Families across Ireland could save €50 a year when using their shower just by using one simple step - and it only takes minutes!
With households across the country keeping a close eye on the electricity and heating bills this Winter, many small tips are emerging that could save small amounts. While they may seem silly, when added together they can make a huge difference on costs throughout the year.
Journalist Conor Pope shared one of these top tips recently on the Six O'Clock Show on Virgin Media and it's as simple as cutting your shower short by two minutes. He was giving the advice to Martin King and Karen Koster after being asked for money saving tips for families.
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He said: "I know Eamon Ryan got it in the neck when he said take a shorter show, but the difference between a 10 minute shower and an eight minute shower spread over the course of the year. It's around 50 quid. So there's four people in a house and they all have an eight minute shower you're looking at saving 200 quid over the course of a year.
"And there's all these different incremental steps and they all sound silly when you say them on their own. Like you know put the lid on the pot or turn down your thermostat by two degrees. But that'll save you about 120 quid a year."
But he also revealed that some steps people think about changing - such as charging their phone at night - doesn't actually cost as much over a year as people think. He continued: "Like sometimes they say leaving stuff on standby is going to cost you.
"Actually the cost of recharging your phone is buttons. It's really really small."
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