Boiler timer

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My boiler has a mechanical dial, with the little switches you flick in and out to set the timer.

Does anyone know if it’s possible to have a digital timer fitted, so I can set it for different times on days when we’re at home/work, or give it a one time boost etc?

I don’t want to replace the boiler because it’s not very old. It’s just the controls which seem a bit primitive (and uneconomical).

It’s a combi boiler.

We did. We just asked our heating person and they installed one that we can do different settings for weekdays and weekends and boosts. Didn't cost that much, I think under £100, it was a few years ago.

That sounds promising. I’ve just been looking at Nest and Hive but they seem to get mixed reviews.

We’ve got hive (just the thermostat thing, no smart lightbulbs or anything) & it’s great.

When we moved in there was a timer but no thermostat on the boiler. Our boiler chap overrode that and installed a wireless timer/thermostat like this one. Doesn’t connect to the internet or anything, so you or the Russians can’t switch your heating on from the other side of the world, but you can have the unit fitted to the wall or move it to the room you’re in, without having to have wires going back to the boiler. There’s just a little wireless receiver unit that works off the same power supply as the boiler. The thermostat itself has a seven-day programmer, plus holiday mode, boost function etc.

I think that’s the kind of thing I had in mind Urbane.
I’ve only recently moved in and there’s a timer with switches but no thermostat. It’s very inefficient.

My Danfoss thermostat for my heating and hot water is so hard to understand. Any advice of a really user friendly one? I’m totally useless when it comes to plumbing btw.

I had hive put in, I hated it so much I had it removed and then hammered it to oblivion.
Basically any electrician can fit a new time clock (Amazon call them time switches). There are many makes and styles and you can also get the one you like at plumbers merchants. The one I have can be programmed to carry out 3 heating and 3 water tank heating options per day. I can also override programming at the touch of a button.
My system is all hard wired so no internet and no batteries to run out, just a hard wired time clock and room thermostat.

My timer is a Drayton LP522 and I find it simple.

I've got what is probably an older version of the Honeywell one linked to below - programmable thermostat. Very easy to programme and use. I am tempted by a smart system though.

Wireless ones go wrong more often. As you already have a wired one, a modern wired programmable stat can be wired into the same point with great ease.

I use a Honeywell CM907, I can't remember the newer model number. Possibly the T4

heatingcontrols.honeywellhome.com/products/Programmable-Thermostats/Wired-Digital/

A 7-day one enables you to set different routines on different days if the week, if you wish.

Price is very modest.
www.plumbworld.co.uk/honeywell-t4-wired-52-day-prog-stat-109-1257538

This is a heating control so you wire it into the CH room thermostat point.

When you have this, you set the old timer to 24 hour on, and the new stat takes over the timing functions. You can have the old one removed if you want.