1. Book Your Plumber Before The Winter
During the autumn and winter, plumbers get booked up really quickly due to people discovering boiler faults. This because they turn their heating on for the first time and realise their boiler isnt working properly and so there is more demand for plumbers. There is usually a lot more availability during the summer and spring for plumbers and heating engineers
2. Get Your Boiler Serviced Before You Actually Need it
Most people only service their boiler when they discover that it is damaged, which usually costs them a lot more and leaves them without hot water during the winter.
The summer would be the best time for someone to get their boiler serviced because you can fix any issues before they cause any further damage and before you need it.
3. Buy A Radiator In The Summer
There are a lot of savings to be had on heating appliances due to the much lower demand during the summer. Most retailers will offer sales as interest generally dips because people stop thinking about heating when it’s hot outside.
4. Find Another Way To Dry Your Towels
People waste money by running their heating in the summer because they want warm towels in the bathroom. We recommend getting a dual fuel towel rail or converting their existing towel rail so that they can still dry their towels in the bathroom without running their whole central heating system.
5. Make Use of Natural Sunlight
Tturn your lights off when you’re not using them or when you leave a room. You can also save a lot of money by changing all the lights in your home to LED bulbs.
6. Use Your Fans Wisely
Positioning fans at floor level will help them circulate cooler air instead of warm air. Also opening windows to bring in cool air at night rather than using fans could be a great way of reducing your energy consumption.
7. Tweak Your Boiler Settings
You can tweak the setting on your boiler to provide hot water and not heating. This way, you will still get hot water throughout the house, but your radiators won’t come on, keeping your radiators cool but ensuring you have hot water where you need it.
8. Clean Your Radiator
Give your radiators a proper clean if you want to keep your heating system functioning as efficiently as possible. Giving your radiators a really good clean to remove any build-up of dust will help you reduce energy and maintenance costs.
9. Don’t Leave Appliance On Standby Mode
If you turn off the appliances that you are not using, you can make some pretty easy savings on your energy bills. Most appliances won’t be affected if they are turned on and off but you can always check the instruction for each appliance to make sure that turning them off won’t change any settings.
10. Turn Off The Hot Water Preheat Setting
If you own a combi boiler, you can turn off the hot water preheat setting to save some money. Gas costs a lot more than water, so it’s a lot cheaper to only heat water as you use it, even if it means running the tap for a few seconds longer.
