Christmas is fast approaching and the last thing you want to do is pay more on heating oil than you have to.
Start saving this winter with ValueOils.com top 5 tips on how to keep warm and save £££s!
The right temperature: Turning your thermostat down by just one degree centigrade can save you 6% on your heating bills – saving you £££’s each year. You probably won’t notice the difference that this makes in your home, but if you do find that you’re cold at home, rather than turning the heating oil up, simply set your boiler to come on a little earlier, that way you won’t be cold while you wait for the house to heat up.
OFTEC approved Service: To save money on heating oil, the fuel efficiency of the boiler is the key! Like any appliance or engine it is important to have your boiler serviced regularly, at least every 12 months to ensure that it is delivering optimum efficiency as even a small percentage drop in performance will be costly in the winter.
Insulate: You don’t need to double glaze your windows or spend hundreds of pounds having your cavity walls filled to make your house a warmer home – although it does help. Insulation is one of the most cost-effective ways to make your home warmer. Hanging thick curtains on the front and back doors, and using cheap draught exclusion strips on windows and brushes on the bottom of doors keeps cold air out and warm air in so your boiler won’t have to work as hard to keep you warm, and you won’t have to work as hard to pay for all that heating oil you’re burning.
Upgrade your order to eco heat: Helps maintain peak performance of heating system, Reduces fuel related service problems, Improves the systems efficiency.
Turn off radiators: Turning off radiators in rooms you don’t use.
By following our top five tips above you can start saving instantly!
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Hi
My (rented) house is an old stone bothy, and has recently been converted into a home and insulated. The boiler is brand new. I would love to turn the radiators off in the rooms I don’t use, but I am really worried about damp in those rooms. Through the day when the heating isn’t on, it is so cold and almost wet feeling in those rooms, that we have them on radiator control number 2 just to take the chill off in them. Is there anything else we can do? Or should we not even be trying to take the chill off those rooms, and just heat the lounge? Any help you can give would be gratefully received, as it feels as if we are ploughing through the oil at a rate of knots, compared to other houses we have had OFCH in!
Hi Beverley, thanks for your enquiry. While turning off the radiators in rooms you aren’t using will save you some oil, it sounds like there could be an issue with the damp proof course if the rooms are wet. You would probably be best to speak to your landlord or a DPC company. Thanks