Spliiting central heating into zones

spakman

Hi, apologies if this has already been covered but I couldn't see it in first 10 pages.
The heating in my new build house is split into water and rads. I want to split the rad heating into different zones for each floor (3).
Roughly how much is this likely to cost and is it mainly fitting new control panel or is there pipe work etc usually needed?

John T Carroll

spakman wrote: »

Hi, apologies if this has already been covered but I couldn't see it in first 10 pages.
The heating in my new build house is split into water and rads. I want to split the rad heating into different zones for each floor (3).
Roughly how much is this likely to cost and is it mainly fitting new control panel or is there pipe work etc usually needed?

Just enter "Central Heating Zoning" in the Boards.ie searchbox and you will get plenty of info there.

Dtp1979

spakman wrote: »

Hi, apologies if this has already been covered but I couldn't see it in first 10 pages.
The heating in my new build house is split into water and rads. I want to split the rad heating into different zones for each floor (3).
Roughly how much is this likely to cost and is it mainly fitting new control panel or is there pipe work etc usually needed?

It really depends on the existing pipework in your hotpress. Show some pics from your hotpress

spakman

Dtp1979 wrote: »

It really depends on the existing pipework in your hotpress. Show some pics from your hotpress

Sorry, boards won't let me post pics or links because I'm a "New user"

Dtp1979

spakman wrote: »

Sorry, boards won't let me post pics or links because I'm a "New user"

Just post on random threads. You need 50 posts to be able to upload pics

spakman

Dtp1979 wrote: »

Just post on random threads. You need 50 posts to be able to upload pics

Cheers, finally got to 50 posts
This is the setup in the hot press

cruiser202006

From that pic it looks like your heating flow and return are coming straight from your boiler and you have two heating zones and a hot water zone. Can you put up a picture of your timeclock?

spakman wrote: »

Cheers, finally got to 50 posts
This is the setup in the hot press

Dtp1979

Good news. The plumbing end of the work is already zoned for you. Have you wall thermostats on any walls upstairs or downstairs? As already asked, show us your timeclock too

freddyuk

Pumps should be connected with flexi pipe not solid copper. ??

spakman

Cheers lads, yeah have wall thetmostat on ground floor and first floor, but not on second (bedroom in attic).
Will post pic of the timer tomorrow, but its a two zone one, one for water, one for best.
Re the piping to the pump, would that explain the loud noise it makes. Was thinking of getting an insulation mat put under it to reduce the vibration on the floor, but maybe the pipes should be changed to flexi as well?

spakman

This is the timer, one zone for water, one for rads.

Dtp1979

spakman wrote: »

This is the timer, one zone for water, one for rads.

Your pretty much setup so except maybe to seperate up/down on the clock

spakman

Dtp1979 wrote: »

Your pretty much setup so except maybe to seperate up/down on the clock

Sorry, I don't get what you mean by that. There's only one heating zone on that clock, I can't see any way to setup another zone on it. Is it just a matter of getting a timer model that has more zones?

Dtp1979

spakman wrote: »

Sorry, I don't get what you mean by that. There's only one heating zone on that clock, I can't see any way to setup another zone on it. Is it just a matter of getting a timer model that has more zones?

2 zones. Heating and hot water.
You need more wiring to be carried out, a stat added to your cylinder and a new timeclock

K.Flyer

spakman wrote: »

Sorry, I don't get what you mean by that. There's only one heating zone on that clock, I can't see any way to setup another zone on it. Is it just a matter of getting a timer model that has more zones?

Yes, as DTP says you will need a new timer with 2 heating zones and hot water (3 channel) in order to control the two heating areas separately.
But that is dependent on how many wires go from the wiring centre to the time clock mounting plate. If you are one short then you need a new or a second cable run to the clock.

spakman

K.Flyer wrote: »

Yes, as DTP says you will need a new timer with 2 heating zones and hot water (3 channel) in order to control the two heating areas separately.
But that is dependent on how many wires go from the wiring centre to the time clock mounting plate. If you are one short then you need a new or a second cable run to the clock.

Ok cheers, so if I take off the existing clock I should see if there's already an additional wire at the mounting plate?

K.Flyer

Unless you know what you are looking for it can get a little confusing in there.
If you can take the clock off the plate you could take a picture of it and let us have a look at it, and also try to see how many wires are in the cable (excluding earth).

Dtp1979

And don't touch anything metal

K.Flyer

Dtp1979 wrote: »

And don't touch anything metal

And turn off the leckey first