4 ways to save money heating your home in winter

Last Updated on April 19, 2024

[AD] Keeping your home heater running during winter can be really expensive, so finding ways to save money heating your home during the colder months is something that many of us are keen to do.

If you’re looking for more cost efficient ways to heat your home, here are some fantastic things you can do.

Block any drafts 

Blocking drafts is the first thing you should try when you want to save money heating your home, because when cold air is able to blow through your rooms, it means warm air can get out, which makes maintaining a constant temperature in your home difficult.

Luckily, it’s easy to block drafts. For any drafts that happen around windows, doors, or light fittings, you can block them using whipped putty.

For drafts under outside doors, rubber or foam fittings that attach to the very bottom help block up any space where air may be escaping.

For interior doors, using decorative draft excluders is the best approach, because they can be moved around as needed, they don’t block the entrance or exit to a room, and will stop a draft from occurring when used correctly.

Invest in good quality windows 

Another essential way to keep your home cosy and warm in the winter is to make sure you have good quality double-glazed windows fitted.

Choosing the finest double glazed windows will reduce your energy usage significantly, because warm air will not be able to escape, which significantly reduces the amount of money it costs to warm your home, as well as giving your home aesthetically pleasing windows.

Maintain your heating system

Just like any other piece of technology, your central heating system needs to be properly taken care of to work efficiently.

Your heating system must work efficiently because if it doesn’t you’ll be consuming much more energy than necessary, hiking up the price of heating your home.

Regularly maintaining your heating system is the best way to ensure it’s working efficiently.

The best time to ensure your heating system is maintained is just before the colder weather sets in, because it will be ready for maximum efficiency once the temperature drops, ensuring your energy bills stay as low as possible all season.

SMART thermostats 

Another way to save money when it comes to heating your home is to consider what thermostat you use, as your thermostat is a very important piece of equipment.

This is because you can use it to create automatic settings that will ensure you heat your home at the optimum times, and that you heat your home when your family is indoors to enjoy it.

For example, you can set your thermostat to turn your heating on at 4-5pm, just as your kids return from back to school, or other family members come home from work.

You can even go one step further with your thermostat and get a SMART thermostat installed. The benefit of a SMART thermostat is that you don’t have to be in the house to use it.

Instead, via an internet connection, you can turn your heating on, off, up, or down from anywhere in the world, which means you can change your heating setting to suit your needs easily, preventing a waste of energy and money in the process.

There are many ways that you can save money heating your home. Whether it’s by blocking drafts or investing in good quality windows so warm air can’t escape, maintaining your heating system so it runs efficiently, or using your thermometer better, you will start to see big differences in your energy bills.

Do you have any tips on how to save money heating your home?