Millions of Brits struggle to understand how their central heating works – with more than a third admitting they just leave it on 24/7 during winter as a result.
More than half (53%), of 2,000 adults polled, said they would struggle to change the settings on their boiler, with 55% resorting to searching online to figure out what the symbols on their heating system mean.
Of the two-thirds (63%) of Brits who have a boiler, 41% do not confidently know how it works – and four in ten have given up when faced with a symbol they didn't understand.