I never knew they offered discounts on all those things!
Bit of filler and you’ll never know. 2 minute job
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They don’t seem to advertise it much. I would guess Octopus are probably contributing to the cost. I can’t see any firm offering a 50% discount without some kind of payment involved, especially for hardware where the margin isn’t going to be that extreme.
It’s a good deal though. Shame you have to e-mail them but still worth doing.
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I would definitely care more if this was a rental. But yeah any holes I need to fill, I’ve got caulk and left-over paint to deal with it so all good.
Just to close the loop on this, here’s the data from Friday. You can very clearly see the point where the thermostat was installed.
Turns out the room loses a tiny amount of heat throughout the day, even when the outside temperature is near freezing, so now my heating has gone from running every few hours to not running at all! This might save me a lot more money than I thought!
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How has a smart thermostat solved this though? Can you explain like I’m 5? 
Previously the temperature in the room was being measured by the TRV. The TRV is next to the radiator, so it’s really bad at measuring the temperature of the room.
As a result the system thought the room needed constant boosts of heating to maintain temperature. I believe there’s some level of algorithmic thinking that goes into determining the temperature of the room.
Moving the point the temperature is measured away from the heat source has solved this, the system has realised it doesn’t need constant boosts to maintain the target temperature of 20°c
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Ah okay! So it’s just the fact that it’s warmer than the TRV thinks it was & so it doesn’t need to click on more etc.
Gotchaaaaa.
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Exactly that!
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Hoping I’ve missed something and someone has a tip/trick…
I use Tado, have schedules set up on a very basic level. But on a day like today, we’ve been out since 10am so I turned it down, but I want it warm for 6pm, without altering the schedule.
Because I either end up setting a “put the heating on” reminder at 5pm, or forgetting. I can only seem to warm the place up now
Do you pay for the subscription? If so, the geofencing/auto-assist will do what you need.
That said, because there’s an API your heating settings can be controlled externally. I don’t have the subscription so I use Home Assistant to switch Tado between home and away modes depending on our locations. I believe you should be able to do the same via HomeKit too.
Also, the subscription is fairly cheap so I used to subscribe during the winter months and cancel in spring.
Tado:
Just looked how stupidly simple it is to replace the old style here.
So I could swap it all out and then put it all back when I leave the rental?
No, don’t pay.
I’ll have a look, but I’m not sure the location part would work for me
Carlo - yes, very easy.
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Worth noting there is a saving if you pay for the Tado Assist app upgrade annually.
It’s either £3.99 per month or £29.99 per year.
I think it’s quite reasonable.
But you need it for 6 months max so the annual options makes no logical sense.
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Presumably you go into the app and set a lower temperature when you’re going out? If so, click the pencil icon and choose how long you want the lower temperature for. It will then revert to schedule at the end of that period. If you come home early, just click resume schedule.
That seems an awful lot of effort for something so cheap. Cancelling and re-subscribing etc.
Nothing wrong doing so mind, I just wouldn’t personally. It’s £29.99 per year, or if you pay monthly for 6 months, it’s £23.94.
I find myself unexcited by the potential saving. I’ll continue paying annually 
Ahh this might solve it!
So I do it the other way around. The base temp and then up it when we need it
This is a very compelling argument. Maybe I need to think about my life!
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