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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
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Sarah Lumley

Millions of Brits have no idea how central heating works - and just leave it on 24/7

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.

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