Hi Folks,
I live in an old house with very thick walls and a very old boiler. I'm getting a new boiler in a few weeks (Greenstar FS30CDI) and I'd like to look at improving my control of the heating system. The current piping is S-plan single zone heating and I'm not going to be doing any re-piping to provide for different zones (too difficult here). I need to zone it using smart TRVs.
I'd like to have TRVs that demand heat as/when the room is below set temperature which may be different at different times of day. I understand that heat sensing at the TRV head can be unreliable due to the proximity of the radiator itself so I am concerned that the TRV may not be the best place for the heat sensor - are there systems with wall stats that control a wireless actuator in place of the TRV?
Given the age of my house, it is unlikely that a central programmer receiver situated at the new boiler will be unable to communicate with all the zones (wall stats and/or TRVs) , so I either need range extenders/repeaters or something that I can plug into my existing ethernet RJ45 network wired throughout the house.
In an ideal world, the wall stats would be RJ45 (perhaps PoE) to which I can assign a static IP and use a separate programmer (like the evohome controller) also connected to the same LAN to control/program the wall stats on the existing network. I don't see the point in introducing yet another wireless system when I have spent sometime installing a wifi LAN throughout the house.
I've looked hard, but nothing seems to quite fit the bill so wanted to see if anyone had any suggestions.
I like the evohome, but concerned about the lack of range extender given my old rambling house.
I don't want to create yet another wireless network just for the heating control.
I have no need to access the system remotely.
Thoughts welcome!
I live in an old house with very thick walls and a very old boiler. I'm getting a new boiler in a few weeks (Greenstar FS30CDI) and I'd like to look at improving my control of the heating system. The current piping is S-plan single zone heating and I'm not going to be doing any re-piping to provide for different zones (too difficult here). I need to zone it using smart TRVs.
I'd like to have TRVs that demand heat as/when the room is below set temperature which may be different at different times of day. I understand that heat sensing at the TRV head can be unreliable due to the proximity of the radiator itself so I am concerned that the TRV may not be the best place for the heat sensor - are there systems with wall stats that control a wireless actuator in place of the TRV?
Given the age of my house, it is unlikely that a central programmer receiver situated at the new boiler will be unable to communicate with all the zones (wall stats and/or TRVs) , so I either need range extenders/repeaters or something that I can plug into my existing ethernet RJ45 network wired throughout the house.
In an ideal world, the wall stats would be RJ45 (perhaps PoE) to which I can assign a static IP and use a separate programmer (like the evohome controller) also connected to the same LAN to control/program the wall stats on the existing network. I don't see the point in introducing yet another wireless system when I have spent sometime installing a wifi LAN throughout the house.
I've looked hard, but nothing seems to quite fit the bill so wanted to see if anyone had any suggestions.
I like the evohome, but concerned about the lack of range extender given my old rambling house.
I don't want to create yet another wireless network just for the heating control.
I have no need to access the system remotely.
Thoughts welcome!
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