DIY Project To Zone My House

[Richard at Home]

Good evening and a happy new year to you all

I welcome any comments and feedback to my project I am looking at starting in 2013

now I know all this sort of thing can be done with many of the costly out of the box solutions that probably cost more than the boiler itself

What I am looking at doing is to create a heating system that has at least 3 Zones

I believe I could do this with some changes to the main Pipe work and 3 motorised zone valves and an additional time clock


Reason for project

During the day one member of my family is at home and requires heating to be on for 4 rads in part of the house.

Currently I am heating all the house all day when only part of the house needs to be heated

My daughter-in-law is also at home some times when not at Uni and may need her front room heating.

Now my logic is to have the secondary time clock switching the water flow between parts of the house during the day and in the evenings opening all valves to heat the complete house

Now I know this could also be done with the new wireless digital TVRs but this expense would be significant


I will add to this post as the project develops

If you have any questions or would like to bounce ideas or comments please reply and this may become an interesting post.


Thank you for your time

Best regards

Richard

 

[TBServices]

It won't work. I'm not telling you why, but it won't work.

 

[Howsie]

He's not altering the vent pipe though.

 

[Richard at Home]

Thanks for your feedback

I am not going to pull it apart just yet and i will install all the new pipe work prior to disconnecting the current layout

I do think a lot of people do not follow how i am going to set this up though

please read my last post.

I do not want to use extra room stats and boiler feedback etc

my new system will just either heat the 4 rads or 8 rads or all 19 depending on the zone valves that are controlled totally separately by a stand alone time clock

all my zone valves will do is change the size of the heating circuit that is available to the current heating system setup.

Thanks

Richard

 

[TBServices]

Thanks for your feedback

I am not going to pull it apart just yet and i will install all the new pipe work prior to disconnecting the current layout

I do think a lot of people do not follow how i am going to set this up though

please read my last post.

I do not want to use extra room stats and boiler feedback etc

my new system will just either heat the 4 rads or 8 rads or all 19 depending on the zone valves that are controlled totally separately by a stand alone time clock

all my zone valves will do is change the size of the heating circuit that is available to the current heating system setup.

Thanks

Richard

No one here has trouble comprehending your "plan". Rather its you who can't understand why it's WRONG.

 

[Richard at Home]

May i ask what is incorrect with the vent pipe as it works fine.

 

[Richard at Home]

The only significant issue I am aware of is the power rating of the boiler in relation to the number of rads i am heating may cause me to trigger pump overrun error due to the speed the water heats up.

I am sure there are other issues i will encounter.

Thanks

Richard

 

[Dotty]

The only significant issue I am aware of is the power rating of the boiler in relation to the number of rads i am heating may cause me to trigger pump overrun error due to the speed the water heats up.

I am sure there are other issues i will encounter.

Thanks

Richard

You can bet on it.

Red Adair's quote springs to mind.

 

[SimonG]

'If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur.' Red Adair

 

[Richard at Home]

I have seen both in action

At least when a ameture does a bad job you can justify it

When you see a profetional make a mess it is embarrising

 

[AlexGas]

That's not real!

 

[AlexGas]

It's a wind up!!!

 

[Richard at Home]

Off topic a little


Took my 2009 VW Golf DTI 140 into Tamworth Volkswagen on 28/12/2012 for a new cam belt and water pump replacement

Could i have done it myself?

Yes

Do i have the tools or the workshop to do it in

No


Did i have to refit the Cam Belt Cover on the car after i received the car back

Yes !

I presumed this was a professional at work. Maybe Not !

 

[lame plumber]

Off topic a little


Took my 2009 VW Golf DTI 140 into Tamworth Volkswagen on 28/12/2012 for a new cam belt and water pump replacement

Could i have done it myself?

Yes

Do i have the tools or the workshop to do it in

No


Did i have to refit the Cam Belt Cover on the car after i received the car back

Yes !

I presumed this was a professional at work. Maybe Not !

I expect they didnt want to be at work on the 28-12-12, I didnt either,

 

[Richard at Home]

what is not real ?

 

[TBServices]

The moral of that story is not to do it yourself, but to use a trusted professional. VW could have used any one of their numerous engineers and apprentices to do that job. Should have gone to an independant vw mechanic, there's plenty around and it's easy to find a recommended fitter, with a bit of research.

 

[Richard at Home]

Oh so the quality you receive from a professional or a DIY person totally depends on the date ....

Sorry my mistake

I am sure the price was the same

I am looking forward to seeing VW reply on the subject when they reply

 

[Richard at Home]

Ok my mistake again ...

 

[Richard at Home]

Well thank you all for your time i have enjoyed the topic
This project is not a wind up !

In fear of upsetting anyone, which by the way was never my intention it was just to share my project

I will update the post again and let you know how i am getting on

If what i do is crap and does not work i will be totally honest and advise my experience accordingly

Whatever happens i will 100% guarantee it will be better then what heating and hot water system that was installed when i moved in

I remember the hot water tank was a horizontal type in the loft about 20 years old ! that was the first thing that went.

Best Regards

Richard

 

[Rickster123]

Best of luck Richard. Please do keep us updated. :mickey:

 

[Richard at Home]

No problems I will keep you up to date.

Even if i get i told you so comments, I do not mind

Regards

Richard

 

[Dannypipe]

What are the odds on us never hearing from Richard again?

 

[Howsie]

I'm sure he'll be back to say its working fine.

I'm off to finish the suspension bridge at the bottom of my garden.

 

[TBServices]

Yeah, I better get back to building my oil well project too, otherwise the missus is gonna be peeved.

 

[Richard at Home]

I will be back as i am a man of my word

I will not go into detail about the slightly more complex project of integrating the heating system into my home network using our Linux server to monitor the boiler stats through the Valiant proprietary EBUS communication system then

I will save that for another post !

See you all soon

Regards

Richard

 

[dancinplumba]

I will be back as i am a man of my word

I will not go into detail about the slightly more complex project of integrating the heating system into my home network using our Linux server to monitor the boiler stats through the Valiant proprietary EBUS communication system then

I will save that for another post !

See you all soon

Regards

Richard

thats the easy bit