With households across the country gearing up for one of the most expensive winter periods in history, many will be looking for ways to keep warm while keeping costs low at the same time.
Which is exactly why one plumber has come to the rescue of millions worrying about the cost of their heating by recommending a piece of homeware that will help slash their fuel bills.
The heating engineer took to social media to recommend that cash-strapped households install a £15 thermostatic radiator valve (TRV) from B&Q, as it can help control the amount of heating being used in the home.
Posting to his official TikTok account - @djmatrix101 - the plumber uploaded a video, which has since been viewed 1.5million times, and explained: "This device will save you money, if you know how to use it properly.
Effectively a lot of people, when they switch the central heating on, they heat the entire house - so that's every room in the house that has a radiator they are heating using their boiler. The vast majority of people don't spend all day in bed, or in the bedroom.
"They get up, they go downstairs, they spend the day downstairs then they go upstairs, but the heating's on all day. My advice is to go around every single room and [after installing thermostatic radiator valves] to switch them off if you're not using the radiator.
"If you can turn off 50% of your volume of radiators, you will save 50% on your gas bill - it is that straight forward. If you're not using your bedroom radiator, turn it off."
The plumber also took the time to share his words of wisdom to help households make sure that they weren't wasting any gas when their heating was turned off, reports The Manchester Evening News.
He said: "[They have a] metal ring at the bottom. Turn the radiator valve to fully open then hand tighten the metal rings down. They come loose and if you don't tighten them down when you switch the valve off the gas will still pass.
"They come loose and if you don't tighten them down when you switch the valve off the gas will still pass. Switch it on about an hour before you want to use the room. A bit of forward planning, a bit of thinking about it, and you will save yourself a fortune in gas.
A lot of people make this mistake [but] these things are regulation to be fitted on any new central heating system and we have to advise when we're changing boilers now that these be fitted, if they're not there. If you don't have them, they're a good investment. Get them fitted."
You can purchase a Thermostatic Radiator Valve (TRV) from B&Q for £15 online and in store.
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