Quick Tips to Keep Warm this Winter I
There are plenty of ways to stay cosy and keep your home central heating bills to a minimum during the winter.
At Enigin we advise businesses, which we do indirectly through our global network of Enigin Distributors, so we would like to share these tips as offered by the UK’s Energy Saving Trust.
Simply try out some of the following ideas - from hot water bottles to huddling together - and start to embrace the cold weather with a satisfied smile on your face.
Here are the first five of ten:
If you haven’t already, reach for your favourite cosy blanket. With the extra layer you can then turn down your programmable room thermostat. Turning the temperature down just 1ºC can save up to 10% on your heating bills over the whole year, so imagine if you turned it down even more!
Once you’re all wrapped up, make yourself a fair trade warm drink to finish off the experience of curling up on the sofa. You’ll really appreciate the savings in heating your home and feel smug about cutting carbon dioxide too.
Check these websites to help get you started:
See this ethical patchwork quilt for inspiration
2. Get Together
Turning your home thermostats down in all rooms apart from one is a great excuse to stop others in the family skulking off to play video games, or watching different TVs around the house. You can keep one living area toasty (between 18-21ºC) and use it as an excuse to all get together and play games. Why not try charades to keep you moving, or have a good old fashioned chat (and we don’t mean online!).
Here are some game ideas for a great night in.
3. Exercise
Exercise can be a scary word. But getting moving doesn’t have to be taxing and you don’t need to be a rocket scientist to realise it’ll keep you warm. Get out the house, turn your heating controls right down and re-discover your neighbourhood by going for a brisk walk. When you return you’ll be glad the house is not boiling hot.
You could also keep warm by exercising inside too.
4. Mind the Gaps
If your home just doesn’t ever seem to warm up, it’s worth checking around your windows and the doors to see if there are any draughts. Some quick tip solutions can be found on our draught-proofing section of the website
Installing draught proofing can save you money and costs very little, so it’s worth taking immediate action. There are some great temporary solutions to keeping the draughts away, and if you’ve got some time you could always come up with your own.
Check out this step by step guide to draught proofing your door
Here are a couple of door draught proof stops to give you a head start
5. Get your slippers on
It’s not easy switching your home heating systems down when bare floors get so cold! We lose most of our body heat through our head, fingers and toes, so make sure these are covered up first.
Christmas is over so there’s no doubt some of you will have found yourselves with slippers in your stockings! It’s not that sexy walking around the house with gloves on. But slippers on the other hand are all the rage these days. Ok, so we made that up, but they are a great way to keep your feet warm and you’ll tick another box by not throwing them out as unwanted Christmas presents too.
If you’re feeling left out because you didn’t get any slippers. Here’s some alternatives:
- Wear two pairs of socks
- Try slipper socks - socks with grips
- Ugg boots . Although these are mainly worn outside, they were originally meant for indoors.
Look out for the next posting and the next five tips.
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