As mentioned in a previous post, I'm maxed out at 12 zones perfectly with the exception of my hallways and utility room which are left on their existing TRVs. So obviously they come on when ANY zone demands ANY amount of heat. This is not necessarily always too inefficient because a)they have TRVs b)often you'd want the hall not to be baltic when using other rooms.
But at night time we really only want the bedroom to be warm. And during the working day, only my office needs to be warm - we set everything else to 12C during these periods. I would therefore like more limited control over my communal radiators e.g. they are open evenings and weekends and shut the rest of the time.
All I seem to need are remote control TRVs so I can toggle this... they can open if they want heat and hope another (Evo) room has turned the boiler on.
Any recommendation for kit to let me do this? I have maybe 4 such radiators. I see there are bluetooth and other generic smart TRVs, any recommendations? If they can be linked into Google Home or IFTTT it would be awesome as then I can probably (later) chain them with my Evo system with a simple project which sits atop Evo and other controllers using the Evo API, etc. Similarly if I convert my cellar(s) I can do something similar with underfloor heating or whatever.
So - anything good in terms of generic smart TRVs that don't need binding to a hub or a dedicated RF controller?
But at night time we really only want the bedroom to be warm. And during the working day, only my office needs to be warm - we set everything else to 12C during these periods. I would therefore like more limited control over my communal radiators e.g. they are open evenings and weekends and shut the rest of the time.
All I seem to need are remote control TRVs so I can toggle this... they can open if they want heat and hope another (Evo) room has turned the boiler on.
Any recommendation for kit to let me do this? I have maybe 4 such radiators. I see there are bluetooth and other generic smart TRVs, any recommendations? If they can be linked into Google Home or IFTTT it would be awesome as then I can probably (later) chain them with my Evo system with a simple project which sits atop Evo and other controllers using the Evo API, etc. Similarly if I convert my cellar(s) I can do something similar with underfloor heating or whatever.
So - anything good in terms of generic smart TRVs that don't need binding to a hub or a dedicated RF controller?
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