Free Cavity Wall wont do without controls

ellajuk

But someone answered my question.  If I want CWI  I would have to pay for it myself even though I am eligible for it for free.  

matelodave

You are eligible for what is being offered, including any conditions. If you choose no to accept those conditions then you cannot take up the offer.

As said above, pay for it yourself and you can impose the conditions

In the end it's up to you, either accept the condition or don't but please stop whinging about something that you are being offered for free. It's really irritating to the rest of us who end up paying for you to get for free.

ellajuk

matelodave said:

You are eligible for what is being offered, including any conditions. If you choose no to accept those conditions then you cannot take up the offer.

As said above, pay for it yourself and you can impose the conditions

In the end it's up to you, either accept the condition or don't but please stop whinging about something that you are being offered for free. It's really irritating to the rest of us who end up paying for you to get for free.

I am more winging about all this free stuff they are giving away which is...>>> not required.  Your money being thrown about for OTT stuff.

Ultrasonic

ellajuk said:

I already have trv`s anyway.  Its the `hive` type system they want,.... which wont put a log on my stove.

It won't but by the sounds of it you'd be getting something many would want for free and it will pose you no problems at all as far as I can tell. You might even end up finding it useful. 

Mstty

Failing to see the catch to be honest.

k_man

ellajuk said:

I already have trv`s anyway.  Its the `hive` type system they want,.... which wont put a log on my stove.

While I agree that installing extras seems a bit wasteful in your current use case, it may help in the future.

Unless you are suggesting enhanced heating controls somehow make it harder to put a log in the stove? 😉

jbuchanangb

The OP heats his house with a wood-fired central heating system. The CWI installer wants to install "Hive" controls, which are appropriate for a gas-fired central heating system. The OP already has TRVs to control his radiators. The contractor wants to replace them with "intelligent" TRVs connected to the "Hive" system. The "Hive" system requires the user to control it using an app on a smartphone, but the OP does not have a smartphone. I can understand why, when entitled to a government-funded CWI installation, the OP wants just that, and not a set of central heating controls incompatible with his wood-fired system. Indeed the "Hive" system is intended to control a gas-fired system, but it can't put another log on the stove to demand heat from the wood-fired system.

QrizB

jbuchanangb said:

The OP heats his house with a wood-fired central heating system. The CWI installer wants to install "Hive" controls, which are appropriate for a gas-fired central heating system. The OP already has TRVs to control his radiators. The contractor wants to replace them with "intelligent" TRVs connected to the "Hive" system. The "Hive" system requires the user to control it using an app on a smartphone, but the OP does not have a smartphone. I can understand why, when entitled to a government-funded CWI installation, the OP wants just that, and not a set of central heating controls incompatible with his wood-fired system. Indeed the "Hive" system is intended to control a gas-fired system, but it can't put another log on the stove to demand heat from the wood-fired system.

I think you've made a lot of ustated assumptions there.

OP states here they have a gravity-fed wood-fired heating system but also has a circulation pump. It's quite possible OP has a gas- or oil-fuelled boiler as well as a wood burner. I'd hope that a qualified heating fitter wouldn't even offer unsuitable controls.

I'm with matelodave on this:

matelodave said:

In the end it's up to you, either accept the condition or don't but please stop whinging about something that you are being offered for free. It's really irritating to the rest of us who end up paying for you to get for free.

Ultrasonic

jbuchanangb said:

The "Hive" system requires the user to control it using an app on a smartphone, but the OP does not have a smartphone.

Is that definitely the only way to control the heating? If it is then you make a good point that this would be a problem for the OP.

pochase

You can manually control the heating and hot water from the thermostat, but to set up scheduling you need to use the app. Once set up scheduling you can again activate/deactivate from thermostat.