Current spec as follows:
On order:
- Drayton Wiser Heating & HW smart thermostat (Kit 2)
Seeing as the Drayton Wiser kits are a bit of a bargain on Amazon today and I had been after a smart thermostat for some time, I decided to take the plunge. What I'm wondering is whether I simple DIY-er like me has a good chance of fitting the thing, or whether to get a professional in to do the job, which has the bonus of extending the warranty to 5 years (beat that, Hive Home).
From what I've read, the Wiser system is relatively straightfoward to fit as these things go, but anyone who is familiar with the Potterton EP2 (or older EP200x range) programmers will know that they're a bit special as they effectively act as a wiring station with a right old collection of wires back there, and I don't fancy tangling with that unless I can be sure I know what I'm doing.
So I am inclined to cough up and get someone in who knows what they're doing (anyone happy to pitch what they reckon a reasonable installation cost would be?) - but I thought I'd ask on here first, just in case anyone has done this swap and can tell me it's a piece of cake.
- Conventional boiler (Vaillant Ecotec) / open vented
- Drayton MA1 motorised valve actuator
- Honeywell cylinder stat
- Potterton EP2 programmer
- Danfoss Randall TP7001 room stat
On order:
- Drayton Wiser Heating & HW smart thermostat (Kit 2)
Seeing as the Drayton Wiser kits are a bit of a bargain on Amazon today and I had been after a smart thermostat for some time, I decided to take the plunge. What I'm wondering is whether I simple DIY-er like me has a good chance of fitting the thing, or whether to get a professional in to do the job, which has the bonus of extending the warranty to 5 years (beat that, Hive Home).
From what I've read, the Wiser system is relatively straightfoward to fit as these things go, but anyone who is familiar with the Potterton EP2 (or older EP200x range) programmers will know that they're a bit special as they effectively act as a wiring station with a right old collection of wires back there, and I don't fancy tangling with that unless I can be sure I know what I'm doing.
So I am inclined to cough up and get someone in who knows what they're doing (anyone happy to pitch what they reckon a reasonable installation cost would be?) - but I thought I'd ask on here first, just in case anyone has done this swap and can tell me it's a piece of cake.
