Hi, hope this is in the right place to ask:
I've recently had a garden building constructed to house my piano. It is heated by a radiator powered by the household combi boiler. The plumber has put a valve underneath the boiler so I can turn it to either heat just the garden room or to heat both the garden room and the house. Wiring has been put in place from the house to the garden room for a wall thermostat, but no thermostat has been installed. I would like to have a thermostat installed to turn the heating on and off (to both house and garden room as a single zone) as at the moment, I have to do this manually at the boiler. My question is that the plumber has told me that if I have a thermostat installed, he is required to set up two separate zones within the heating system as I am heating two separate buildings (which seems plausible) but if I don't have a thermostat installed, I don't need two zones, which seems unlikely. I'm now concerned that I don't currently comply with building regs as I can't see why having a thermostat would change the zone requirement. I have tried googling but would really appreciate some insight from those more familiar with boilers and regs! Many thanks for any advice.
I've recently had a garden building constructed to house my piano. It is heated by a radiator powered by the household combi boiler. The plumber has put a valve underneath the boiler so I can turn it to either heat just the garden room or to heat both the garden room and the house. Wiring has been put in place from the house to the garden room for a wall thermostat, but no thermostat has been installed. I would like to have a thermostat installed to turn the heating on and off (to both house and garden room as a single zone) as at the moment, I have to do this manually at the boiler. My question is that the plumber has told me that if I have a thermostat installed, he is required to set up two separate zones within the heating system as I am heating two separate buildings (which seems plausible) but if I don't have a thermostat installed, I don't need two zones, which seems unlikely. I'm now concerned that I don't currently comply with building regs as I can't see why having a thermostat would change the zone requirement. I have tried googling but would really appreciate some insight from those more familiar with boilers and regs! Many thanks for any advice.