Tado or Hive

[axil23]

I currently have a 2 boiler system that does the following -

Baxi Combi - Supplies instant hot water to Kitchen sink and runs central heating downstairs which is controlled by the timer on the Baxi boiler itself.

Baxi Combi - Supplies heating to upstairs and to a hot water tank that runs of a external timer which I can set 3 times daily max to kick in to heat the water and provide heat for radiators.

Was thinking about upgrading this to a online based system that would allow me to control both boilers through my smart phone.

Which one do you guys recommend and will either of these run both my boilers off the same app?

Also would it be cheaper to run my system the way it is and time it to come on and off a through the day or through a thermostat that kicks in once the temperature drops? I live in a house that has around 14 Radiators downstairs and 14 upstairs but at anyone time only half of these are running at full blast and others are all set to frost control as they are in rooms which aren't used that often.

 

[Chalked]

Neither of the above!
My recommendation would be. Honeywell evohome (2 wifi thermostats and one hot water wifi controller)
Heatmiser neo (2 stats and o e hit water controller)
Salus it500 ( 1 x it500 and one extra zone controller)

As they all pretty much do the same thing, I would go for Salus

 

[axil23]

Neither of the above!
My recommendation would be. Honeywell evohome (2 wifi thermostats and one hot water wifi controller)
Heatmiser neo (2 stats and o e hit water controller)
Salus it500 ( 1 x it500 and one extra zone controller)

As they all pretty much do the same thing, I would go for Salus

Salus looks quite good. Is it easy enough to install on my own or shall I get a engineer in? Also would anyone be able to answer this? "would it be cheaper to run my system the way it is and time it to come on and off a through the day or through a thermostat that kicks in once the temperature drops? I live in a house that has around 14 Radiators downstairs and 14 upstairs but at anyone time only half of these are running at full blast and others are all set to frost control as they are in rooms which aren't used that often"

 

[walterwhite]

Programmable stat that kicks in once the temp drops is the way forward as opposed to on & off. Weather compensation is another consideration. Get a local engineer to come and advise...

 

[Norcs]

I though the stat kicking in when the temp drops is the same as on/off?

 

[axil23]

Delete pls

 

[axil23]

Programmable stat that kicks in once the temp drops is the way forward as opposed to on & off. Weather compensation is another consideration. Get a local engineer to come and advise...

Will the Salus it500 do that?

 

[walterwhite]

I though the stat kicking in when the temp drops is the same as on/off?

On/off is when you have 3 or 4 timed settings a day. Programmable stat is always'on', just different temps at different times.
I think the Salus it 500 is a programmable stat - others will confirm

 

[Norcs]

Yes but isn't the boiler still turning on and off to maintain those differing temps?

 

[walterwhite]

Yes & using less gas to maintain the desired room temp. Heating the space from 10 degrees to 20 uses more energy than heating it from 16 to 20