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Heating and hot water
Follow these tips to help reduce your heating and hot water bills.
Turn down your thermostat and you could save 10% for each °C lowered. Try turning it down a little week by week until you find a level you are comfortable with.
Switch the heating off 30 minutes before bedtime or leaving the house - the radiators stay warm for a while.
Heat only the rooms you are using.
Lower your hot water temperature to 60 °C. You could try reducing this gradually to 50 °C to save even more money and reduce your carbon footprint further.
Have a quick shower instead of a bath, and save water and the energy needed to heat it. Be careful with power showers as they can pump out a lot of water.
If you do have a bath, do you need it so full or so hot?
Do not cover radiators with curtains, or put a sofa directly in front of them.
Put reflective panels (or just aluminium foil) behind radiators to reflect heat back into the room.
Replace an old boiler with a new condensing boiler which are about 90% efficient.
Lag hot water pipes and the hot water tank to reduce heat escaping.
Find any major draughts and fit appropriate draugh proofing.
Insulate your loft.
Close curtains and blinds as soon as it gets dark to stop heat escaping. Curtains with a thick thermal lining are even better.
Replace old windows with double glazing.
Have cavity wall insulation installed if your house can take it.
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