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You need to do your calculations carefully to achieve this. It's easy to spend a lot more on 'smart controls' than they're ever going to save in energy costs. The better the house is insulated, the truer this becomes.
When all things are considered, it's actually quite difficult to beat a traditional time switch, like the LP522, and a room thermostat in a sensible location. Particularly if, like me, you like to keep things you rely on for comfort or safety simple.
Dont be fobbed off there no excuse for shoddy workmanship temporarily fixing a boiler i find that hard to believe?Thanks guys, very useful feedback, have relayed to my builder. He's advised the boiler was only fixed like that temporarily. He's also agreed to lower it down by a couple of inches.
I challenged him on the use of plastic push fittings rather than copper. He believes the house originally had plastic fittings, which I find hard to believe given it's a new build that's never been modified before now.
The manifold is also fixed like that temporarily.
Re the thermostats, I was planning to hardwire the nests next to the boiler, I just wanted to be able to control them from my mobile.
@kop , the neatness of your work puts my builder to shame. Thanks for the input, I have asked him to remediate.
Dont be fobbed off there no excuse for shoddy workmanship temporarily fixing a boiler i find that hard to believe? I
Make (or get a 9yr old to make for you) a controller system using a raspberry pi (zero or otherwise). You will need a few relays and temperature probes. The phone side is also open source. Whole job should cost no more than £30 if using the zero and maybe £50 if using a larger pi model. Then it can do what you want, when you want it and you won't have to limit things using commercial equipment. Plenty of "how to's" and videos. Just search
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