Where to Put a tado° Thermostat, Sensor, Bridge and Receiver

• An inside wall, roughly where a wall thermostat would sit, or tado°'s stand on a shelf
• Not above or beside a radiator, in direct sun, by an outside door or near a cooker
• One reference device per room: tado° allows one wired thermostat or one sensor, not both
• The 2nd-gen wired thermostat stays on its wall plate: tado° says lifting it off stops it controlling the heating

• A socket central to the devices it serves, within reach of the main Wi-Fi network; guest networks cannot be used
• One Bridge X per 100 square metres, as tado° recommends, with a Thread router on each floor or at opposite sides of the home
• Up to 20 devices per border router, and tado° suggests no more than 30 tado° X devices in one Home
• The UK Wireless Receiver X counts as a border router too, which helps if it is central

• On the wall in place of the old programmer, on the existing wiring
• If the boiler and receiver are in a basement, tado° suggests a Bridge X between the receiver and the rest of the home; a metal boiler cupboard can call for the same
• Moving a receiver to a new spot means moving the wiring with it; tell the pro if you want that, as it changes the job

A vetted pro prices your job from photos of the boiler, your existing controls and the tado° kit, and the JACK app shows you that fixed price before you book.

What is on your wall now decides the job. A wired thermostat swapped for a Smart Thermostat X on the same cable is the simplest. A receiver in place of a heating and hot water programmer, an old wireless thermostat and its receiver to take out of the circuit, or a home split into zones takes longer. A Smart Radiator Thermostat is simple on its own, so a house full of them is priced on the number of radiators and the valves they sit on.

Every device goes on one booking for one price: the thermostat or receiver, a Bridge X if your kit needs one, and radiator thermostats for each room. Other jobs, such as a smart doorbell, can go on the same visit. Where parking has to be paid for, it is added at cost and agreed before you book.

Prefer to pay for the pro's time? Hourly hire works too: as a guide, smart home installation is typically £45–£95 per hour.