It could end up actually wasting money and energy instead of keeping you warm.
Many of us will likely be reaching for the thermostat this week as Storm Babet batters the country and conditions get chillier.
Dominic Lees-Bell, heating expert at Only Radiators explained: "Most people are still in a Victorian mindset and, during cold weather, they crank up the heat. And while that is a perfectly reasonable course of action, it's not what your thermostat does. Your thermostat is, instead, a limiter, not an accelerator. A minimum and a maximum temperature limiter rolled into one.
How to keep your bills low Your home needs a while for the heat to collect so it's important to be patient and let the central heating do its job. In fact, each degree you increase your thermostat by can actually cost you an extra 10% on your heating bill a year. Dominic explained: "The evidence that’s available points to 18°C being the most appropriate threshold, particularly for the fit and healthy. What is also made clear was that the ageing process makes our bodies less able to regulate our temperature, and less able to detect the cold.
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