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Jun. 20th, 2022
Automating lower heating costs
Jun. 20th, 2022 01:05 pmWhen we moved into the current place it had a single temperature control for the whole house - a Hive thermostat in the living room, which clearly isn't great if you don't want to heat the bedrooms just because you'd like the living room to be comfortable.
So I picked up a Hive temperature controlling valve for each radiator in the house (bar one), so that we only heated the rooms that needed it. And I set a schedule so that (for instance) Sophia's room only turns up to 19° from 7pm to 7am, and the living room only warms up for an hour at lunch and three hours in the evening.
And then we had the situation of people opening the windows without turning down the radiator. So I picked up a bunch of Hive door/window sensors, one for the most likely window to be open in each room, and one for the front door, and now the radiator turns off in each room when the associated window is open and the whole house turns off while the front door is open.
All of which was a bit expensive, but considering how expensive gas is at the moment I reckon it'll be worthwhile over the next few winters.
So I picked up a Hive temperature controlling valve for each radiator in the house (bar one), so that we only heated the rooms that needed it. And I set a schedule so that (for instance) Sophia's room only turns up to 19° from 7pm to 7am, and the living room only warms up for an hour at lunch and three hours in the evening.
And then we had the situation of people opening the windows without turning down the radiator. So I picked up a bunch of Hive door/window sensors, one for the most likely window to be open in each room, and one for the front door, and now the radiator turns off in each room when the associated window is open and the whole house turns off while the front door is open.
All of which was a bit expensive, but considering how expensive gas is at the moment I reckon it'll be worthwhile over the next few winters.