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Ideal Home
Sarah Handley

7 ways you've been using your thermostat wrong (and it's been costing you money) — this is what heating experts say to do instead

Hand adjusting a digital thermostat on the wall.

When the temperature drops at this time of year, we all use our heating more in order to stay warm. An unhappy side effect of that is that our energy bills are the highest at this time of year too. But it turns out that you could be wasting money unnecessarily if you are using your thermostat wrong.

Knowing how to save energy at home is vital if you want to keep your gas and electricity bill as low as possible. But our heating systems can often feel like minefields, with people reluctant to mess with it for fear of causing it to fail at a time of year it's needed most.

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