Top Tips For A Warm Home

DALTON, England, February 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ –

A North Yorkshire-based expert in home heating has issued five tips to help
householders keep warm during the current cold snap.

Michael Wood, who is an expert in expense reduction analysis, believes that six out of
ten UK householders pay around 30 per cent too much for their electricity, and that around
10 per cent of their yearly spend will be caused by the current cold weather.

“Part of the problem is that people don’t know how to shop around to get the best
electricity tariff,” he says. “And then they struggle to know how to use their electric
heaters [http://www.economy-radiators.com ] efficiently. This is a real issue during very
cold weather and when energy prices are so high.”

“For most people, 80 per cent of their energy is used in the six winter months, 40 per
cent in the two peak months and around 10 per cent in the five coldest days.”

Michael’s business, The Economy Radiator Company [http://www.economy-radiators.com ],
is based in Dalton near York. It has grown from a standing start to a GBP4.5 million
turnover in just four years. The company, which has a policy of employing from the local
area, has just moved into new, 5,000 sq foot premises, tripling its capacity.

Michael has issued his top five tips to help householders keep warm:

1. Make sure you’re on the right tariff. For electricity you should be aiming to get
as close as possible to 8 or 9.5 pence per kilowatt hour (2.5p for gas). Look at
comparison sites and switch to the best tariff for you.

2. Don’t automatically use Economy 7 or 10 tariffs. The night rates on Economy 7 or 10
are low but the day rates are correspondingly high to average back what you believe you
have saved

3. The most economical way to heat your house (assuming your heating is
thermostatically controlled) is to leave the heating on all the time with a four degree
temperature reduction at night or when out at work.

4. Regulate your heating intelligently from room to room so that it’s warm in rooms
only at times when you need to be in them, each room being set differently.

5. Make sure you have the correct capacity heater for the room you’re heating. Measure
the width, length and height of the room and buy a heater that will do the job. An
incorrect (too small) capacity heater will use more energy and still not achieve the
desired effect.

SOURCE The Economy Radiator Company