Out with gas charges
Out with gas charges
The news papers are full of reasons why we should cut gas consumption. Improving the efficiency of your heating boiler will help this and also help to reduce your heating charges. Your central heating may be accounting for up to one fifty percent of your total gas consumption. Here’s a few easy to implement advice to help you get lower energy costs.
Look At where you are using gas boilers :
If you have a spare sleeping room that is not being used switch off the central heating metal radiator in the room. Why heat rooms which are not going to be used, this only increases your energy expenditure. If you keep the door closed to the room it will stop the flow of chilly air around your home.
Use the gas heating system to heat your home rather than other appliances :
A fire is far less efficient than the central heating system. With coal or wood fires most of the heat disappears up the flue, modern central heating systems are much more efficient in heating your home than using an electric fire.
Stop those draughts with the correct insulation
Stop being cold air flowing into your home means that you do not have to pay for gas to continually heat the air. Doors are often regions where cold air leaks in so use approved entrance door insulation. A foam based sealer is excellent for shutting off any cracks between the brickwork and frame for doors or windowpanes. If you live in an older home you might be surprised how often these cracks occur. Whilst drafts are hidden using a wax candle flame can help to reveal where they are.
Ensure you are wearing warm clothes indoors :
Putting on a jumper will keep you warm rather than turning up the heating. A ten% decrease in your energy use can easily be achieved by trimming your room temperature by 1°.
Your curtains can help to control temperature :
In the wintertime make sure that the curtains are open when the sun is shining to heat your home. Your windows can be the cause of a lot of heat loss at nighttime as outside temperatures fall. Curtains can be an additional form of insulation and this time and cut heat loss if they are shut, you can save a considerable amount of money over time with this method. The thicker your curtains the greater for providing this supplementary layer of insulation.
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Check your heating boiler system and whether it has a hot water cylinder as this should be insulated. The hot water cylinder can retain its heat throughout the daylight if insulated making water accessible for you whenever required.
Radiators warm the wall behind and this heat loss can be diminished if you put metal foil behind the radiators.