Radiator In Conservatory

thePhilster69

Hi

Our conservatory has no central heating; we tend to apply heating via electric oil-fired radiators. We're considering replacing the Polycarbonate roof with an insulated roof, but the heating thing is a bit of a quandary.

My understanding of regulations was that, for a conservatory, any heating has to be on a separate circuit from the main central heating. We currently have a NEST thermostat (it's amazing, btw, has completely changed the way we heat the house), that essentially means the timer is "always on" and NEST decides when to fire up the boiler based on the current room temperature etc.

My thinking was that we could simply plumb in a new radiator to the conservatory, directly from the boiler (i.e. not part of the "main" loop) but essentially the boiler would be triggered by the NEST.

Is that gonna cause issues down the line when we come to sell the house?

ooo000ooo

Is there not something about having heating in it makes it a habitable room and thus subject to building control and stuff?

RikM

Not an expert, but the rules seem to focus on having separate temperature and on/off controls for the external radiator. I'm not sure how your plan fits with that.

CEON44

I lived in 2 different houses with conservatories and the radiators were linked in to rest of system as normal

hardtimes

We have two double radiators in our conservatory connected to the house OFCH.
Make sure your boiler can cope with any additional rads. Not a job for a diy person in my opinion.