Save on costs with a room thermostat
Save on costs with a room thermostat
Central heating is the most common form of heating in many homes in the UK. Whilst most are running well their energy economy could be improved with a few small modifications to the homes heating system controls. Installation of a rudimentary timer or a more complex heating system programmer will allow you to moderate when the heating and the hot water are running. Your bills will be significantly reduced as you will only be using energy when it is actually required.
Adding room thermostats will assist you to keep the warmth level in the home without paying for gas to make it warmer than required. Large cuts in gas use can be achieved by limiting energy use to the level necessary to hit the target room heat level. Similarly, various radiator thermostats called TRVs can be fitted which permit you to control each room’s warmth level separately. This is a recommended way of maintaining the bedroom temperatures lower than that in the ground floor areas.
gas consumption levels are higher with elderly central heating boilers. The normal life-time of a boiler is 15 years. The latest boilers tend to have much better energy efficient ratings and use heat exchanger technologies to reduce their gas intake. The most efficient central heating boilers in terms of saving money are called condensing boilers which use thirty -forty percent less fuel. They extract heat from the exhaust system gases and use it to heat your water. If you are putting in one of these form of boilers for the first time you could qualify for a government grant.