The following tips will help you to achieve this goal.
Small steps
Draught-proof your home to make it easier to heat
Use
draught stoppers behind your doors, and seal cracks around windows, especially in the colder months. Draught stoppers can be brought from any hardware store - or you can make your own.
Open your windows and ventilate your home naturally
Get rid of moisture in the air and condensation build-up - a well ventilated home is healthier and easier to heat.
Medium steps
Keep the heat in your home and consider installing thermal curtains with good quality lining
Thermal curtains are specially designed to increase the insulation around your windows and retain more heat within your home.
Cover the ground under your home with polythene to prevent damp
A polythene sheet helps prevent rising damp air entering your home.
Big steps
Insulate your home
Insulation makes your house easier and cheaper to heat. Insulation can be found at most hardware stores, or search for it in the
Yellow Pages under ‘Insulation Thermal’.
Wrap your hot water cylinder and pipes to stop heat escaping
If your water pipes are hot to touch, valuable heat is escaping which is costing you money. Hot water cylinder wraps can be brought at most hardware stores and will reduce the amount of heat lost from the water in the cylinder.
If you're building or renovating choose materials that retain heat naturally
Materials like polished concrete and brick absorb the sun’s heat and keep homes at a comfortable temperature, saving money on heating.
If you're building or renovating consider installing double glazing
Install
double glazed windows as they can halve the heat lost through a single glazed window.
