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Advice on New Heating Controls

  • 24-06-2020 3:17pm
    #1
    scunermac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 136 ✭✭


    Hi all, just looking for some opinions if possible.

    I'm about to replace a 15+ year old failing Oil Burner, and thinking of upgrading the overall heating situation in the house.
    The house has 2 rooms upstairs (office and small box room), and 8 downstairs (mix of living and bedrooms).
    Currently the heating and hot water is not zoned at all, but we had a plumber out recently to price doing some upgrades and he says he'll be able to zone it to upstairs, downstairs & hot water.
    We also have a stove with a back burner which complements the oil burner (but is not really sufficient to push heat to all rooms on it's own).
    I do not think I will go with full temperature controlled rooms/zones via Smart TRVs in each room (e.g. Tado, etc). So likely it will just be a simple 3 zone on/off system.

    So what I'd like to know is if it would be a good idea to add smart heating controls at the same time, as opposed to just having a basic programmable panel like a Horstmann panel. Currently we have the old clock/timer switch.
    I've looked into the likes of Nest, Hive, etc, but these seem to be only really worth while if you have a more complex temperature controlled setup. But can these also be used in the more basic for an on/off scenario? Or would that be a waste of these device's capabilities?

    Really, I'm wondering if I should just go ahead and get the smart controls while I'm upgrading the rest of the heating system, or whether it will be a waste of time considering my set up.
    Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.


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