Hi All,
Just moved into my new build home and have been looking at moving towards a smarter heating system, essentially my attempt to evolve into a smart home over time.
It's a 5 bed (need the space), with a living, dining and sitting room ..... The way I've figured it out to be working (home demo was rubbish), was that there are two zones, upstairs with a wall mounted thermostat, then downstairs with another thermostat. When I turned it on to test the system, I discovered (unsurprising) that some radiators were boiling hot, whilst others were luke warm (the closer they were to the thermostat).
The intended outcome ideally here is to have the ability to set each room to a different temp. For example, my wife works from home and one of the bedrooms is her office, so ideally that could be warmer, whilst the other unoccupied rooms during the day or evenings could be slightly cooler. I appreciate there is a balance to be found, as it's more expensive to re-heat the whole house if you let it all get too cold, but I think the ability to measure and adjust each room for comfort is a great capability.
I'm not sure if I will attempt the final install myself or get a qualified person in (more likely the latter), but I always like to know how it works and what the options are, as I discover that not all trades people are knowledgable in things (the home demo for example, I asked questions, I knew the answers too and landed up educating the person doing the home demo on how basics work, not heating/water mind you, more related to kitchen appliences as have installed my own kitchen previously).
First I'll describe what I have found installed:
Boiler: Ideal Logic Heat H24
3 Way Controller (2 heating + Hot Water: TQX0027 | THERMAQ 3 CHANNEL PROGRAMMER
Thermostats: Honeywell Home (can't seem to find a model number on it)
Zone 1 (Upstairs), Zone 2 (Downstairs)
Radiator Valves:
Most have those variable ones that you can twist to change the heat setting manually
Some seem to have nothing:
My research so far:
I know these all have different cost profiles, ultimately I know I will have to fork out £££ for the benefit of smart capabilities and in the ideal it's something I can extend overtime.
Nest: I've ruled this out for now, as slick as it looks, it appears to be more about learning behaviours than being able to control idividual rooms/thermostats; but happy to be proven wrong.
Tado: Seems simple enough as an option - thoughts?
Honeywell EvoHome: Appears to be to most advanced in terms of what it can do and it's configuration options, along with a pretty cool console.
(Side note): Read this about the Evohome vs Tado:
https://www.pocket-lint.com/smart-h...ll-evohome-vs-tado-2-0-what-s-the-difference/
Hive: Haven't looked into this much at all
My questions:
Can anyone offer any recommendations based on their own experience, are there DIY options or going professional is the right way?
Do the controlls I already have get replaced / removed or are they extendable.
For example, I read that I could leave the ThermaQ in-place, set it all to auto; then implement a Smart Thermostat (Tado or Honeywell) to do the heavy-lifting of controlling everything.
Many thanks
Rob
Just moved into my new build home and have been looking at moving towards a smarter heating system, essentially my attempt to evolve into a smart home over time.
It's a 5 bed (need the space), with a living, dining and sitting room ..... The way I've figured it out to be working (home demo was rubbish), was that there are two zones, upstairs with a wall mounted thermostat, then downstairs with another thermostat. When I turned it on to test the system, I discovered (unsurprising) that some radiators were boiling hot, whilst others were luke warm (the closer they were to the thermostat).
The intended outcome ideally here is to have the ability to set each room to a different temp. For example, my wife works from home and one of the bedrooms is her office, so ideally that could be warmer, whilst the other unoccupied rooms during the day or evenings could be slightly cooler. I appreciate there is a balance to be found, as it's more expensive to re-heat the whole house if you let it all get too cold, but I think the ability to measure and adjust each room for comfort is a great capability.
I'm not sure if I will attempt the final install myself or get a qualified person in (more likely the latter), but I always like to know how it works and what the options are, as I discover that not all trades people are knowledgable in things (the home demo for example, I asked questions, I knew the answers too and landed up educating the person doing the home demo on how basics work, not heating/water mind you, more related to kitchen appliences as have installed my own kitchen previously).
First I'll describe what I have found installed:
Boiler: Ideal Logic Heat H24
3 Way Controller (2 heating + Hot Water: TQX0027 | THERMAQ 3 CHANNEL PROGRAMMER
Thermostats: Honeywell Home (can't seem to find a model number on it)
Zone 1 (Upstairs), Zone 2 (Downstairs)
Radiator Valves:
Most have those variable ones that you can twist to change the heat setting manually
Some seem to have nothing:
My research so far:
I know these all have different cost profiles, ultimately I know I will have to fork out £££ for the benefit of smart capabilities and in the ideal it's something I can extend overtime.
Nest: I've ruled this out for now, as slick as it looks, it appears to be more about learning behaviours than being able to control idividual rooms/thermostats; but happy to be proven wrong.
Tado: Seems simple enough as an option - thoughts?
Honeywell EvoHome: Appears to be to most advanced in terms of what it can do and it's configuration options, along with a pretty cool console.
(Side note): Read this about the Evohome vs Tado:
https://www.pocket-lint.com/smart-h...ll-evohome-vs-tado-2-0-what-s-the-difference/
Hive: Haven't looked into this much at all
My questions:
Can anyone offer any recommendations based on their own experience, are there DIY options or going professional is the right way?
Do the controlls I already have get replaced / removed or are they extendable.
For example, I read that I could leave the ThermaQ in-place, set it all to auto; then implement a Smart Thermostat (Tado or Honeywell) to do the heavy-lifting of controlling everything.
Many thanks
Rob
