember seeing any with a built in thermostat but I wasn't looking for that feature.

Martyn_H

Jaynne wrote: »

I don't see why you can't just stick a thermostat next to the programmer - they're essentially a switch except rather than a button they're controlled by temperature.

The only reason I can see not to is that if this spot is near the boiler it might be warmer than the rest of the house but in this case a wireless one would be an option.

I had a little look round recently as I wanted to replace our programmer and don't remember seeing any with a built in thermostat but I wasn't looking for that feature.

I thought it would look neater all in one unit.

Jaynne

Martyn_H wrote: »

I thought it would look neater all in one unit.

They might exist and you're right it would look neater though the thermostat I have is only the size of a single light socket so its not a horrendous eyesor.

If you want you probably can get ones that you can chase in so they're flush with the wall which might be better.

Martyn_H

I'd like to get this fitted now and still be able to use it when I get a new boiler next year.

Jaynne

That may not be possible as old boilers AFAIK typically used 240V controls and newer ones seem to use low voltage 12V controls. Speak to your heating engineer though as we're stretching my knowledge a bit here and there may be more 240V systems out there than I think.

retepetsir

Martyn_H wrote: »

Hi

I've been told by a gas fitter that wireless thermostats are unreliable and that it would be better to have a wired-in one. This would involve a lot of upheaval removing furniture etc.

Couldn't the existing programmer in the hall be replaced with a combined prog/timer?

Thank you.

It could be replaced by a combined programmer and thermostat (programmable thermostat)