The price of heating your home has probably gone sky-high since the energy cap change came into place. That coupled with winter, when we all need to use our heating more, you could be asking yourself the question ‘how to save money on heating bills’. There are several steps you can take to help during this difficult period and this post goes through some of the best ideas you can use to save money on heating. Let’s get into it.
How To Save Money on Heating Bills
A good place to start when you are looking to save money on your heating bill is to look at what you have in your home and how you use your home. A few smart tricks might save you a lot of money in the long run.
Fit Thermostatic Heating Valves
If you only use part of your house at various times of the day, why not just heat that part of the house? It’s a good idea if, for example, you work from home and only use one room for most of the day. You might be tempted to run costly electric heaters to keep yourself warm, but fitting individual thermostatic heating valves can ensure that the room or rooms you are using will be kept nice and toasty using your central heating, whilst not heating the rest of the house and wasting money.
Get Carpet
You’ve probably noticed that rooms without carpets are generally colder. If you are wondering how to save money on heating bills then this would be another area to think about when it comes to replacing worn hard flooring or cold original tiles.
A thick, fluffy carpet (Designer Carpet has some excellent options) will do a great job at helping to trap heat in a room. If you couple that with some thick underlay, you’ve got a double barrier helping you keep the heat in your home and stopping the cold air coming through the flooring. Not only that, it will also feel warmer and more comfortable underfoot.
Exclude Draughts
If you’ve got areas of your home that are a bit chillier than others, it might be that there is a draught coming through which is making your home cooler than it should be. An easy way to save money on heating bills is to find the draughts and then eliminate them. Often draughts can be found under doors, down chimneys, around cavities or gaps in your brickwork, for example near pipes or window frames. Any gaps you can fill or block will help you keep your heating bill down.
Insulate Your Loft
Although this won’t save you any money in the short-term as you will have to shell out for insulation, in the long term this will really help to keep the heat in your house and reduce your heating bill. We insulated our loft the first winter we lived here and it made a massive difference to how warm our house was. It keeps our house warm, particularly in the cold evenings and it’s a relatively simple job to do.
It’s not just the loft you can insulate, you can insulate the floor, cavity walls and solid walls. It’s best to get a professional to help you do these more complex insulation installations, but the loft should be pretty straightforward if you wish to do this yourself.
Add a Layer
One of the cheapest ways to save money on your heating bill is to add a layer on to yourself. I often feel colder than the rest of my family, so I’ve bought myself a pair of fleece-lined leggings and an extra thick hoodie which I can wear on the coldest days. It saves me having to crank up the thermostat and also stops everyone else walking around in shorts and a t-shirt in winter as I’ve got the heating a bit too high. I find I’m coldest when I’m working, as I’m sitting still for long periods, but wearing an extra layer which is designed to keep the wearer warm can really help on the coldest days.
So here are some top tips for you on how to save money on your heating bills. I hope you keep warm this winter without feeling the pinch. Let’s all keep our fingers crossed for a nice, early, warm spring which will help us all save a few pennies this year.
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