What Use are Smart Heating Controls?

What Use are Smart Heating Controls?, updated 9/22/21, 1:43 PM

Heating engineers, Scott Findlay, provide some answers to frequently asked questions surrounding Smart Heating Controls.

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What Use are Smart Heating
Controls?
Smart heating controls are an increasingly popular option that many
of our customers at Scott Findlay are turning to as a more efficient
way of controlling their heating at home.
There are a range of reasons for why someone might turn to Smart
Heating Controls. Here we will look further into what Smart Heating
Controls are, how they work, what benefits they can bring to you
and whether they are worth it.
What are
Smart Heating
Controls?
They are a control system that
adopts modern technology to
provide you with more control of
your heating at home.
Historical alternatives to Smart
Heating Controls would only have
on/off switches for heating and hot
water.
How do Smart
Heating
Controls work?
A Smart thermostat must be
installed, which connects your
boiler to your smartphone.
This provides you with the ability to
control your heating and hot water from
your smartphone, even when you are
not at home.
What are the
benefits of
using Smart
Heating
Controls?
As well as being able to use them
away from home, Smart Heating
Controls can also use voice
control with smart speakers like
Alexa.
Can Smart
Heating
Controls tell
when
everyone is
out?
Yes. geo location will know if all
smartphones connected to the
thermostat are away from home.
Depending on the brand, they
may also have room sensors that
recognise movement.
Are Smart
Heating
Controls
worth it?
Yes. When transitioning from old
systems to Smart Heating
Controls, the average household
saves 10-20% on heating bills.
Which Smart
Thermostat
remotely
controls
heating and
hot water?
Whatever brand you choose will have
the ability to remotely control heating
and hot water. Major brands include
Honeywell, Nest, Hive & Tado.
Who can
install Smart
Heating
Controls?
If you are looking to install a
Smart Thermostat, you will need
to get in touch with a heating
engineer.
At Scott Findlay, our heating
engineers are experts at installing
Smart Thermostats.
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