Get quotes to fit smart home heating controls

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By Emily Rivers
Last updated 12th August 2022

Smart heating controls are the components that work alongside your boiler to give you precise control over your central heating and to keep the central heating system as energy efficient as possible. There are well-known brands such as Hive, Nest, Danfoss… that offer Smart heating controls.

How does a smart home heating system work?

SMART stands for 'Self Monitoring Analysis & Reporting Technology'. In a standard system the thermostat and timer speak to the combi, conventional or system boiler with general time settings when to come on and what temperature to reach in that time period. Smart controls take that further, allowing you to control each room, constantly changing pre-set settings as you wish, all from the control of your smartphone so you do not have to be in the house when turning heating on or off. Smart thermostats can work on your location, and when you are a certain radius away from the house, send a notification to your phone, prompting you to turn the heating on before you arrive home. Smart controls are compatible with radiators and underfloor heating.

Smart heating can learn your habits, detect motion and switch off heating.

Cost to fit smart home heating controls

How much will it cost to upgrade my controls to smart heating controls?

Switching to Smart heating will save you money in the long run. On the days your heating is set to come on when you usually get home from work, the nights you don’t go home first due to plans out, means you can actually switch off the heating while seated in a restaurant or in the office on the way out, to avoid heating your home when it is empty. 

Before you make the switch, you need to consider whether you would like a wired or wireless thermostat and how many Smart products you are wanting to add to the Smart thermostat. E.g.; would you like to also have Smart radiator valves like the Danfoss Eco™?

Once you have chosen your Smart device and extra components, you will need your gas heating engineer to install the system for you and this visit will cost a couple hours labour. Most gas heating engineers will ask you to buy the product and have it waiting for them, as there are a few different brands on the market and they prefer you to make the choice on which will suit your needs. Bearin mind with some products, that although the Smart thermostat may be more expensive, there might be more choices of compatible products. E.g.; Nest costs more than Hive but you will have a wider choice of compatible products to use with Nest, rather than having to stick with expensive Hive TRVs.

How much labour costs to fit smart heating controls

Per

Average total labour cost

Replacing a thermostat with a smart thermostat

Per hour

£100 

Replacing a thermostat with a smart thermostat and replacing 5x Smart TRVs

Per hour 

£300 

Replacing TRVs with 5x Smart TRVs

Per hour 

£200

Fitting 4x room thermostats for underfloor heating

Per job

£250

Wired vs wireless Smart thermostat

Smart thermostats come as either wired or wireless thermostats, both having their advantages. 

A wired Smart thermostat, e.g.; Danfoss TPOne, has one desired position fixed to the wall and this means everyone in the home will always know where the thermostat is and as it is in one place permanently it can learn the routine to learn household habits. This way the thermostat is less likely to be left in the coldest room, which will never give a true indication of the rest of the house, therefore the heating will not work efficiently.

A wireless Smart thermostat, e.g.; Hive Thermostat, means the thermostat is not fixed to a wall and you can pick it up and carry it to a room of your choice, changing which room you would like to have the thermostat sit and read the temperature of. This means you can spend time investigating which room and where in a room is the perfect position to control the heating making the central heating system as energy efficient as possible. The wireless thermostat needs a hub or receiver box to communicate to the boiler. 

What happens if my WIFI is down?

Smart heating controls also have a pre-set schedule like an ordinary thermostat and timer. If the WIFI in your area is down, the Smart heating will resort back to the pre-set schedule. It just means that during the time of no WIFI, you will not be able to control the heating with your smartphone. 

You will also be able to override schedules by manually using the controls on the thermostat to turn heating off / on and adjust temperature settings.

Is my boiler compatible with smart heating controls?

Most boilers, combi or conventional boilers are compatible with smart thermostats and smart heating controls. Of course, a very old boiler may be the exception but it is best to chat with your gas heating engineer before you rule out the possibility. Your home will need; a boiler (gas, oil or electric), smart controls, a smartphone or computer to operate and access the app as well as a power socket for the hub and WIFI and / or bluetooth connections. Smart heating is not compatible with storage heaters.


Estimates for common heating engineer jobs;

Rates for other trades

Fit smart heating controls cost in the UK
Fit smart heating controls cost in the UK (excluding VAT or callout charges)
Location in UKFit smart heating controls cost
Fit smart heating controls near Aberdeen£78
Fit smart heating controls near Amber Valley£80
Fit smart heating controls near Angus£72
Fit smart heating controls near Arun£94
Fit smart heating controls near Ashfield£76
Fit smart heating controls near Aylesbury Vale£102
Fit smart heating controls near Barnsley£76
Fit smart heating controls near Basildon£94
Fit smart heating controls near Basingstoke & Deane£116
Fit smart heating controls near Bassetlaw£72
Fit smart heating controls near Bath & North East Somerset£82
Fit smart heating controls near Bedford£96
Fit smart heating controls near Belfast£68
Fit smart heating controls near Birmingham£80
Fit smart heating controls near Blackburn£74
Fit smart heating controls near Blackpool£74
Fit smart heating controls near Bolton£80
Fit smart heating controls near Bournemouth£88
Fit smart heating controls near Bracknell Forest£114
Fit smart heating controls near Bradford£74
Fit smart heating controls near Braintree£92
Fit smart heating controls near Breckland£72
Fit smart heating controls near Bridgend£72
Fit smart heating controls near Brighton£96
Fit smart heating controls near Bristol£78
Fit smart heating controls near Broadland£88
Fit smart heating controls near Broxtowe£78
Fit smart heating controls near Bury£80
Fit smart heating controls near Caerphilly£68
Fit smart heating controls near Calderdale£72
Fit smart heating controls near Cambridge£92
Fit smart heating controls near Canterbury£90
Fit smart heating controls near Cardiff£70
Fit smart heating controls near Carmarthenshire£56
Fit smart heating controls near Charnwood£80
Fit smart heating controls near Chelmsford£92
Fit smart heating controls near Cheltenham£88
Fit smart heating controls near Cherwell£94
Fit smart heating controls near Chester£78
Fit smart heating controls near Colchester£90
Fit smart heating controls near Conway£64
Fit smart heating controls near Coventry£80
Fit smart heating controls near Crewe & Nantwich£76
Fit smart heating controls near Dacorum£106
Fit smart heating controls near Derby£76
Fit smart heating controls near Doncaster£76
Fit smart heating controls near Dover£90
Fit smart heating controls near Dudley£82
Fit smart heating controls near Dumfries & Galloway£70
Fit smart heating controls near Dundee£82
Fit smart heating controls near East Ayrshire£74
Fit smart heating controls near East Devon£70
Fit smart heating controls near East Dunbartonshire£84
Fit smart heating controls near East Hampshire£90
Fit smart heating controls near East Hertfordshire£100
Fit smart heating controls near East Lindsey£68
Fit smart heating controls near East Riding£70
Fit smart heating controls near Eastleigh£90
Fit smart heating controls near Edinburgh£84
Fit smart heating controls near Elmbridge£116
Fit smart heating controls near Epping Forest£112
Fit smart heating controls near Erewash£78
Fit smart heating controls near Exeter£74
Fit smart heating controls near Falkirk£84
Fit smart heating controls near Fife£80
Fit smart heating controls near Flintshire£74
Fit smart heating controls near Gateshead£84
Fit smart heating controls near Gedling£78
Fit smart heating controls near Glasgow£84
Fit smart heating controls near Gloucester£132
Fit smart heating controls near Guildford£112
Fit smart heating controls near Gwynedd£58
Fit smart heating controls near Halton£80
Fit smart heating controls near Harrogate£72
Fit smart heating controls near Havant & Waterloo£86
Fit smart heating controls near Highland£80
Fit smart heating controls near Horsham£106
Fit smart heating controls near Huntingdonshire£86
Fit smart heating controls near Ipswich£130
Fit smart heating controls near Isle of Wight£84
Fit smart heating controls near Kings Lynn & West Norfolk£78
Fit smart heating controls near Kingston-upon-Hull£70
Fit smart heating controls near Kirklees£74
Fit smart heating controls near Knowsley£80
Fit smart heating controls near Lancaster£76
Fit smart heating controls near Leeds£74
Fit smart heating controls near Leicester£80
Fit smart heating controls near Lisburn£66
Fit smart heating controls near Liverpool£80
Fit smart heating controls near London£114
Fit smart heating controls near Luton£104
Fit smart heating controls near Macclesfield£76
Fit smart heating controls near Maidstone£92
Fit smart heating controls near Manchester£80
Fit smart heating controls near Mid Bedfordshire£100
Fit smart heating controls near Mid Sussex£104
Fit smart heating controls near Middlesbrough£80
Fit smart heating controls near Milton Keynes£100
Fit smart heating controls near Neath Port Talbot£76
Fit smart heating controls near New Forest£88
Fit smart heating controls near Newbury£116
Fit smart heating controls near Newcastle-under-Lyme£74
Fit smart heating controls near Newcastle-upon-Tyne£84
Fit smart heating controls near Newport£70
Fit smart heating controls near North Ayrshire£76
Fit smart heating controls near North East Lincolnshire£72
Fit smart heating controls near North Hertfordshire£102
Fit smart heating controls near North Lanarkshire£84
Fit smart heating controls near North Lincolnshire£72
Fit smart heating controls near North Somerset£78
Fit smart heating controls near North Tyneside£84
Fit smart heating controls near North Wiltshire£98
Fit smart heating controls near Northampton£92
Fit smart heating controls near Norwich£86
Fit smart heating controls near Nottingham£78
Fit smart heating controls near Nuneaton & Bedworth£80
Fit smart heating controls near Oldham£78
Fit smart heating controls near Oxford£96
Fit smart heating controls near Pembrokeshire£54
Fit smart heating controls near Perth & Kinross£76
Fit smart heating controls near Peterborough£84
Fit smart heating controls near Plymouth£68
Fit smart heating controls near Poole£88
Fit smart heating controls near Portsmouth£86
Fit smart heating controls near Powys£88
Fit smart heating controls near Preston£74
Fit smart heating controls near Reading£116
Fit smart heating controls near Redcar & Cleveland£82
Fit smart heating controls near Reigate & Banstead£118
Fit smart heating controls near Renfrewshire£80
Fit smart heating controls near Rhondda, Cynon, Taff£72
Fit smart heating controls near Rochdale£78
Fit smart heating controls near Rochester-upon-Medway£90
Fit smart heating controls near Rotherham£74
Fit smart heating controls near Salford£80
Fit smart heating controls near Salisbury£88
Fit smart heating controls near Sandwell£82
Fit smart heating controls near Scarborough£74
Fit smart heating controls near Scottish Borders£92
Fit smart heating controls near Sefton£78
Fit smart heating controls near Sevenoaks£104
Fit smart heating controls near Sheffield£74
Fit smart heating controls near Slough£110
Fit smart heating controls near Solihull£80
Fit smart heating controls near South Ayrshire£76
Fit smart heating controls near South Bedfordshire£96
Fit smart heating controls near South Cambridgeshire£92
Fit smart heating controls near South Gloucestershire£80
Fit smart heating controls near South Kesteven£82
Fit smart heating controls near South Lanarkshire£78
Fit smart heating controls near South Oxfordshire£104
Fit smart heating controls near South Somerset£66
Fit smart heating controls near South Tyneside£84
Fit smart heating controls near Southampton£88
Fit smart heating controls near Southend-on-Sea£90
Fit smart heating controls near St Albans£108
Fit smart heating controls near St Helens£80
Fit smart heating controls near Stafford£78
Fit smart heating controls near Stockport£80
Fit smart heating controls near Stockton-on-Tees£80
Fit smart heating controls near Stoke-on-Trent£74
Fit smart heating controls near Stratford-on-Avon£88
Fit smart heating controls near Stroud£82
Fit smart heating controls near Suffolk Coastal£142
Fit smart heating controls near Sunderland£84
Fit smart heating controls near Swale£90
Fit smart heating controls near Swansea£70
Fit smart heating controls near Tameside£80
Fit smart heating controls near Teignbridge£76
Fit smart heating controls near Tendring£114
Fit smart heating controls near Test Valley£86
Fit smart heating controls near Thamesdown£96
Fit smart heating controls near Thanet£88
Fit smart heating controls near The Wrekin£82
Fit smart heating controls near Thurrock£96
Fit smart heating controls near Torbay£76
Fit smart heating controls near Trafford£82
Fit smart heating controls near Vale of Glamorgan£76
Fit smart heating controls near Vale of White Horse£92
Fit smart heating controls near Vale Royal£74
Fit smart heating controls near Wakefield£74
Fit smart heating controls near Walsall£80
Fit smart heating controls near Warrington£82
Fit smart heating controls near Warwick£82
Fit smart heating controls near Waveney£84
Fit smart heating controls near Waverley£108
Fit smart heating controls near Wealden£96
Fit smart heating controls near West Lancashire£80
Fit smart heating controls near West Lothian£90
Fit smart heating controls near West Wiltshire£98
Fit smart heating controls near Wigan£80
Fit smart heating controls near Windsor & Maidenhead£110
Fit smart heating controls near Wirral£78
Fit smart heating controls near Wokingham£116
Fit smart heating controls near Wolverhampton£82
Fit smart heating controls near Wrexham Maelor£82
Fit smart heating controls near Wychavon£84
Fit smart heating controls near Wycombe£114
Fit smart heating controls near York£72