Advice on thermostats and what to buy

NewShadow

Good Evening All, I'd appreciate some advice as I'm not sure what I need or the best way to do it.

A couple of years back I had a new boiler fitted - raven heat 780 series.

In fitting the new boiler my old thermostat became disconnected and I've lived without one for a couple of years. I'm now out of the house for longer during the day and am hating having a choice between coming home to a boiling hot or freezing cold house so I want to get a thermostat.

I don't really want to hire a plumber again and I don't care about digital displays or apps - I just need something that is fairly easy to fit, a fair price, and that I can set to a temperature and ignore.

Do you have any recommendations or suggestions?

Thank you in advance.

Alex1983

What timer do you currently have?

NewShadow

Alex1983 wrote: »

What timer do you currently have?

It looks like this:



But I just turn the heating on and off using the summer/winter switch because it's really hard to judge how long the heating needs to be on/off during the day with the weather as variable as it has been.

Alex1983

A thermostat will need to be wired directly to the boilers PCB with a built in timer like that, you will need someone gas safe registered.

NewShadow

Alex1983 wrote: »

A thermostat will need to be wired directly to the boilers PCB with a built in timer like that, you will need someone gas safe registered.

Okay.

Thanks for the advice.

If you don't mind - cost wise - do you think it would be best for me to buy something (and any recommendations for what) then find a plumber to come and fit it/find a plumber and let them pick what to install/ or go with someone like British Gas/Hive who sell a system and fitting as one price?

I'm with Npower and know British Gas will install a hive system for non-customers for around £250

Tom99

[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]I thought it would be an electrician who would fit a timer not a plumber?[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, sans-serif]Where are you going to put the thermostat? You may need a wireless one.[/FONT]

Strider590

There will likely be a small access hatch with screw terminals inside and a loop of wire between them, it won't be mains voltage either, so no sparky required. Turn of boiler, remove loop of wire, wire in a battery powered thermostat where the wire used to be.

I'll look up the boiler later, but i'd bet it's something like this.

Alex1983

The boiler is after the fuse spur so if it mains voltage or low voltage a gas safe guy will do the work. The front cover will need removing on a raven heat so will need someone gas safe.

Cost wise I’d guess around £200 for a wireless stat.