Like most around here, I'm searching for the "ideal" system to control our heating. We're currently having a fairly major house rebuild/refurb after a fire, so now's the time to do it.
I'm considering Heatmiser (12v network system), Honeywell Evotouch and also the Conrad FS20 system. Alos hoping that Lightwave will bring out their solution soon.
If I go Heatmiser then I need to decide soon, as the wiring will need to be put in place.
The Evotouch looks to be the most user friendly option. I had calculated that I would probably need around 10 zones. However, it occured to me that in fact a zone really just needs to be an area that needs heating at a particular time of the day/night, and therefore I could bind (say) all the bedroom radiator valves to a single zone, and then presumably the valves will signal whether or not they need hot water. Is that right? The only downside to that is (I assume) that I can only have a single temperature and time profile set for all bedrooms. However, if that becomes a pain, then I can at a later stage add another Evotouch controller to up the zones.... or am I misunderstanding?
Are these wireless radiator valves OK to fit in the "traditional" UK position down by the skirting? I've seen a lot of photos of them with a pipe running up to the top of the rad and the valve fitted there instead. Obviously if I were to go for the FS20 system then that's not a problem as the stat will be elsewhere.
One other thing has bothered/puzzled me, too. Are these wireless radiator valves OK to operate in an en suite/bathroom? Or how about if I went down the Heatmiser route and had 230v wax actuators on the rads.... that way I could always have those installed outside of the bathroom though as an in line valve so that wouldn't be such an issue.
I'm considering Heatmiser (12v network system), Honeywell Evotouch and also the Conrad FS20 system. Alos hoping that Lightwave will bring out their solution soon.
If I go Heatmiser then I need to decide soon, as the wiring will need to be put in place.
The Evotouch looks to be the most user friendly option. I had calculated that I would probably need around 10 zones. However, it occured to me that in fact a zone really just needs to be an area that needs heating at a particular time of the day/night, and therefore I could bind (say) all the bedroom radiator valves to a single zone, and then presumably the valves will signal whether or not they need hot water. Is that right? The only downside to that is (I assume) that I can only have a single temperature and time profile set for all bedrooms. However, if that becomes a pain, then I can at a later stage add another Evotouch controller to up the zones.... or am I misunderstanding?
Are these wireless radiator valves OK to fit in the "traditional" UK position down by the skirting? I've seen a lot of photos of them with a pipe running up to the top of the rad and the valve fitted there instead. Obviously if I were to go for the FS20 system then that's not a problem as the stat will be elsewhere.
One other thing has bothered/puzzled me, too. Are these wireless radiator valves OK to operate in an en suite/bathroom? Or how about if I went down the Heatmiser route and had 230v wax actuators on the rads.... that way I could always have those installed outside of the bathroom though as an in line valve so that wouldn't be such an issue.
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