These days, many people hesitate to switch on their central heating due to the exorbitant costs of mains gas. However, during the colder seasons, you must ensure that everybody in your house stays warm.
HouseFuel is here to help you find the best fuel options to combat the cold weather and keep your home toasty. Read our tips on valuable ways to get the most from your solid fuel at home.
How to Keep Your Home Warm
If your home has an inbuilt fireplace, this is a great way to take advantage of not needing to use mains gas or electricity to heat your home. Assuming the chimney works, you can light a smokeless fuel fire as frequently as you like in a relatively clean fireplace.
Otherwise, you might consider installing a multi-fuel stove in your home for long-term financial savings. Of course, there is an initial cost to installing these appliances, but you'll find that operating a multi-fuel stove with smokeless fuel costs less to run than mains gas per kWh.
Other tips for keeping your home warm include using draft excluders for the gaps at the bottom of doorways to keep the breeze out. Also, double-glazing your windows, if they are currently only single-pane, can offer much-needed insulation. Carpets are far more effective flooring to keep homes warm than tiling, which is something to consider as an insulation method if you are laying new flooring.
Cheap Ways to Heat Your Home
A common mistake people make when purchasing solid fuel is buying in small amounts. You will need to restock more regularly, and buying in smaller amounts will likely cost you more than in larger bundles. The price per unit will be reduced when purchasing the largest-sized packages, and you could save on delivery fees, too.
Ensure you've read the operating manual for your heating appliance at home so that it will operate efficiently and effectively. Never try to burn wood in a multi-fuel stove designed for smokeless fuel, as it may not achieve the optimal burn efficiency and could cause unnecessary buildup in the appliance.
Cleaning your fireplace or heating appliance after every use, once it has cooled down, means that not only are you removing a task that needs to be done before starting your next fire, but your flames will burn more brightly because none of the residual debris will take up space and oxygen in the combustion chamber, leaving your fire more likely to burn hotter and for longer.
At HouseFuel, we provide the best range of smokeless fuel, delivering intense heat and gorgeous flames to achieve the ambience and warmth you seek. Explore our entire catalogue of products online today.
