One of the smartest buys you make this year
could be a box of new LED light bulbs from UK Home Save ltd. An modest investment in the latest super-efficient bulbs
could save you hundreds of pounds a year and easily pay for itself within
months. Lighting accounts for 18 per cent of a typical household’s electricity
bill. You can easily cut your lighting bill and energy use by changing which
bulbs you use and we totally recommend LEDs. LEDs (light-emitting diodes), are
about 10 times more efficient at converting electricity into light than the
traditional filament variety. This explains the difference in the wattage
needed. So, to replace a conventional 60W bulb you need just a 6W LED bulb. Although
they are more expensive to buy than traditional light bulbs and other “low
energy” types of bulb, that seem to take forever to “Warm Up” the saving are
astounding, for example if we look at an average home that has 10 light
fittings, each currently with an traditional 60W bulb and the lights are on for
an average of 10 hours a day. The total power use of the 10 lights with
traditional bulbs comes to 600W or 0.6kW So each hour the 10 lights use 0.6kWh.
Based on a representative unit price of 12.2p per kWh, the 10 lights will cost
7.3p every hour they are switched on. The cost per day is consequently 73p if
on for 10 hours.
This is equal to £5.11 a week, £21.90 a month or £266.45 a year.
If you substitute all the bulbs with a 6W LED counterpart, the running costs
will be just one tenth – or 7.3p per day, 51p a week, £2.19 a month and £26.65
a year. The savings are therefore 65.7p a day, £4.60 a week, £19.70 a month or
£239.80 a year. Even Better news, LED bulbs last a long time they should have a
minimum lifespan of 40,000 hours and not blow until you have switched them on
and off 100,000 times. LED bulbs are available in all shapes and sizes, and
produce a variety of shades of light, such as “daylight” and “warm white”.You
can use them to replace conventional bulbs of the bayonet and screw-in types,
as well as the more modern mini-bayonet sockets used for small halogen
spotlights and down lights.
They come on instantly; there is none of
the delay or flickering that you get with older-style low-energy bulbs’.
The average household central heating
system is really quite simple. The boiler, fired generally by gas, electricity
or oil, heats water which is circulated by means of a pump to the radiators in
the home. The water is hot when it leaves the boiler. With good lagging of the
pipes between the boiler and the radiator it The big problem with radiators is
that they are attached to the walls. If they were placed in the middle of the
room half the heat would go one way and the other half the opposite way and
more of the room would feel warmer. But attached to the walls only the half of
the radiator facing out into the room is effective and for the heat to reach
the other side of the room it has to travel a fair distance. Much of the rest
of the heat is lost into the wall behind the radiator. Some of the heat escapes
above the radiator, curling up the wall and along the ceiling, stratifying
there until gradually being absorbed into the fabric of the reaches the
radiator hot too. Ceiling itself.
Boost the effectiveness of your central heating
system, with UK Home Save LTD range
of treatments including cleaners, protectors and silencers from trusted brands
such as Endotherm, Sentinel and Fernox.UK Home Save LTD supply and install simple low cost solutions to accomplish
optimum performance and reliability for domestic central heating systems. Our
additives protect and enhance your central heating system with cutting edge
independently verified products whether adding to a new system or revitalizing
an older one. The benefits include improved performance, increased energy
savings, and longer system life all for a small outlay.
Roof and loft Insulation
Heat rises, and in an insulated home, a
quarter of heat is lost through the roof. Having UK Home Save insulate your
loft, attic or flat roof is a simple and effective way to reduce heat loss and
reduce your heating bills.
Loft insulation is effective for at least
42 years and it should pay for itself many times over.
Houses in the UK mostly have either solid
walls or cavity walls:
A cavity wall is made up of two walls with
a gap in between, known as the cavity; the outer leaf is usually made of brick,
and the inner layer of brick or concrete block.
A solid wall has no cavity; each wall is a
single solid wall, usually made of brick or stone.
Cavity wall insulation
If your home was built after 1920, the
chances are that its external walls are made of two layers with a gap or cavity
in between. Cavity wall insulation fills that gap, keeping the warmth in to
save energy. It can also help reduce condensation inside the house if this is a
problem stemming from your external walls.
Solid wall
Insulating your solid walls could cut your
heating costs considerably, because solid walls let through twice as much heat
as cavity walls do
Floor
Insulating under the floorboards on the
ground floor will save up to £55 a year, and we can seal the gaps between
floors and skirting boards to reduce draughts too.
Draught-proofing your home
Both draughts and ventilation let fresh air
into your home, but good ventilation helps reduce condensation and damp.
Draughts are uncontrolled: they let in too much cold air and waste too much
heat.
UK Home Save LTD Draught-proofing around windows and
doors could save up to £50 per year. Draught-free homes are comfortable at
lower temperatures – so you’ll be able to turn down your thermostat. This could
save you another 10 per cent off your heating bill.
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