Boiler Controls Explained
Essential to your boiler and to help keep your energy wastage to a minimum
We appreciate that it can baffle you a little when you hear the term ‘heating controls’. Do you really know how effective these can be in your home and how vital they can be to keeping the costs of your energy bills down. At JD Mounsey Ltd, we are here to offer our expert advice and are always available should you have further questions.
What are heating controls?
Heating controls are paramount as they serve to ensure that your boiler operates efficiently and to help reduce your energy wastage. Clever use of your boiler control allows you to manage your home’s central heating system – keeping each room in your home at just the right temperature to minimise your energy consumption. Let’s face it, none of us want to heat rooms in our home if we are not using them.
Practical and easy to use
Boiler controls are relatively simple to install and are normally done when a boiler change occurs. The controls can be configured to allow you to systematically set the time of day you want each of your radiators to come on, so you don’t waste energy heating whole areas of your home that aren’t being used. Boiler controls also give you the power to select the time to turn on your hot water – no one likes a cold shower and your controls can certainly help eliminate this nasty surprise!
The different types of Boiler Controls
As mentioned above, your controls are normally changed when you replace your
boiler. However, you can do this at any time. Here at JD Mounsey Ltd our
Gas Safe engineers are available to answer any questions that you may have.
- Simple Boiler Controls – traditional manual clock controls that can be set for 24-hour periods.
- Digital Boiler Controls – allow you to set on/off heating times on a 7-day programming schedule that fits around your lifestyle.
- Intelligent Boiler Controls – great for saving energy as they tell you how long it takes to heat up and cool down your home as well as external temperatures.
- Internet Connected Boiler Controls – controlled by an App on your smart device, smart thermostats are highly intelligent. Among other functions, they learn from your system’s behaviour, use live weather data and keep track of your fuel usage.
You can also watch this short video that may also assist in understanding heating controls further: https://youtu.be/ZAA8d41-JB8
Should you want to discuss this further, then please call us on 01729 825 677.