Boiler Timers - Help!

[leicts26]

I wonder if anyone out there can help me with this...

I've just moved into a small 2 bedroom terraced house. As I live on my own, the Stelrad Ideal Spirit combi boiler that I inherited suits me quite well. I know its a bit old, but it seems to cope with my heating and hot water without any particular problems.

The problem is it has no timer - only a simple on/off switch. This wasn't a major problem when I moved in, as I only needed the heating for an hour a day in the autumn, but now the Yorkshire winter is setting in, I really need to be able to set the heating to come on an hour before I wake up!

Any bright ideas? I've searched for this on the forum, and someone implied that fitting a timer was an easy job - but I can't see an obvious place to attach one, and I didn't inherit my boilers instructions from the previous owners. Do I need to call in a gas man (or electrician?) or is this fairly straighforward?

Thanks guys!

 

[jackohelp]

it should be fairly straight forward but as always depends on how competent you are. I do not haver experience with this boiler or indeed know if it will take a timer.
It should be a matter of getting a timer to connect to the control panel at the boiler.

usually wired, but can have rf signals as well. my worcester has a mobile wireless room stat and controller that 'talks' to the boiler control panel by rf signals.
That may be an option as well.
Generally would say a competent heating engineer would be better than electrician. As always do your own research in to these things before attempting any work.