Amid the onset of the cost of living crisis, homeowners are looking at ways to save money on their energy bills, but turning boilers off may not be a sensible option.
That’s the view of experts who say they could use up more energy by being turned on and off, depending what type of boiler you have. With the average energy bill set to rise to £3,549 a year in October, an 80 per cent increase from the current figure of £1,971, householders have been dreaming up ways of saving a few quid, but this idea is not necessarily a good one, reports the Mirror.
If you have an old, uneconomical boiler then switching it off during the summer makes sense. But if you have a modern boiler, turning it off in the hotter months is “completely unnecessary”, according to Boiler Central.
