Expert shares exact time to turn heating on so house is 'warm all night'
People are being urged to turn on their heating at a specific time to keep their homes warm “all night”. As the evenings and nights get colder it can seem harder and harder to stay cosy at home.
But with the cost of energy bills being so high, many of us will want to avoid turning on the heating wherever we can. With this in mind, one expert shared the most efficient way to utilise your heating, and make sure you’re not woken up feeling freezing cold in the middle of the night.
“With things getting chillier as winter sets in, people depend more on their heating to stay warm in the house,” Llewellyn Kinch, CEO and co-founder of solar platform and home energy specialists MakeMyHouseGreen, said: “Night tends to suck the heat out of a house in winter. Who wants to get up in the morning to a freezing house? If you use your home heating in one key way, you and your family won’t have to.”
To get the best results he therefore recommended turning the heat on an hour before you go to bed and timing it to remain on for a few hours after. He said: “To create a balance between energy efficiency and home comfort at night, turn your heating on about an hour before you go to bed and leave it on for a few hours by setting the timer.
That way, the house won’t get too cold at night, and it won’t require so much energy to heat it up again on those frosty mornings.” Do this, and you’ll feel a difference to how your residence feels in winter and in your energy bills, he said.
Llewellyn shared a more detailed heating plan below:
When to turn it on: If you time your heating to turn off late evening as most people do in winter, change that so it stays on for a couple of hours after you’ve gone to sleep – or turn it on manually about an hour before you go to bed
When to turn it off: Set your timer so your heating turns off an hour or so after you go to bed. This will allow the entire house to reach a comfortable temperature without overburdening the system – and likely make for a cosier bed time for your family.
He added: “Use smart thermostats to fine-tune your heating. You can use thermostatic radiator valves to control the heating of each room separately.”
His other tips for a warmer house include closing the curtains and shutting the doors to keep heat in the rooms you use most. “Unused, cold rooms suck heat from warmer rooms through walls and doors, and that will waste heat energy,” he added. “Use draft excluders around windows and external doors to stop Jack Frost getting in while keeping your house toasty, too.”
