Expert's easy heating hack can save you 10% on your energy bill in just one second
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A heating pro has revealed a savvy trick to cut your energy bills by up to 10% - and it's as quick as the flick of a switch. With winter's chill refusing to budge, households are on the hunt for frugal methods to keep their homes cosy without breaking the bank.
The internet is awash with hacks for economical home heating, but not all that glitters is gold. With that in mind, Adam Clark, founder of My Local Toolbox, has weighed in with some easy and effective options for heating concerns. Adam's top tip requires zero effort - just dial down your thermostat by a mere 1°C and watch your bill shrink by up to a tenth. This particular tip has been making rounds online, with one popular TikTok clip showing someone implementing it with their own thermostat, but in Fahrenheit.
The caption reads: "According to Energy.gov, you're not saving on your heating bill by keeping it at a constant 68 degrees. Do this instead!". But Adam didn't stop there; he was also keen to debunk some widely held heating myths. One such fallacy is the idea that it's more cost-effective to leave your heating ticking over all day.
This notion likely comes from thinking it takes less energy to maintain a constant temperature than to reheat a space from cold. However, Clark busts this myth, insisting that continuous low heating isn't the money-saver people think it is. He remarked: "A property's heat loss is proportional to the temperature difference between the inside and the outside of your home. Leaving your heating on all day will mean that most of the heat is lost to the outside of the home.
