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They are not special, just make sure you get one that can cope with the current required for an immersion heater. Go to www.screwfix.com, search for "timers", and you will see some examples.

Colin I don't know about combining the existing two controls into a new digital controller, but you can buy a timer to replace your immersion heater switch - they sell them everywhere, diy shops etc, even at Argos. You just unscrew the front plate of the switch, "unwire" it and replace it with...

I have recently moved into a house. The previous owners have fitted a gas fire, the model being a Valor Ultimate Turbochim. The gas fire is an open fire with artificial coals, which heat up and glow orange. There are two electric fans fitted to the top/back of the fire which, I guess, are...

Thanks for your comments Paul. It looks like the programmable room stat is the way to go! I have a simple room stat at the moment, with just a dial on it for the temp. Is it easy to replace it with a programmable one, ie, is all the wiring the same? Or is there more to it than just...

Thanks oilman, but due to lack of space and the work involved (electrics/tiling) I was hoping to avoid that option! I was hoping somebody might be able to point me in the direction of a suitable replacement programmer, or at least tell me if programmers are manufactured the "other way round"...

Bear with me on this one, sounds more complicated than it is! With my current central heating programmer, I cannot time the ch and hw to come on independently of each other, although I can switch off the hw and have just the ch on, or vice versa. I want to renew the programmer for one which...