Simplest programmable stat for the over 70's

[king of pipes]

Opinions please ladies and gentlemen I have a elderly couple who how can I say it ? are being rather challenging to please needs to be RF Regards kop

 

[Harvest Fields]

I use the T4R most of mine cope with it.

 

[ShaunCorbs]

Honeywell t3r on manual eg plus for heating minus for no heating

combi pack 4 is the same it’s great

 

[Chuck]

Opinions please ladies and gentlemen I have a elderly couple who how can I say it ? are being rather challenging to please needs to be RF Regards kop

What do they want and what don't they like about the solutions you have proposed?

Googling for 'accessible thermostats' throws up some interesting possibilities. This is a US site but it may have some ideas as to what's out there.

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I find the idea of thermostats that 'learn' from usage patterns appealing but I have no personal experience of them and I occupy the 'keep it simple' end of the sprectrum when it comes to controls for the elderly.

It's recommended that elderly people should not let the temperature of their house drop below 18*C, so you might consider two stats in the index room, for 'daytime temperature' and the other for 'nighttime temperature', with a fixed lower limit at 18°C. At the boiler end you have a simple electromechanical programmer that enables/disables the daytime control. If you're using TPI thermostats, I'd consider lengthening the min on-off time, e.g. using the oil default, to prevent complaints about cycling keeping them awake in the night. Make sure the thermostats are clearly labelled 'Daytime' and 'Nightime' in case the couple have carers coming in who are heating engineers...

That last point about carers needing to be able to figure out how to make the house a bit warmer/cooler without difficulty is, in my opinion quite important for elderly people.

 

[SimonG]

A simple on off switch for the real technophobes.

You just know that they'll be on the phone every 2 minutes.

You could always fit an internet one and control it from your phone when they call

 

[Aquarius]

Siemens RDH100 RF? We fit loads of them and most of our elderly ones understand them.

 

[king of pipes]

What do they want and what don't they like about the solutions you have proposed?

Googling for 'accessible thermostats' throws up some interesting possibilities. This is a US site but it may have some ideas as to what's out there.

Best Thermostats for the Elderly and Visually Impaired in 2022 | Cozy Home HQ

A well researched review and buying guide for the best thermostat for the seniors and visually impaired. Check out these detailed reviews before you buy

www.cozyhomehq.com

I find the idea of thermostats that 'learn' from usage patterns appealing but I have no personal experience of them and I occupy the 'keep it simple' end of the sprectrum when it comes to controls for the elderly.

It's recommended that elderly people should not let the temperature of their house drop below 18*C, so you might consider two stats in the index room, for 'daytime temperature' and the other for 'nighttime temperature', with a fixed lower limit at 18°C. At the boiler end you have a simple electromechanical programmer that enables/disables the daytime control. If you're using TPI thermostats, I'd consider lengthening the min on-off time, e.g. using the oil default, to prevent complaints about cycling keeping them awake in the night. Make sure the thermostats are clearly labelled 'Daytime' and 'Nightime' in case the couple have carers coming in who are heating engineers...

That last point about carers needing to be able to figure out how to make the house a bit warmer/cooler without difficulty is, in my opinion quite important for elderly people.

The old git just likes to fiddle bud the wife puts the tumble dryer on in the utility room stat is in the hallway so heat builds up and knocks the stat off grrrr it is a a wired T3 because hes messes with it every day it eats the batteries , gonna give em a rf one on a stand he can carry it round with him .

 

[Murdoch]

An old fashioned one with a rotating dial ....

 

[townfanjon]

I know its not programmable , no wifi , no optimisation , no boiler plus blah blah blah
but the best stat ever made “6360 Honeywell “

 

[Aquarius]

Siemens RDH100 RF? We fit loads of them and most of our elderly ones understand them.

Sorry KOP, I misread. The Siemens RDH100 is just rf on/off switch. The RDJ10 or RDJ100 are programmable, but can be difficult.

 

[Chuck]

wife puts the tumble dryer on in the utility room stat is in the hallway so heat builds up and knocks the stat off

Okay, not the 'accessibility' problem I had in mind.

Can you move the thermostat to the living room? As long as there is a sun-free location and they don't have an uncontrolled heat source like a log fire, this works pretty well. Actually, for the elderly who tend to spend more time sitting around than working-age folk the living room is in many respects a better location for the thermostat.

 

[king of pipes]

Okay, not the 'accessibility' problem I had in mind.

Can you move the thermostat to the living room? As long as there is a sun-free location and they don't have an uncontrolled heat source like a log fire, this works pretty well. Actually, for the elderly who tend to spend more time sitting around than working-age folk the living room is in many respects a better location for the thermostat.

That's the plan Chuck combi 4 RF , as the saying goes you can please some of the people some of the time , but you can't please all of the people all of the time, saying that his lpg gas bill is now half what it was before the boiler upgrade fitted a Intergas rapid and has performed we kop