Does turning off radiators save on the Gas bill?

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To the thrifty amongst us, I have a question.

If I’m in a large house with many radiators.
If I’m just in 3 rooms (kitchen, sitting room and bedroom) for 90% of the time, then I could (in theory) turn off all the other radiators for winter.

It’s temperature controlled but the temperature guages are in the hall and upstairs landing so I reckon that they will never reach the temperature to autoshutoff the Gas so Ill burn the same amount of gass regardless of how many radiators I have on.
Unless I open the bedroom doors and also heat up the landing area.

This is a question that has been worrying me for nearly 15 minutes now.

Yours in heat,
GSH.

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WOuld you not be risking damp in the rooms where you turn off the radiators?

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Yes. It will save money.

The return flow back to the boiler will have a higher temperature as a result of reduced heat loss from the redundant radiators so the end result is that the boiler will recycle alot less.

However a much better idea would be to install TRV’s

These guys allow you to reduce the output of heat from the radiator. So that instead of the radiator being at 60 degrees the radiotr may give off 30 degrees or so which would prevent dampness.

Yours in Goodbye Horses.

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I have heard that turning off individual radiators does nothing to conserve energy but I don’t know for sure.

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Blatant pub talk. Stick to the abacus Rocko, leave this sort of stuff to the those in the know. :guns:

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Did your father in law tell you that when he was bleeding them for you?

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Deadly, I’ll do that so.

Yours etc,
GSH.

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GSH,

How are the gas bills looking these days?

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I’ve heard It’s better to leave your heating on at the lowest setting 24/7 than it is to turn it on/off at a higher setting for intervals during the day.

Any truth in that?

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I’ve heard its cheaper to turn the heating off altogether and wear your coat indoors.

Any truth in that?

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None whatsoever. Will cost far more in the long run reparing the damage done by the damp due to lack of heating in the house

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Too many variables at play in that theory to prove it.

With underfloor heating, yes… a low temp running all the time if the way to go.

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I leave the heating on all the time as I’m super rich and don’t have to care about such prudent frugalness.

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:clap: Congrats mate.

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Typical tight bastard slum landlord Guard.

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:smiley:

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depends on the house but those old council houses in southill are supposed to be like sieves so yes youd be best off to keep the heat on low and constant as 10 minutes after turning it off it will have pissed out all the holes and gaps

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Nobody has pointed out to GSH that if he has an Oil burner he will save a fortune on Gas.

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The brothers moved into the family house at home. 30 year old radiators, don’t seem to be emitting very much heat at all (oil tank was recently filled) - what remedial action should he take to improve their efficiency gents?