Our customer, in Outwood, Surrey, owns a large house that has recently been comprehensively extended.
In 2006 HWCH fitted a DualStream accumulator boosted unvented hot and cold water system, to make all the baths and showers deliver a hotel-type performance. At the same time we fitted the latest Grant Vortex 46Kw oil fired condensing boiler plant in the cellar.
In 2008, following the building extension works, we were invited back to upgrade the installation with our Hometronic domestic heating controls. This innovative product allows our customer to divide his property into 16 separate zones of heating, each individually monitored and controlled by radio links.
The Hometronic controller was fitted in a utility room, out of the way.
Hometronic Controller Outwood 2008
From this unit the customer has full control of all 16 areas, plus hot water timings. As there are usually only three occupants to the house (which now includes a granny annexe), the heating levels can be phased during the day to follow the occupants, rather than heating the house in its’ entirety.
Radiators adapted to Hometronic - Rear Hallway
In fact, up to 1600 different temperature set points can be programmed in for a week. No customer has yet managed to schedule that many changes!
All radiators are adapted to take the Hometronic hardware, even the towel rails, which can now be scheduled to warm up in the summer! On their own! No pipework or flooring adaptations are usually needed.
A towel rail being adapted for Hometronic, warm towels in the summer!
At the same time we made a few alterations while the system was being converted. Here is a radiator being added to a previously unheated WC.
While we were there, we added a radiator in one of the WCs. Much more comfortable.
Finally, the system HWCH installed in the cellar back in 2006 was updated by our in house electrical specialist, and the system was filled with Fernox inhibitor and tested.
Dualstream OSO 500/300 litre and Grant Vortex condensing oil boiler
Our customer will now have warmer rooms when and where he wants them, whilst saving energy everywhere else in the property. We believe Hometronic is the future for heating larger houses….
