London Plumbers Tips to Keeping Warm

Jan. 16, 2012 - PRLog -- When Winter hits London it can get pretty cold, especially at night. It's up to your heating system to maintain a comfortable temperature level throughout these cold spells, but what else can you do to keep warm? Here are 5 tips to staying warm:

Tip 1:
Often people ask our plumbers in London about how they can control their heating system. The main response customers get is for them to purchase an either analogue or digital timer.

Have this timer fitter to your boiler and strategically time your heating to come on when you actually need it. You can save money by having it on periodically throughout the day to top up the warmth in your house.

Tip 2:
A lot of heat in a property can be lost by draughts from under doors or windows. Take some time out to inspect each window and door for cold air seeping through and purchase draught excluders.

Tip 3:
For efficient heating of your home it's important that your boiler is working well. To ensure this, book in a boiler service once a year.

Doing this will ensure that your boiler is clean and working to the best of its ability.

Tip 4:
Insulating your property will help keep the heat in. Adding loft insulation is a great way to save money on your heating bills and help retain heat.

Purchasing loft insulation is easy. Just figure out how much space in your loft needs insulating and head down to your local DIY or hardware shop and buy enough rolls to fit your need. You then just need to lay it in your loft.

Tip 5:
The final tip that our expert London plumbers let customers know is an odd one; dust your radiators.

If dust builds up too much on a radiator, it will detriment the radiators performance as it simply stops the heat from leaving the radiator as efficiently. So get out that feather duster and dust off radiators!

For help with any of the above, visit our London plumbers website (http://www.pgs-plumbers.co.uk)

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London plumbers offering plumbing and heating services across greater london. Tasks undertaken include all general domestic plumbing jobs, central heating installation/repair, powerflushing, boiler installation and more.