Hive heating

gadget88

I have hive heating and I’m moving house what’s the best one to replace it with as there’s a few on market. New house has a combi boiler I think I need one with wi-fi and thermostat is that right? Anybody advise what one I need?

Veteransaver

Can you not replace it with hive, as that's what you are used to?
They should all work with combi boilers
Tado is apparently good too
I have Hive and find it ok, main gripe is that if I want to pause the hot water, say in the case I don't want the tank heating up again in the evening I either need to turn it off and then remember to turn it back on again, or use the holiday mode which is a bit fiddly

gadget88

Veteransaver said:

Can you not replace it with hive, as that's what you are used to?
They should all work with combi boilers
Tado is apparently good too
I have Hive and find it ok, main gripe is that if I want to pause the hot water, say in the case I don't want the tank heating up again in the evening I either need to turn it off and then remember to turn it back on again, or use the holiday mode which is a bit fiddly

Yes there’s lots of hive products on market what’s the best one I should buy? 

Reed_Richards

if your new boiler supports OpenTherm then you should get a controller that is OpenTherm compatible; Hive is I beleive https://community.hivehome.com/s/article/Hive-OpenTherm-versus-Hive-Standard-Relay-Mode

But won't your new house already have a thermostat and controller?  

gadget88

Reed_Richards said:

if your new boiler supports OpenTherm then you should get a controller that is OpenTherm compatible; Hive is I beleive https://community.hivehome.com/s/article/Hive-OpenTherm-versus-Hive-Standard-Relay-Mode

But won't your new house already have a thermostat and controller?  

Yes but probably can’t be controller by my phone 

Sarahspangles

gadget88 said:

Reed_Richards said:

if your new boiler supports OpenTherm then you should get a controller that is OpenTherm compatible; Hive is I beleive https://community.hivehome.com/s/article/Hive-OpenTherm-versus-Hive-Standard-Relay-Mode

But won't your new house already have a thermostat and controller?  

Yes but probably can’t be controller by my phone 

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Yes with the Nest I really appreciate the automatic switch to eco if we’re out and being able to override that so it’s warm when we get in.

powerful_Rogue

Drayton Wiser

Mister_G

Seconded.  I fitted the Drayton Wiser system a couple of years ago and it has done exactly what it says on the tin.  The radiator valves are a bit expensive and really fit best on existing Drayton TRVs, to avoid any replumbing.  You can buy a pack of valves which brings the price down a bit.  I didn't change out the TRVs in the rooms that we don't use much in order to save a bit of money.