A few more ways to reduce your heating bills
by Liz Seyi Digital marketing managerKeeping your home hospitably warm is a bit like eating and drinking: it
can be expensive, but you have to do it regardless. Therefore, it would be
convenient if you could find ways to reduce the cost of residential heating
without having to risk leaving yourself shivering.
Indeed, the urgency to find ways to reduce our
heating costs has only been maximised lately by the fact that so many of us are
currently spending so much more time at home.
It’s why, in another recent blog post of ours, we
touched on some of the extremely simple
ways you can help to lessen your heating costs during this time, including such tips as
closing your curtains and turning off your radiators in unused rooms.
But there’s always more that can be done to keep
your home affordably heated. That’s why our Finchley, Fulham and Raynes Park plumbers decided to come up with a few further tips –
this time, focusing on your actual heating equipment and some of the upgrades
you might consider for it.
A great ‘bonus’ of following these steps to help
rein in your energy expenditure, is that by doing so, you’ll also be reducing
your carbon footprint. So, let’s take a look at some more great ways to help
decrease your domestic heating bills.
Upgrade your
boiler – or even just your heating controls
Replacing an ageing boiler with a new one can be a
straightforward way to save energy and – as a result – money, as the new boiler
is likely to be appreciably more energy-efficient.
However, if your budget can’t currently stretch to
a new boiler, rest assured that even just replacing your heating controls could
help. That’s because newer ones could enable you to measure – and therefore
monitor – your energy output more accurately.
While the “right” heating controls for your
heating system will depend on what type of heating system it is, common
examples of such controls include timers, programmers and thermostats.
Make extensive
use of your timer or programmer
We mentioned timers and programmers above, but
what do they actually do? With a timer, you can schedule your boiler to turn
itself on and off at given times over a 24-hour period.
Meanwhile, a programmer would allow you to arrange
for your boiler to heat up (or down) to particular temperatures at specific
times throughout the week.
However, timers and programmers can’t work their
best magic if they aren’t strategically configured to do so. For example, you
should make sure your heating system won’t needlessly expend energy at times
when you are bound to be outdoors.
How much could
a particularly energy-conscious household save?
When our Sutton, Ealing or Raynes Park plumbers –
or any of our other plumbing professionals, if necessary – visit your home in
Greater London, Surrey or Sussex, they can not only fit heating components, but
also advise you on how to use them to optimise energy efficiency.
All of that can feed into impressive financial
savings in the long run. Indeed, the Energy Saving Trust has suggested that a typical three-bedroom, semi-detached
home could save £75 a year from getting a programmer room thermostat and
thermostatic radiator valves.
Call us on 0203 370 0066 today to learn even more
about how our engineers could help youdrive down your home’s heating costs,
wherever you are in or around London or the Home Counties.
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