The concept of smart zones is something I really like and glitches aside Evohome is great.
One scenario it does cause issues though is when I have a plumber or heating engineer here. They invariably want to "knock the boiler on/off" and Evohome always causes a bit of confusion when I explain "hang on I'll set a couple of rooms to 30C, but you'll need to wait a couple of minutes".
Last week we had our CH system flushed and he needed to make sure all radiators were open so I showed him how to set overrides but it's a bit of a faff. It's not like you can just remove all the TRV heads and manually open the valves because then there is nothing demanding heat from the boiler.
I've had this with at least 3 different engineers so I imagine others have too. Maybe I've missed some obvious tricks or a good way to explain it - anyone got some good tips from their own experiences?
One scenario it does cause issues though is when I have a plumber or heating engineer here. They invariably want to "knock the boiler on/off" and Evohome always causes a bit of confusion when I explain "hang on I'll set a couple of rooms to 30C, but you'll need to wait a couple of minutes".
Last week we had our CH system flushed and he needed to make sure all radiators were open so I showed him how to set overrides but it's a bit of a faff. It's not like you can just remove all the TRV heads and manually open the valves because then there is nothing demanding heat from the boiler.
I've had this with at least 3 different engineers so I imagine others have too. Maybe I've missed some obvious tricks or a good way to explain it - anyone got some good tips from their own experiences?
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