Heating Top Tips
A well-insulated home will reduce heat loss and conserve energy, resulting in lower fuel usage and reduced fuel bills.
We’ve put together a couple of other energy-saving tips that can help reduce your energy bills:
Check your Thermostat
Keep your main room’s thermostat to a comfortable temperature – normally 21oc. Turing it down by 1oc to 20oc can save significant amounts of money on your bills. In halls and bedrooms ideally, thermostats should be set between 15oc and 18oc to keep bills down and at the same time avoid freezing pipes in winter.
Boiler Service
Make sure your boiler is regularly serviced and working safely and efficiently as this will keep you safe and help reduce your energy consumption. Keep in mind that not heating your home correctly or sufficiently may lead to issues relating to damp and the formation of mould.
Reducing Home Heat Loss
- Install radiator foils behind your radiators to help reflect heat back into the room and reduce heat loss through your walls
- Use draft stoppers at the base of doors to keep heat in rooms
- To reduce drafts and heat loss drawing the curtains when it’s getting dark helps keep heat in the house. By filling these gaps, it’ll make sure you are limiting the amount of cold air that is coming in will massively increase the temperature of your home
Additional Energy Saving Advice
As well as speaking to your energy supplier directly, you can also click on any of the links below for further energy-saving advice and tips:
Consumer Council | Electricity, oil and gas