Use this guide in autumn before the cold weather settles in, or as soon as your first winter bill arrives. Have your heating controls, a recent energy bill and a notepad ready.
Step by step
Learn your heating controls
Find your room thermostat, boiler or heat pump programmer and the thermostatic radiator valves (TRVs) on each radiator. If you do not have the manuals, search the model name printed on each control. Note what each one does before changing anything.
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