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Zac Sherratt

Heating warning issued to households as turning radiators off may 'drive up' energy bills

Switching off radiators in rooms that are unused could be costing you more money just as Brits prepare for an uncertain financial winter.

That’s according to Ben Price, founder of Heatable, who told the Daily Express that turning off the heating in one room and up in another makes your boiler work harder, and could "drive up heating bills".

Mr Price said heaters and radiators in unused rooms should be left on, and that “not doing so will make your boiler have to work harder and burn more energy to reach the desired temperature of the radiators you have left on.

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