Hi guys,
I've moved into a house nearly a year ago and we have an old system, it's a gravity fed system with an old Glow-worm Fuelsaver mk2 boiler. This is connected to a Horstmann 425 Tiara non digi programmer and a Honeywell t6360 room thermostat. It does work and we went through last winter OK but I'd like more control of my system on a room by room basis. The house thermostat, the t6360 is on the wall on the stairs which doesn't represent the house temperature at all! I've seen my mums fully wifi and auto hive system and I've been blown away.
So the first question, what are my options short of replacing the boiler and the entire system? Is a hive system with room control even possible with such a system. If not, then fine, could I change the programmer to an electronic one? The manual one only gives me on off options, regardless of the day. My wife works full time and it would be great to have more control of when the boiler actually brings on water and the central heating. Also, could we have a wireless thermostat fitted to replace the t6360?
Any thoughts and opinions welcome. We can't afford a boiler and full system so that is a no go. If anyone could give us specific units to look at for swapping out the programmer and thermostat, I'd appreciate it.
Chris
I've moved into a house nearly a year ago and we have an old system, it's a gravity fed system with an old Glow-worm Fuelsaver mk2 boiler. This is connected to a Horstmann 425 Tiara non digi programmer and a Honeywell t6360 room thermostat. It does work and we went through last winter OK but I'd like more control of my system on a room by room basis. The house thermostat, the t6360 is on the wall on the stairs which doesn't represent the house temperature at all! I've seen my mums fully wifi and auto hive system and I've been blown away.
So the first question, what are my options short of replacing the boiler and the entire system? Is a hive system with room control even possible with such a system. If not, then fine, could I change the programmer to an electronic one? The manual one only gives me on off options, regardless of the day. My wife works full time and it would be great to have more control of when the boiler actually brings on water and the central heating. Also, could we have a wireless thermostat fitted to replace the t6360?
Any thoughts and opinions welcome. We can't afford a boiler and full system so that is a no go. If anyone could give us specific units to look at for swapping out the programmer and thermostat, I'd appreciate it.
Chris