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Top 5 Tips to reduce your heating Bills this year.

Top 5 Tips to reduce your heating Bills this year.

Your central heating system is likely to be the biggest contributor to your household gas or energy bills. Which means by making small changes you can make big savings in your monthly bills.

Follow our top tips to get the best from your heating system :

  • boiler and radiator maintenance to boiler controls

  • find simple ways to cut your energy use and achieve cheaper energy bills.

Heating and hot water accounts for about 55% of a household's energy bills in the UK, according to the Energy Saving Trust (April 2020).

With the average home's energy bill set to increase by £695 from 1 April 2022,

We all need to make small changes to make big saving

1. Update your boiler and heating controls


Old boilers can cost more to run than newer ones – but given that buying a new boiler and having it installed can cost in the thousands, replacing it is not always cost effective. If you decide that replacing your boiler would be too pricey but your heating controls are old, just replace those – newer heating controls are much more accurate. Based on a typical three-bed semi-detached house, there is a potential saving of £75 a year by installing a thermostat, programmer and thermostatic radiator valves (Energy Saving Trust, May 2020). Not only that, but it could reduce your home's carbon output by 320kg every year.