5 Ways to Keep Your House Warm in the Winter
With temperatures expected to get as low as 3°C in Somerset this week, it’s safe to say that winter has well and truly arrived! The arrival of frost and hail tends to mean that we turn to the central heating more to keep us warm, but did you know that there are a few simple ways that you can keep your house warm without resorting to increasing your heating bill?
1. Block draughts
Keep out cold air by making sure that all of the draughts in the house are blocked up. Make up some draught excluders to put underneath doors and fill in any gaps around doors and windows with self-adhesive rubber seals. Another good tip is to make your own draught excluder for the letterbox, as this is where a lot of cold air gets into the house.
2. Use tin foil
This might seem a bit odd at first, but it makes a lot of sense! Placing sheets of tin foil behind the radiators helps to reflect heat back into the room and prevents it being lost through the wall.
3. Pull the curtains
A lot of heat can be lost through windows, even if they are double glazed, so pull the curtains as soon as the sun goes down to trap as much heat inside as possible.
4. Drink up
There’s nothing cosier than snuggling on the sofa under piles of blankets while drinking your favourite hot drink. Stock up on plenty of herbal teas, hot chocolates and mulled wine to keep you warm from the inside out this winter.
5. Leave the oven door open
We tend to shut the oven after we’ve finished using it, but in the winter, try leaving the door open so that all of that lovely leftover heat warms the kitchen up. Make sure that any pets or children are supervised while this is open, though!
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Posted by Laurie Goldsmith
11th December 2018
