A guide to Worcester's boiler controls

Worcester’s controls are designed for combi and system gas and oil boilers, and also regular oil boilers.

(If you’re looking for controls for your gas regular boiler, your Worcester Accredited Installer will be able to advise you.)

For new and replacement boiler installations you must have either: a timer or programmer with a room thermostat and thermostatic radiator valves or a programmable room thermostat and thermostatic radiator valves.

Basic timers

Simple to operate and offer the minimum features you need

Basic mechanical timers control the times for your heating only. The ‘teeth’ on the mechanical dial are used to control 15 minute periods and the heating pattern you set will be the same every day.

Digital timers and programmers

Offer greater flexibility in controlling your heating and hot water

Digital timers, programmers and programmable room thermostats provide you with more options. As a general rule, you can program different patterns for different days of the week which can be particularly useful for weekends. Most of them automatically adjust to British Summer Time/Greenwich mean time and also offer a holiday function where you can suspend your usual heating pattern for the duration of your holiday.

New generation intelligent controls

Achieve the greatest efficiency from your boiler

The latest range of boiler controls from Worcester not only responds to your settings but also assess and adjusts the boiler’s output to make it more energy efficient. They have easy to use digital displays, and like the digital group of controls, also adjust to British Summer Time/Greenwich mean time and offer a holiday function where you can suspend your usual heating pattern for the duration of your holiday.

The most efficient control we have in our range is the FW100 Weather compensation controller (pictured, right) which comes with an outdoor sensor. It assesses the temperature outside the house and adjusts the output of the boiler accordingly, resulting in the most efficient use of fuel.

Additional features

Finally, you might also want to consider:

Wireless controls - many of our boiler controls are radio frequency (RF) which means there’d be no disruption to walls, flooring or furnishings to have them installed.

Optimisers - some of our boiler controls have optimiser functions that tell the boiler when to fire. This means that your home can be brought up to temperature at precisely the time you require.