Condensing boiler with hot water tank?!

Waterlily24

captainhindsight wrote: »

Combi Boilers are only really suitable for smaller houses. It sounds like you have just had bad advice because no one would fit a combi where there is more than one bathroom and there are a lot of houses with more tthanone bathroom and all should have a system not a combination

We have a 4 bedroomed house with three bathrooms and the combi boiler works fine for us.

captainhindsight_2

Waterlily24 wrote: »

We have a 4 bedroomed house with three bathrooms and the combi boiler works fine for us.

Well this isn't your best solution and you should think about upgrading your heating system

Waterlily24

captainhindsight wrote: »

Well this isn't your best solution and you should think about upgrading your heating system

It's only three years old and as I said works fine for us. We would go down the same route next time too.

BigAunty

bob_a_builder wrote: »

Not sure why you want a wireless programmer/thermostat
That seems to be complicating things
Assume there is/was already some sort of programmer ( i.e timer ) for both heat and water

Surely its only the themostat part you need to be wireless, since you want to move it from hall to lounge
you don't need to program CH & HW timings from lounge - do you ?

Yes, to be clear, I am happy to have the thermostat as wireless and don't care where the timer is located or whether wired in. I would like to have separate HW/heating times.

I'd like to get the type of boiler breakdown cover that also provides a mobile phone app to control the heating remotely as I now do rotational shift work and would love to be able switch on the heating in the house as I'm leaving the office.

(Having said that, at my previous property with a combi boiler, I had a wireless Honeywell timer/thermostat and just a receiving unit wired into the boiler which did mean I could port the single unit timer/thermostat wherever I liked and switch the heating off while sat in the living room, for example).

At the moment, I don't have any thermostat or timer at all! A few weeks ago a heating engineer stripped out the wired system before discovering the Worcestor Bosch wireless timer I bought (as recommended by the WB helpdesk) isn't compatible as the Greenstar conventional boiler doesn't have a valve.

Since then the engineer claimed to have bought a Honeywell Sundial model to fit but postponed his visits three times and is not now answering his mobile so I will find a new engineer and let them recommend the best one for me.

BigAunty

Better_Days wrote: »

OP would one of these wireless programmable thermostats suit you - they can be controlled via a smartphone or online?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/SALUS-IT500-Internet-Controlled-Thermostat/dp/B00FKRS514/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1417277194&sr=8-1&keywords=salus+it500

Lots of good reviews and positive feedback about customer service helpline. Great if you work irregular hours (or if like me you need to upgrade anyway, and like the idea of controlling the CH from bed!)

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Thanks for the info. Having made one mistake ordering a thermostat and second mistake by being given the runaround by an engineer that allegedly ordered the right one 2 weeks ago but who has never showed up again, I'll see what options the new engineer suggests. Have handed the whole thing over to my partner to resolve!

southcoastrgi

Personally I'd fit Honeywell or the new Drayton MI range, Salus aren't very reliable