Beat the Energy Price Cap Rise: 5 Smart Tips to Save Money on Your Gas Bill

The Energy Price Cap is Rising. Is Your Gas Bill? 5 Smart Tips to Save Money

UK households are facing another increase in their energy bills as the Ofgem energy price cap is set to rise on October 2, 2025. The new cap will see the average annual bill for a typical dual-fuel household paying by direct debit increase by 2%, to an average of £1,755.

This rise is primarily due to higher network and policy costs, despite a slight decrease in wholesale gas prices. The increase affects households on standard variable tariffs, with an average rise of around £2.93 per month, making now the perfect time to look for easy ways to save money on your energy bills.

Graph shows prices based on a typical household paying by direct debit for a price-capped, dual-fuel tariff.

Typical Household Energy Bills 2022 - 2025

5 Smart Tips to Save Money on Your Energy Bills

1. Lower Your Boiler’s Flow Temperature

Most modern combi boilers are set to a high default temperature. You can significantly reduce your gas consumption by lowering the flow temperature to around 55-60°C. This allows the boiler to operate more efficiently, saving you money without impacting your home’s warmth.

2. Turn Down the Thermostat

Lowering your thermostat by just 1°C can cut your heating bill by up to 10%. The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends an optimal temperature for your home between 18-21°C. Find a comfortable temperature on the lower end of this scale to maximize savings.

3. Draught-Proof Your Home

Unwanted draughts can cause significant heat loss. Use draught-proofing strips on windows and doors, and use a chimney balloon or cover for unused fireplaces. Simple DIY solutions can be very effective and can save a typical household up to £85 a year.

4. Insulate Your Hot Water Tank

If you have a hot water cylinder, ensuring it is properly insulated can prevent heat from escaping. Upgrading a poorly insulated tank jacket to a British Standard Jacket (80mm thick) can save you around £40 a year.

5 . Upgrade to Tado Smart Heating Controls

Investing in a smart heating system like Tado can lead to substantial long-term savings. Tado’s smart thermostats and radiator valves provide granular control over your heating, allowing you to manage individual rooms. Features like geofencing automatically turn down the heating when you leave the house and turn it back on as you approach. Tado also uses weather forecasts to adjust heating and can detect open windows, prompting you to turn off the heat to avoid wasting energy. These features, along with detailed energy usage reports, can lead to an average saving of 22% on your heating consumption.

Tado Smart Heating Controls Features and Benefits

Main Features

  • Geofencing: Using the location of your smartphone, Tado can automatically turn down the heating when the last person leaves the house and start warming it up when the first person is on their way home to ensure you’re not wasting energy heating an empty house.
     
  • Multi-Room Control: By adding smart radiator valves, you can turn each room into a separate ‘zone’. This allows you to set a different temperature and heating schedule for each room, ensuring you only heat the spaces you’re using. For example, you can have a warmer living room in the evening and a cooler bedroom at night.
     
  • Open Window Detection: Tado can sense sudden changes in temperature and humidity, which it interprets as an open window. It will then automatically turn off the heating in that room to prevent energy from being wasted.
     
  • Smart Schedules: You can create custom heating schedules tailored to your daily routine. This is more flexible than traditional timers and can be adjusted easily through the Tado app.
     
  • Weather Adaptation: Tado’s system accesses online weather information for your location to adjust your heating. For example, on a sunny day, it can reduce heating output, knowing that the sun will help warm your home.
  • App and Voice Control: You can control your heating from anywhere using the Tado app on your smartphone or with voice commands through smart assistants like Amazon Alexa, Google Home, and Apple HomeKit.
     
  • Energy Insights and Reports: The Tado app provides detailed reports on your energy usage, helping you understand your heating habits and identify opportunities to save more money.

 

Key Benefits

  • Significant Energy Savings: The core benefit of Tado is the potential for substantial savings on your energy bills. Users have reported an average energy reduction of up to 22% and some sources even cite up to 31%. This is achieved by intelligently adapting to your lifestyle and external factors, ensuring you only heat your home when necessary.
     
  • Enhanced Comfort: Tado provides precise control over your home’s temperature. With multi-room control and smart scheduling, you can ensure every room is at the perfect temperature for comfort.
     
  • Convenience and Automation: The system automates many of the tasks of managing your heating. With features like geofencing and open window detection, you can set it and forget it, knowing that your heating is being managed efficiently without constant manual adjustments.
     
  • Ease of Use: Tado is designed to be user-friendly, with an intuitive app which allows you to easily set-up and edit your heating settings.
     
  • Scalable: Tado Smart Thermostat can be used as a stand-alone device, or you can choose to add Smart Radiator Valves to the system at any time, making your heating controls fully scalable.

Find out more or book your Tado Smart Heating Controls Installation

Smart Plumbing are a Tado Professional installer

Here at Smart Plumbing we are Tado professional installers, accredited to install their whole range of heating control products. We have been installing Tado products for several years now, and can not only get your new smart thermostat up and running, but also advise how to use it to maximise the savings you can make on your energy bills.

Ready to upgrade your heating controls and save money on your energy bills in the process? Smart Plumbing is here to help. Our team of experts can answer your questions and advise on the best solution for your home.

Call us today on 01484 940931 to find out how Tado can make your home more comfortable and your energy bills more manageable.

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You can rest assured that you are making the right choice when choosing our company to install your new boiler because we are one of only a few companies in the region that have an independently verified customer satisfaction score in excess of 99%.

Lowest Prices in the UK

We buy and install more boilers than any other independent heating company in the region. This has enabled us to negotiate exclusively low prices with the manufacturers, which we share with all our customers.

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Josh Wrigley
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Brilliant initial installation, very professional & offers peace of mind with 10 Year warranty. Just had my 1st year annual service, received an email reminder on the Wednesday, booked in for the following Tuesday (as requested by myself) & service documentation provided via email whilst technician was on site. Couldn’t recommend Ian & the team highly enough. Great work Smart Plumbing.
Claire Bell
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Ian and Tom did a fantastic job on our full boiler fitting..a full day of hard work along with great customer care and understanding. They both went out of their way to ensure the work was to the highest standard and above and beyond to source any equipment needed. The price I was quoted I paid and at a fantastic rate. Thankyou so much to both Ian and Tom. To any new customers ...I highly recommend Smart Plumbing as the team to choose for your next boiler!
Steve Ebbage
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Smart Plumbing have been great to deal with. Having had my boiler installed by them a year ago, it's recently had its first year service done by them also. I've found them to be very reliable, efficient and trustworthy, which I feel are all important qualities these days. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend them. Excellent!
Janet Dawson
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Thank you Ian and Tom at Smart Plumbing. You were hard working and very efficient. Not only did you replace my boiler you had to move it up into my bathroom. I give you 5 stars. You made it look so easy. To all of you reading this post , if you want to be smart Choose Smart Plumbing . Hard working and very efficient and friendly .👍👍👍
Diane Taylor
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We contacted Ian after a tenant reported a non-working boiler late on a Friday. Communication was fantastic, the boiler was replaced on the Sunday and all warranty paperwork emailed to our office the next day! Not used Smart Plumbing before this job but will definitely be adding Ian to our contractors list!

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We guarantee we will not be beaten on price. In the unlikely event that you receive a lower quote from any other Gas Safe registered installer, we will match their quote and provide you with your first year service free of charge.

COVID-Secure Contractor

We have carried out a COVID-19 risk assessment to keep our customers and engineers safe. We have comprehensive PPE, cleaning, handwashing and hygiene procedures in place, and will take all reasonable steps to maintain social distancing at all times. 

Rated 4.9 out of 5 stars

Josh Wrigley
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Brilliant initial installation, very professional & offers peace of mind with 10 Year warranty. Just had my 1st year annual service, received an email reminder on the Wednesday, booked in for the following Tuesday (as requested by myself) & service documentation provided via email whilst technician was on site. Couldn’t recommend Ian & the team highly enough. Great work Smart Plumbing.
Claire Bell
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Ian and Tom did a fantastic job on our full boiler fitting..a full day of hard work along with great customer care and understanding. They both went out of their way to ensure the work was to the highest standard and above and beyond to source any equipment needed. The price I was quoted I paid and at a fantastic rate. Thankyou so much to both Ian and Tom. To any new customers ...I highly recommend Smart Plumbing as the team to choose for your next boiler!
Steve Ebbage
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Smart Plumbing have been great to deal with. Having had my boiler installed by them a year ago, it's recently had its first year service done by them also. I've found them to be very reliable, efficient and trustworthy, which I feel are all important qualities these days. I wouldn't hesitate to recommend them. Excellent!
Janet Dawson
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Thank you Ian and Tom at Smart Plumbing. You were hard working and very efficient. Not only did you replace my boiler you had to move it up into my bathroom. I give you 5 stars. You made it look so easy. To all of you reading this post , if you want to be smart Choose Smart Plumbing . Hard working and very efficient and friendly .👍👍👍
Diane Taylor
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We contacted Ian after a tenant reported a non-working boiler late on a Friday. Communication was fantastic, the boiler was replaced on the Sunday and all warranty paperwork emailed to our office the next day! Not used Smart Plumbing before this job but will definitely be adding Ian to our contractors list!

Price-Match Promise

We guarantee we will not be beaten on price. In the unlikely event that you receive a lower quote from any other Gas Safe registered installer, we will match their quote and provide you with your first year service free of charge.