11 Easy Ways To Reduce Your Energy Bills | SAVE UP TO 51%!

Energy prices have shot up so in this video we have put together 11 ways that you can reduce your heating bills at home yourself, without the help on an engineer!
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[AZTwo]

IF you can get under your floor floor, buy some insulation for between the joists. To hold it up, simply get some plastic netting, and staple it up to the joists as you unroll it . ( messy job though, but worth it .)

You might also want to put a reflective foil insulating layer under your carpets, when replacing them.

Buy a roll of insulated foil and slot it behind radiators on outside walls particularly, but also on the room you heat the most, to stop heat transferring to other cooler rooms .

Use Pot Lids when cooking, you will be amazed how much you can turn down the heat and still keep a pot boiling you put on a pot lid. Otherwise that extra heat is just heating your kitchen .
Turn the heat down on a boiling pot until it just stops boiling, then put on a pot lid, it will start to boil again, then turn it down again until it is just boiling and no more . Remember, the water does NOT get any hotter once it has boiled, it just evaporates quicker ( and so does your bank balance:(
Test it with a glass pot lid, it’s easier to see the water boiling .

As was stated, put on layers, if you have cold feet, buy better insulating socks, or just wear several pairs.

Good luck this winter, we might get lucky and get a mild one .

[wendyjones]

Just looked back on an older video of yours - you have come a long way! It’s so much easier to take in what you are saying now that the flashing lights and distracting background music has gone. Great tips. Thanks for being so clear.

[ErikvM]

What is your view concerning legionella in the pipes? I'm from the Netherlands and everyone here advices to leave the warm tap water setting on at least 55, but mostly on 60 to prevent legionella in the pipes in the house or other buildings. Also without a storage unit where the water is stored in.

[TimAndKatsGreenWalk]

I'm so glad this channel exists. I followed some of your advice from pervious videos and managed to reduce my hot water gas usage by quite a bit so I thought I'd share those tips in my own video a few weeks ago. It's became somewhat more popular than I expected though, and then I started getting loads of people complaining about my flow temperature and legionella advice! I'm very glad that I can point them to videos like this from true professionals to confirm what I say in my own video. A lot of them still don't believe me though and they get really angry! Oh well. Modern internet, eh? Keep up the excellent work.

[jennyjewell]

We have no central heating and have an open fire. I have thermally lined the curtains and draught curtains, draught sealed doors and windows ( no double glazing). I have made blankets for every chair and have a strap on hot water bottle over thick jumper. Any plug in heater is only used if washing is also being dried on rainy days- always has to do two jobs. We sit in whichever room washing is being dried! We are old and remember surviving such times in the 50s. Have in the past put newspaper between blankets but it gets a bit noisy!

[Pegaroo_]

1:30 I know you wouldn't normally consume water from hot tap but it's safe practice to keep water temp at 50 or above to prevent Legionnaires disease

[Cllr_Sammon]

Great video to see the lagging clips mentioned. My local merchant laughed at me for ages when I mentioned them and lagging glue! Defo get insulating those airing cupboard pipes.

[dancoe]

Heating engineer and plumber here ….well done for what you are doing 👍 Every house I go into I’m doing the same.
Shouldn’t be down to us though as many people needed this stuff from April and government should have been helping improve education around easy efficiency savings years ago ( if thats what they truly cared about 🤔)

[bill-]

Good advice but also insulation is good.
I topped up the loft insulation several years ago from 4" when I bought the house to 12", had double glazing fitted, both while I was working and a new condensing boiler after taking early retirement. Bought pipe insulation for underneath the floorboards where the central heating pipes run in the downstairs front room. I put a new roof on the extension and put loft insulation in with tongue and groove board ceiling. I plan to do the rear kitchen wall like this. I put in a new bath and altered the plasterboard layout so filled the cavity with loft insulation.
15°C in this bedroom with no heating and Sun streaming through the window making a nice almost 21°C in the Sun. Wearing a T shirt, jumper, jeans, socks and bedroom slippers.
3 LED bulbs and some CFL lamps when they were going cheap at 10p each, I guess to get LED ones in stock.

[danbarb]

It is at least once in a week recommended to push the heat to over 65°C because of legionella, it is dangerous to keep the temperature at 50°C. Thats why seperate heat pumps for your warm water have the legionella mode to heat the water once in a week over 65°.

[prawnkng]

The production quality and editing is amazing.
Feels like this is 1m+ sub channel.

[Giftedmike]

The government should be sending professionals out to every home to run these checks and set up peoples houses properly. It would cause a significant reduction in energy usage and cost over winter.

[oldmanvlogs-UK-PHP]

Hi
I have a Protterton Promax Combi HE plus boiler which are the best money saving settings to have, I live in a HMO and only have three rads, Living room, bedroom and bathroom (towel rail) Bath with tap shower and bathroom sink
My current settings are… This
Radiators 55
Hot water 56
Could I possibly get more efficient, changing my settings.
I only have 3 double glazed windows and sandwich between ground floor and second floor with 2 external walls in living room and bedroom.
Any advice would be great Thanks 🙏

[TheOfficialBatteryMan]

I followed all your advice and now I’m spending 1% of what i did before! Thanks Heat Geek!

[marcopolo]

Some interesting guides but I'd question the hot water thermo being set at 50 degrees due to storage versus distribution times.

[adrianking]

I have an old cast iron floor standing heat only boiler. I need to upgrade as its probably less than 60% efficient. Would you recommend removing the cylinder and installing a viessmann 111-w combi?

[brackcycle]

If you don't happen to have a "Chimney Balloon" handy, old pillow/rags in a plastic sack does the trick. Draft seal round the loft hatch too, often missed out. Thin Reflective insulation stuck to the wall behind radiators if they are on outside walls. ( can be done with rad in position with stick & double sided tape)

[bigdaz]

Cheap win win tip put the reflective/Mirror film on you Windows where you spend most time, living Room ect.
I get the Sun blazing for about 8 hours straight direct on my Living Room Windows in the Summer and it does help to keep the room a little cooler by reflecting some of the Heat away and i swear it helps some with heat loss in the Winter months too.

[kimlaurafowler]

How do I know if my combinboiler is condensing properly. As I’ve just had flue tilt adjusted

[danwiddon]

Dishwasher and thermocouples aren’t what most people struggling to heat or eat have. Great, engaging content, for those that don’t need space heating yet and have had years to electrify their hot water. Best of luck!