Nest thermostat working in Ireland ?

Curious Geroge · 09-11-2013 9:06pm #1

I've seen alot of the advertisements on boards.ie recently been for nest. Wondered if this is because Ireland is now a supported country ?

SargentDuck · 16-12-2013 12:25am

Afraid not. They are testing it in the UK, but as of yet nothing. There is a company which does something similar called TADO, haven't tried it just looking into it now. Excellent looking system though!!

Curious Geroge wrote: »

I've seen alot of the advertisements on boards.ie recently been for nest. Wondered if this is because Ireland is now a supported country ?

ted1 · 16-12-2013 9:23am

Heatmiser have a new me orange launching in jan. Looks good and if you register on their site you get 15% discount.

I think the NEST looks good but it seems to be oriented towards an air con unit so you only get 50% of its functionality

randombar · 25-04-2014 2:58pm

Looks like you can get it now folks: https://store.nest.com/uk/product/thermostat/

JohnnieK · 26-04-2014 4:19pm

SALUS do something similar.
It connects to your wireless modem so there is no GSM charge and it look's funky.

richieburke01 · 26-04-2014 6:30pm

JohnnieK wrote: »

SALUS do something similar.
It connects to your wireless modem so there is no GSM charge and it look's funky.

I fitted a good couple of this
There very good
No charge for the app ever

Curious Geroge · 26-04-2014 7:51pm

Would you install these with a heat pump or are they necessary? I'd almost be tempted to have one for the sake of having one

Has anyone fitted the nest smoke alarms?

richieburke01 · 26-04-2014 7:59pm

Curious Geroge wrote: »

Would you install these with a heat pump or are they necessary? I'd almost be tempted to have one for the sake of having one

richieburke01; have you fitted the smoke alarms?

Great ideal regardless of heat source
Time and temperture controls
And no haven't fitted smoke alarm

Dtp1979 · 26-04-2014 8:10pm

richieburke01 wrote: »

I fitted a good couple of this
There very good
No charge for the app ever

What kinda money for the above Richie?

richieburke01 · 26-04-2014 8:18pm

Dtp1979 wrote: »

What kinda money for the above Richie?

A 2zone kit about €250ish but you get time and temperture control on two zones
Heating *2 or
Heating / hot water
There talk of proportional control coming out shortly as well
Pm me
I'll give you details of Irish supplier

AstraMonti · 28-04-2014 7:52am

Hi Richie,

Can the salus support 3 zones + hot water? Do you put a receiver in the place of the existing thermostats and the touch screen controllers in the place of the timers?

Thanks.

richieburke01 · 28-04-2014 8:32am

AstraMonti wrote: »

Hi Richie,

Can the salus support 3 zones + hot water? Do you put a receiver in the place of the existing thermostats and the touch screen controllers in the place of the timers?

Thanks.

Only two zones supported and yes touchscreen is in place of timer

AstraMonti · 28-04-2014 10:58am

richieburke01 wrote: »

Only two zones supported and yes touchscreen is in place of timer

Thanks, Salus is out then. Sorry to hijack the thread but would you have any opinion about Tado and multizone? Or any other that would work similarly?

ted1 · 28-04-2014 12:26pm

the heatmiser neo would do the job.

AstraMonti · 28-04-2014 4:20pm

The heatmiser neo looks like a potentially good one. My setup is like this: In the kitchen under the boiler I have two different timers/on/off switches, one for heating and one for hot water. In the living room and on the two other floors I have 3 thermostats in total. If I have it right I 'd need a "Heatmiser neoKit 2" to replace the two timers plus 3 more neoStat to replace each thermostat? If that's right it comes to 600euro.. hmm..

ted1 · 29-04-2014 12:58am

if you could avail of the SEAI Grant it would help you. Trying asking them to see if there
is a way of getting it to qualify

AstraMonti · 30-04-2014 4:23pm

I was also looking at the Owl Intuition, looks like with everything I need it would come 200euro less than the heatmiser. Any opinions on it? Unfortunately I can't avail of the SEAI grant.

RunDMC · 18-09-2014 2:47pm

The Nest Learning Thermostat is now available on the Google Play Store in Ireland.

R

https://play.google.com/store/devices/details?id=nest_thermostat

fbradyirl · 18-09-2014 3:12pm

Do they have an installer option or DIY? I don't see any mention of this in their store online.

fbradyirl · 18-09-2014 3:18pm

Mmm, just found this on the site. Free installation?!

big_moe · 18-09-2014 8:56pm

yeah saw it in harvey norman today, they have live units in store, free install until 26th sept.. might go back in over the week, its lovely looking in real life!

ted1 · 18-09-2014 9:30pm

big_moe wrote: »

yeah saw it in harvey norman today, they have live units in store, free install until 26th sept.. might go back in over the week, its lovely looking in real life!

But at 220 euro and the inability to do multi zones it'll not save you any money.

peustace · 20-09-2014 8:39am

I have a two zoned house (ground and first floor). Standard Thermostats on both floors. Heating controlled by programmable timer which I also use to heat the water. (2 zone + water timer)

If I was to purchase one nest unit now will I effectively be losing the zoning in the house?

My understanding is, that the control of the heating would be taken out of the hands of my current timer - it would just control water heating. Is it possible for the nest to control heating down stairs and my current timer to continue controlling heating up stairs? Or will the nest control heating for the entire house as one zone?

Can I return in time and add a second nest to this setup??

JohnnieK · 20-09-2014 9:21am

peustace wrote: »

I have a two zoned house (ground and first floor). Standard Thermostats on both floors. Heating controlled by programmable timer which I also use to heat the water. (2 zone + water timer)

If I was to purchase one nest unit now will I effectively be losing the zoning in the house?

My understanding is, that the control of the heating would be taken out of the hands of my current timer - it would just control water heating. Is it possible for the nest to control heating down stairs and my current timer to continue controlling heating up stairs? Or will the nest control heating for the entire house as one zone?

Can I return in time and add a second nest to this setup??

If you can get a hard wired version of nest then with some minor electrical alterations it can be done.

The only version I've used was wireless and needs a permanent live aswel as a switch live for the boiler. As i was upgrading the system all this was done anyway.

Everything is possible

ted1 · 20-09-2014 1:14pm

peustace wrote: »

I have a two zoned house (ground and first floor). Standard Thermostats on both floors. Heating controlled by programmable timer which I also use to heat the water. (2 zone + water timer)

If I was to purchase one nest unit now will I effectively be losing the zoning in the house?

My understanding is, that the control of the heating would be taken out of the hands of my current timer - it would just control water heating. Is it possible for the nest to control heating down stairs and my current timer to continue controlling heating up stairs? Or will the nest control heating for the entire house as one zone?

Can I return in time and add a second nest to this setup??

A heatmiser neo is more suited to you.

This kit http://www.heatmisershop.co.uk/heatmiser-neokit-2-sapphire-black/

And an extra one of these
http://www.heatmisershop.co.uk/heatmiser-neostat-programmable-thermostat-sapphire-black/

Will give you 2 zones and hot water.

To do the same with eat you would need to buy 3 seperate units

Graham · 21-09-2014 4:02pm

ted1 wrote: »

But at 220 euro and the inability to do multi zones it'll not save you any money.

Are you sure?

Does the Nest Learning Thermostat work with zoned systems?

https://support.nest.com/uk/article/Does-Nest-work-with-zoned-systems

ted1 · 21-09-2014 6:34pm

Graham wrote: »

Are you sure?

Does the Nest Learning Thermostat work with zoned systems?

https://support.nest.com/uk/article/Does-Nest-work-with-zoned-systems

The link you posted says you need to buy a second system.

fbradyirl · 21-09-2014 7:02pm

ted1 wrote: »

The link you posted says you need to buy a second system.

https://support.nest.com/uk/article/Do-I-need-to-replace-all-of-my-thermostats-to-get-the-most-out-of-Nest

"
If you have more than one thermostat, your system will work best if you replace them all with Nest Learning Thermostats. However, the Nest Thermostat is designed to work well even if there are other, non-Nest thermostats in the house."

Graham · 21-09-2014 7:23pm

ted1 wrote: »

The link you posted says you need to buy a second system.

Agreed but that's not the same as 'an inability to do multi zones'.

ted1 · 21-09-2014 9:07pm

Graham wrote: »

Agreed but that's not the same as 'an inability to do multi zones'.

I'd class it as an inability in that you must buy a complete second ot third unit.

fbradyirl · 22-09-2014 11:47am

Is there anywhere in Galway to purchase one?

fbradyirl · 25-09-2014 8:52am

I ordered the Nest on their own website a week ago, and it still hasn't shipped.

I emailed them, and they said, despite the problem, I will get the free install.

bonnieprince · 26-09-2014 12:09am

News just in regarding Heatmiser

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/24/heatmiser_digital_thermostat_insecure/

ted1 · 26-09-2014 3:25pm

bonnieprince wrote: »

News just in regarding Heatmiser

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/09/24/heatmiser_digital_thermostat_insecure/

I believe that the article related to their older products and not to the NEO range. The older ones required port forwarding to be set up the newbies don't

17larsson · 04-10-2014 10:58am

Did anyone have any of these installed yet? What do you think of them?

Graham · 04-10-2014 12:00pm

17larsson wrote: »

Did anyone have any of these installed yet? What do you think of them?

We've had ours about 4 weeks now, absolutely delighted with it. The schedules needed a bit of tweaking initially when it was learning out routines apart from that no issues.

It's surprisingly accurate at detecting when the house is empty which is great when you break from your normal routine, regardless of the schedule it just switched the heating to 'auto-away'. The mobile app lets you switch the heating back on when you're on your way home.

crossvilla · 09-05-2015 9:40am

I have a combi boiler and 2 heating zones. Is this my best option for just 2 zone heating?

Wearb · 09-05-2015 10:19am

Depends on house size and design. With a combi boiler, the hot water is taken care of, so 2 heating zones would be normal. Having said that, a house can't really have too much control.

crossvilla · 09-05-2015 10:27am

Its a 2 bed terraced house about 1000 square foot (A 2 up 2 down with downstairs utility and toilet). I have about 8 rads and I'm renovating it. Have the plumbers and electrician out next week so thinking this is my best shot to do something where I can control my heating remotely with a decent thermostat.

Wearb · 09-05-2015 10:50am

Nest will only control one zone. In your instance, I would be inclined to separate the living room from the rest and just use the nest for that. I am, however not convinced of the need for the learning feature of the nest. I use a wifi switch myself. Before I go out, I switch off all the zones except the living area (those other zones are off this time of year anyway) and use my phone app to turn it on before I arrive home.

Depending on your budget, I would at least put Programmable Radiator Valves on all your rads when renovating. Or even the ones (Programmable Radiator Valves) that can be controlled remotely if you can afford them.

There are lots of threads here on boards about all of this and lots of different opinions also.

JohnnieK · 09-05-2015 1:44pm

crossvilla wrote: »

I have a combi boiler and 2 heating zones. Is this my best option for just 2 zone heating?

You will need to get 2 nests.
Also look at tado, I have that one my self.

WillyWonka · 20-06-2015 9:25am

I've a bungalow that's being renovated and extended with heating and water separated (standard boiler).

Is there a recommended alternative to Neat that could control both remotely?

JohnnieK · 20-06-2015 9:42am

WillyWonka wrote: »

I've a bungalow that's being renovated and extended with heating and water separated (standard boiler).

Is there a recommended alternative to Neat that could control both remotely?

www.tado.com.

Egass13 · 20-06-2015 6:20pm

Climote will also work , up to 3 zones . And if you switch to electric Ireland you get it free with free installation

tipperary · 20-06-2015 7:06pm

I've got the owl intuition,find it works well. No ongoing subscription costs which is a big plus.

Nest thermostat working in Ireland ?

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