{"id":4738,"date":"2015-11-08T11:01:59","date_gmt":"2015-11-08T11:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.livinghouse.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4738"},"modified":"2015-11-08T11:01:59","modified_gmt":"2015-11-08T11:01:59","slug":"tips-to-keep-your-home-warm-and-reduce-your-heating-bill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.livinghouse.co.uk\/blog\/tips-to-keep-your-home-warm-and-reduce-your-heating-bill\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips to keep your home warm and reduce your heating bill"},"content":{"rendered":"

Love it or hate it, winter is fast approaching and that means colder temperatures. Whilst it might be tempting to just turn up the heating dial, rising energy costs mean we need to think smarter about how we keep our homes warm.<\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Insulate your walls<\/strong><\/p>\n

Just as we benefit from popping an extra layer on when it\u2019s chilly, our homes benefit from extra layers too. Insulating your home is a great way to keep it warmer, more energy efficient and save money on your heating bills.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Scarily nearly a third of your home\u2019s heat escapes through its walls, so if you haven\u2019t already invested in cavity, solid or external wall insulation, you\u2019d be wise to. Depending on the age of your house and whether it features a solid wall (one layer of brick) or a cavity wall (two layers of brick), insulation is available to minimise the heat loss.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

According to the Energy Saving Trust you could make substantial savings by insulating your home. Cavity wall insulation<\/a> could save you up to \u00a3275 a year and solid wall insulation<\/a> could save you up to \u00a3455 a year, so it\u2019s worth looking into.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Insulate your roof and loft<\/strong><\/p>\n

In the winter we\u2019re encouraged to wear hats to stop essential heat escaping through the tops of our heads and our roof is no different. As heat rises, uninsulated roofs and lofts allow much of your home\u2019s costly heat to escape.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Loft and roof insulation<\/a> could save you up to \u00a3240 a year. The Government<\/a> recommends that \u2018your loft has at least 10-11 inches (270mm) of insulation.\u2019<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Insulate your windows<\/strong><\/p>\n

Single glazed and old windows are prone to letting draughts in and the heat out. Effective ways to reduce heat loss, draughts and cold spots include double glazing, draught proofing and drawing your curtains before it gets dark.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Give renewable energy technology a go<\/strong><\/p>\n

Those savvy enough to utilise renewable energy to heat their homes and hot water are already making savings on their energy bills. Although the outlay for installing solar panels is quite hefty, the Government\u2019s Feed-In Tariff<\/a> allows you to benefit from payments for the energy you generate and export back to the national grid.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

So, if you\u2019ve got money burning a hole in your pocket and are looking for an investment opportunity, solar panels could be the way to go to reduce your electricity bills and be less reliant on energy suppliers. And in case you\u2019re thinking solar panels will be useless in the winter months, you\u2019d be wrong. Apparently they utilise light and not heat to produce energy, so the lack of sunny days shouldn\u2019t be a problem.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

You\u2019ll find more invaluable suggestions for heating your home effectively in our Hot tips to reduce your heating bill blog<\/a> and our 5 money-saving winter heating tips blog<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Love it or hate it, winter is fast approaching and that means colder temperatures. Whilst it might be tempting to just turn up the heating dial, rising energy costs mean we need to think smarter about how we keep our homes warm. \u00a0 Insulate your walls Just as we benefit from popping an extra layer […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4740,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"twitterCardType":"summary","cardImageID":0,"cardImage":"","cardTitle":"","cardDesc":"","cardImageAlt":"","cardPlayer":"","cardPlayerWidth":0,"cardPlayerHeight":0,"cardPlayerStream":"","cardPlayerCodec":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"\nTips to keep your home warm and reduce your heating bill - Livinghouse<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Temperatures are dropping, but rising energy costs mean we need to think smarter about how we keep our homes warm.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livinghouse.co.uk\/blog\/tips-to-keep-your-home-warm-and-reduce-your-heating-bill\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Tips to keep your home warm and reduce your heating bill - Livinghouse\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Temperatures are dropping, but rising energy costs mean we need to think smarter about how we keep our homes warm.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.livinghouse.co.uk\/blog\/tips-to-keep-your-home-warm-and-reduce-your-heating-bill\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Livinghouse\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-11-08T11:01:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.livinghouse.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/radiator-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"315\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"261\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"coll\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"coll\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Estimated reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.livinghouse.co.uk\/blog\/tips-to-keep-your-home-warm-and-reduce-your-heating-bill\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.livinghouse.co.uk\/blog\/tips-to-keep-your-home-warm-and-reduce-your-heating-bill\/\",\"name\":\"Tips to keep your home warm and reduce your heating bill - Livinghouse\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.livinghouse.co.uk\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-11-08T11:01:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2015-11-08T11:01:59+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.livinghouse.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/1b43830c57e9f49d84a58a4b990361c9\"},\"description\":\"Temperatures are dropping, but rising energy costs mean we need to think smarter about how we keep our homes warm.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.livinghouse.co.uk\/blog\/tips-to-keep-your-home-warm-and-reduce-your-heating-bill\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.livinghouse.co.uk\/blog\/tips-to-keep-your-home-warm-and-reduce-your-heating-bill\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.livinghouse.co.uk\/blog\/tips-to-keep-your-home-warm-and-reduce-your-heating-bill\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.livinghouse.co.uk\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Tips to keep your home warm and reduce your heating bill\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.livinghouse.co.uk\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.livinghouse.co.uk\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Livinghouse\",\"description\":\"Interior Design Ideas\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.livinghouse.co.uk\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.livinghouse.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/1b43830c57e9f49d84a58a4b990361c9\",\"name\":\"coll\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.livinghouse.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/99b60eb16892800d584e3ee86a016fec?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/99b60eb16892800d584e3ee86a016fec?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"coll\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.livinghouse.co.uk\/blog\/author\/coll\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Tips to keep your home warm and reduce your heating bill - Livinghouse","description":"Temperatures are dropping, but rising energy costs mean we need to think smarter about how we keep our homes warm.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.livinghouse.co.uk\/blog\/tips-to-keep-your-home-warm-and-reduce-your-heating-bill\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"Tips to keep your home warm and reduce your heating bill - Livinghouse","og_description":"Temperatures are dropping, but rising energy costs mean we need to think smarter about how we keep our homes warm.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.livinghouse.co.uk\/blog\/tips-to-keep-your-home-warm-and-reduce-your-heating-bill\/","og_site_name":"Livinghouse","article_published_time":"2015-11-08T11:01:59+00:00","og_image":[{"width":315,"height":261,"url":"https:\/\/www.livinghouse.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/radiator-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"coll","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"coll","Estimated reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.livinghouse.co.uk\/blog\/tips-to-keep-your-home-warm-and-reduce-your-heating-bill\/","url":"https:\/\/www.livinghouse.co.uk\/blog\/tips-to-keep-your-home-warm-and-reduce-your-heating-bill\/","name":"Tips to keep your home warm and reduce your heating bill - Livinghouse","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.livinghouse.co.uk\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2015-11-08T11:01:59+00:00","dateModified":"2015-11-08T11:01:59+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.livinghouse.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/1b43830c57e9f49d84a58a4b990361c9"},"description":"Temperatures are dropping, but rising energy costs mean we need to think smarter about how we keep our homes warm.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.livinghouse.co.uk\/blog\/tips-to-keep-your-home-warm-and-reduce-your-heating-bill\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.livinghouse.co.uk\/blog\/tips-to-keep-your-home-warm-and-reduce-your-heating-bill\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.livinghouse.co.uk\/blog\/tips-to-keep-your-home-warm-and-reduce-your-heating-bill\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.livinghouse.co.uk\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Tips to keep your home warm and reduce your heating bill"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.livinghouse.co.uk\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.livinghouse.co.uk\/blog\/","name":"Livinghouse","description":"Interior Design Ideas","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.livinghouse.co.uk\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.livinghouse.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/1b43830c57e9f49d84a58a4b990361c9","name":"coll","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.livinghouse.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/99b60eb16892800d584e3ee86a016fec?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/99b60eb16892800d584e3ee86a016fec?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"coll"},"url":"https:\/\/www.livinghouse.co.uk\/blog\/author\/coll\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.livinghouse.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/radiator-1.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2RNVI-1eq","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.livinghouse.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4738"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.livinghouse.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.livinghouse.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.livinghouse.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.livinghouse.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.livinghouse.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.livinghouse.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.livinghouse.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.livinghouse.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.livinghouse.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}