Any suggestions to keep the house warm?

Tesco_Greener_Living

Gosh I hope you're gradually warming up with these tips.

After keeping the insulation and heating in check perhaps you could do with the following tips:

- Add a few more rugs in the centre of the room
- Ensure the curtains are thick and long enough to cover the window and more but not covering the radiators. The more soft furnishings the better!
- Hunt down those pesky draughts around doors and windows and block them with draught-proofing materials, such as foam strips, brushes and fillers. Draught excluders for each external door would also help.
- Cook soups and stews to warm you up and heat the kitchen.
- After a bath leave the water in there to keep the bathroom warm. (When cool the bathwater can be used to warm plants
- Keep your hot water tank hotter for longer by wrapping it in a jacket. They only cost around £15, but could save you around £35 a year on your heating bills.

Hope this helps and that you can improve the warmth of your house without leaving the heating on all day! Good luck

Tesco_Greener_Living

Also - Try fixing foil behind your radiators, shiny side out. This reflects heat back into the room and will help reduce the cost of your heating bills

mozzy10

What I would do is put ALL the TRVs around the house on their highest setting then set the thermostat to 21C. Wait a couple of days for the house to heat up then turn down the TRVs in bedrooms etc if you need to.

Are there TRVs in the same room as the thermostat? If so turn them up to full and leave them. If you try to turn them down they will overide the thermostat.

This is assuming the heating works as it should.

This is what I was advised to do in my house and it works.