Tado Smart Thermostats And Radiator Valves: Save Money On Heating Bills (Full Install Guide)

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In today's video I'm looking at the Tado (www.tado.com/gb-en) Smart Heating system, explaining how it works, and then performing a full upgrade on my existing heating system. Tado can provide you with 'per room' heating. So if you're not in a room of your house, you can switch off (or lower) the heating all from your phone or via your smart assistant.
This is a long, and comprehensive video, showing exactly how the system is installed and set up. If you want to know a specific area of the install process then use the chapters to skip to the relevant section.
My Heating System consists of the following ( with links to purchase it from Amazon.co.uk )
tado Wired Smart Thermostat Starter Kit (£199 - it's reduced to £99 at the mo!) - amzn.to/3BqFa49
tado Wired Thermostat Add On (£129 - it's £89 at the mo!) - amzn.to/33nNLYO
tado Smart Radiator Thermostat - Pack of 4 (£216) - amzn.to/3HTgeVf
You can get Wireless Thermostats ( amzn.to/3rQ1vFe ) and if you have a traditional hot water tank you can get a starter kit with a hot water controller too ( amzn.to/3sHdB2M )
Tado is designed to be installed by the average home owner, and provides bespoke instructions for your heating system after asking you a few questions about your set up. It's a very cool set up, and I was able to install it fully myself with very little knowledge of how heating systems work.
Thanks to Tado for supplying some of the products shown in this video!
I hope you enjoy the video, and if you have any questions stick them in the comments below.
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0:00 Start
0:15 Introduction to Tado and chatting about why I've moved from Google Nest
1:55 My current heating set up
2:43 What I plan to install and why
4:20 A massive shout to my Channel Members
5:40 Unboxing the tado Wired Smart Thermostat Starter Kit
7:25 Looking at the tado Internet Bridge
9:45 Looking at the tado Wired Smart Thermostat
11:20 Looking at the tado Smart Radiator Thermostat
13:00 Getting started with the Installation!
13:40 How to install the tado Internet Bridge
15:00 Registering my tado Internet Bridge
15:25 Installing a tado Wired Smart Thermostat
16:45 Getting custom installation instructions based on my existing system
17:45 What tools do I need?
18:06 Removing my existing Thermostat
18:45 Testing the Thermostat is safely isolated
20:45 Working out how to wire the tado Wired Smart Thermostat
23:00 How to install the tado Wired Smart Thermostat
27:30 A quick look around the tado App
32:05 How to replace my existing TRV with the tado Smart Radiator Thermostat
36:30 More than one heating zone? This is IMPORTANT!
38:22 Wrapping Up and Conclusions
39:48 Game Over

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Комментарии : 51

@beckiboobah. 2 года назад

Love this system, perfect timing with energy price hikes 💰 Great vlog and review.

@Cablesmith 2 года назад

Love how they have wiring instructions depending on what model stat you have existing! Awesome little touch Tado 👌🏼 nice to see the trusty new build electricians using sleeving on the old stat 👀😂

@zeljkoprivatni 2 года назад

Thx man, most comprehensive video on Tado system install. Will use it for next heating season. Cheers

@kiphakes 2 года назад

Happy to help fella! Don't forget to subscribe! 👍

@andersmmvfc.8376 2 года назад

In my house i would just go with EB-THERM 500 for electric floor heating and for heating Wales on my radiators i would go with Danfoss eco living. For me in sweden heating is important and i would not go from my trusted brands. Thank you for the entertainment!

@ianl5753 Год назад

Great video. Super helpful for when I get my tado system next week 👍

@kiphakes Год назад

Glad it helped!

@ForTheBirbs Год назад

Happy New Year Kip and family! I hope 2023 is a better year for you

@kiphakes Год назад

Thanks Jim! Here’s to us BOTH having better health in 2023!

@dadsteralan Год назад

Thanks for this . Really well presented and watchable.

@kiphakes Год назад

Thanks so much! Really appreciate that!

@Dampealx7 6 месяцев назад

Your dog. So much bliss lol

@Dampealx7 6 месяцев назад

This video was crazy helpful by the way. Thank you bud. Just installed everything

@kiphakes 6 месяцев назад

@Dampealx7 thank you! Please give the thumbs up a hit if you haven’t already

@Dampealx7 6 месяцев назад

@@kiphakes already ahead of you 😊

@grinner82 Год назад

Very helpful. I have the same set up with two zones and from reading it appeared Tado would not work for this . Also a number of videos were talking about adding wireless receivers being hard wired into the boiler etc This is much simpler , a wired thermostat in the wall connected to the internet bridge. I’m guessing as it’s not wireless or removed the need for this controller in the boiler . I was going to go with nest which I had before in a previous property but this is far better with each TRV being able to call for heat . Thanks

@kiphakes Год назад

Really pleased I can help! :)

@andersmmvfc.8376 2 года назад

(As a sparky) in sweden, it is not okay to check if the power is off with a tester that doesn't work without battery's as a multimeter, but rules differ heavily!

@paulb2245 Год назад

A great vid and you've tipped me towards Tado over Hive and Nest. Installing looks simple and the explanation is the best I've seen. I'm looking vm forward to controlling radiators with the ap. And having different temperatures at each radiator will solve the problem of some family members wanting Sahara heat and others happy with a balmy British 21 degrees. One issue might be if room temperatures are controlled by phone presence and people with different preferences wanting to watch say TV together (an old fashioned thing I know). I can see a heat war breaking out unless there's a master control function - I' do hope that the manufacturer's thought about this. Anyway, I 've some work ahead changing all of our old dumb radiator valves to thermostatic valves before popping on the Tado heads. Any advice re avoiding a heat war would be much appreciated.

@kiphakes Год назад

Thanks so much for watching Paul! I really appreciate it! :) Oooh that's a really good question... I'm not entirely sure if that is possible... Tado Support might be able to help! Quite often it's just me and my wife in the house, and we're generally happy with a similar temperature! :)

@SBBUK 10 месяцев назад

Thanks for showing the mounting of the thermostat as I have the same setup as you (thermostat mounted to a 1 gang metal pattress box) and I could not find anywhere on the tado website any detail of the mounting - I was thinking I was going to have to fill in the hole from the existing stat which I didnt really want to do in case I needed to return it etc

@kiphakes 10 месяцев назад

Happy to help. Make sure your give the video some thumbs up love!!

@Mirecsooor Год назад

hi, perfect video ! jsut a wee question, can u install Tado wireless receiver to replace you old thermostat ?, lets say u don't want to control hot water, only heating.,.. I mean based on your set up ( combi boiler ) thanks!

@kiphakes Год назад

Honestly, I’m not sure… you can speak to Tado Support before purchasing and they will help!

@Aaron-gl8cm Год назад

Just out of curiosity does your boil allow for modulation/ have a digital output? If It does, was there any reason in particular you decided not to use it? Just bought a tado and trying to decide how to install it. Very comprehensive tutorial!

@kiphakes Год назад

I just followed the wiring instructions it suggested for my boiler ☺️ thanks for watching!

@Aaron-gl8cm Год назад

@@kiphakes have a look into digital bus on your boiler. Rather than just on/off it allows the tado to "talk" to the boiler and modulate the flow temp which produces larger savings.

@kiphakes Год назад

@@Aaron-gl8cm oooh... That's interesting.. Wonder how it would work as I've got two zones controlled by valves..?

@ianjones6849 6 месяцев назад

Great Video. I have an Ideal Vogue Max combi boiler which is about 2 years old and is run via Halo thermostat set up. Would I be able to install just the Tado Smart thermostat valves and Internet bridge to some of my radiators without the need of installing the Tado hub? I have read that as long as my boiler is compatible with Opentherm and 240v, my Ideal boiler will work? Can you please advise? Thanks so much, Ian

@kiphakes 6 месяцев назад

That sounds correct, however I'd recommend contacting Tado Support to confirm.

@beingatliberty 2 года назад

Your video should have a sponsorship marker on it.

@kiphakes 2 года назад

It has the paid promotion marker set.

@cyruskeeka4330 Год назад

Thanks for the very informative video. I like this system.. I have the Evohome system installed for a few years but this seems more advanced (ofcourse tech advances) and will advise family - who are interested - to look at Tado One question: in Evohome, the control tablet screen can be password protected. In Tado, as you say, the radiator valves can be locked down - can the Tado wall thermostat be locked down as well so the only control is via the app.? Stops family fiddling with the temp settings?!!

@kiphakes Год назад

No.. only the valves can be child locked

@cyruskeeka4330 Год назад

Thanks. After seeing my Evohome, family considering something similar and Tado looks attractive.

@SuzyMayBlakeley14 2 года назад

One of my pet hates no identification on the grey to say its neutral 🙈

@susanpotts-bury7936 Год назад

How many radiators plus a boiler can the starter kit cope with? What system do I need for a lot of radiators? What happens when the WiFi isn't working? Sometimes we loose the WiFi for days.

@kiphakes Год назад

So you would need Tado radiator valves for each radiator if you wanted to control the temperature in each individual room. The starter kit I used just came with the replacement wires thermostat and the internet bridge. You can still use the Tado if the WiFi goes down, you just wouldn’t be able to use the app to control the heating outside of the home

@susanpotts-bury7936 Год назад

@@kiphakes Thank you for your quick reply. Just got to take a leap of faith and hope I'm buying the correct thing for my heating.

@wbreck 2 года назад

How you find it kip? I have a nest and it’s just died. Would you recommend?

@kiphakes 2 года назад

I would, absolutely!

@thefoodiechannelcookingfro1822 2 года назад

You don't normally install the bathroom, you have to have at least one radiator in the circuit, this acts as a bypass and releases pressure on the system when it is operating. If you do not have a one, it will damage your system.

@kiphakes 2 года назад

"you have to have at least one radiator in the circuit" - I don't understand what you mean by that?

@thefoodiechannelcookingfro1822 2 года назад

@@kiphakes when the boiler is on it has to circulate water. By putting TRV's on all the radiators the water can no longer circulate around the system and the boiler will likely overheat cook it's self. You may need to make sure that by having TRV's on every single radiator, that you have not cut off the systems ability to circulate the hot water away from the boiler.