Hi Folks, Just mumbling out loud here to see what others think:
Our builder has (unusually?) told us that he's happy to erect our new conservatory over the Christmas holiday period, providing that the brickwork can of course be put in place by then.
This has caused me to think seriously about heating the new space. I've never owned a conservatory before, so it's all new to me.
Present proposition is to add three wall radiators to the dwarf-walled conservatory and run these off my mains gas wet central heating system.
Being careful with the pennies, I was thinking of adding a two-port valve to the feed for these radiators, and then controlling this valve from (say) some sort of timer such as an immersion-heater-booster device as per shown on the TLC web site here:
Of course, this arrangement does not guarantee that the boiler will fire when the conservatory needs it, but I'm hoping that that will not be a problem (fingers crossed; this is where your opinion is sought).
Instead of fancy Frost Stats I was thinking of adding an electric panel radiator to the conservatory whose thermostat is set quite low. Thus when the outside temperature plummets and there is a risk of the conservatory radiators freezing, the electric panel cuts in and lifts the temperature to avoid this.
Perhaps another immersion-heater-booster switch could be wired to override the thermostat to kick the electric panel in if required.
Any problems with my scheme?
Any source of an electric-booster switch with more flexibility than that shown on the TLC site?
Advice requested; thanks in advance.
Mungo