• Have your boiler maintained regularly. This won’t only make it works more efficiently but it is also safer. Safety shouldn’t be compromised in your pursuit of saving money.

• Try lowering the temperature by one or two degree at a time until you start feeling chilly. It is possible that if you lower the temperature on the heating control by just one degree, you’ll save between 5 and 10 percent of the annual heating bill. It is a substantial saving for an unnoticeably lower temperature.

• Remember to turn your heating off when it isn’t needed. If you know that you’re going out for a few days, turn it off or turn it down to the lowest possible level without damaging your appliances or killing your fish pets.

• Buy fuel out of season. If your heating system uses solid fuel or oil make enquiries about purchasing a quantity during the hottest summer month to get the best price possible.

• Set the timer wisely to conserve energy. If your family can make do with the heater coming on ten minutes later and turned off ten minutes earlier, then you may save a worthwhile sum of money during the winter.

• It is important that the central heating system uses a thermostat and timer at the very least. You should use a model that has individual thermostat on the radiator. One cause of power inefficiency is that you only use one thermostat and it controls the temperature for the entire house. If your thermostat is located in either a particularly cool or warm room, your house will be heated based on the temperature in that room. It means that the house is either too warm or too cold. By using TRVs (thermostatic radiator valves), you can have an efficient and more accurate control. It would be possible to adjust the temperature for each room in your house, because some rooms may need to be cooler than others: living room is usually kept warmer than hallways, for example. If you can adjust the most optimum temperature for each room, it won’t only save you some cash but you’ll feel easier with the temperature. However, TVRs are rather hard to fit and it could be necessary to have them installed by a technician, unless you’re very competent at electronics yourself.

• When the boiler is being serviced, it would be preferable to ask the technician to measure its efficiency. It’s now possible to get highly efficient boilers than ten or twenty years ago. A newer boiler model can save up to $150 each year. This is rather a significant saving and it may go on saving you money for many years.