Bubble wrapping windows and a bag of rice helped me save £3,000 on my energy bills – anyone can do my DIY tricks

CHATTING to a neighbourhood friend, Chloe Godland, 30, starts her pre-winter preparation.

She grabs immoderate lengths of bubble wrapper and a h2o vessel and starts moving astir the windows of her three-bed home. 

“Have you mislaid the plot?” her person asks - but it’s a remark Chloe isn’t bothered by. 

Her wacky usage of bubble wrapper is really a measure busting method to support her location lukewarm this winter.

“I’m ace scrimper - I prevention astir £3k successful wintertime with each my tricks, which outgo astir nothing," she told The Sun.

BUBBLE WRAPPING WINDOWS

Chloe estimates that "bubble wrapping" her windows has saved her astir £900 connected her bills implicit the past 3 years.

“Bubble wrapper is simply a inexpensive enactment for treble glazing,” she explained.

“The bubble broadside stays connected the model sealed with conscionable h2o and captures vigor from the sun, and astatine nighttime time, it stops vigor getting out.

“It’s upping the somesthesia of the country by 2 degrees and we don't person to crook the heating connected arsenic much.”

Former receptionist Chloe, who lives successful Leicester with her fiance, gym teacher Jack Gordon, 34, and their 2 and fractional year-old girl Clemmie, isn’t unsocial with this trick.

Experts accidental bubble wrapping your windows is simply a proven wintertime vigor saver.

The howtogosolart.org website reveals bubble wrapper connected windows tin chopped your energy bills successful that country of the location by 50%.

This is money Chloe's household truly needs to save. 

Jack earns conscionable implicit £29,000 a twelvemonth and the household pays £800 a period to rent a 3 bedroom.

“Once our bills are paid, we are near with £50 a period successful the exigency fund,” Chloe said.

RICE AND SOCK TRICK

Chloe’s 2nd wintertime hack involves a container of own-brand rice, costing astir 50p.

“I don’t navigator atom - I cod each the agelong unusual socks I tin find and capable them with rice. They marque large draught excluders on doors and windows.”

The Energy Saving Trust says draught-proofing astir windows and doors could prevention you between  £40 to £50 a year.

This isn’t the lone mode she utilized the rice.

“On acold nights I popular a rice-filled sock into the microwave with a small lavender oregon nice smelling indispensable oil for 1 and a fractional minutes. 

“I enactment 1 into Clemmie’s furniture truthful it’s lukewarm erstwhile she gets in.  Jack and I usage them arsenic thigh warmers portion watching TV. Bargain atom retains the heat.”

CHEAP DOOR CURTAINS

Chloe’s 3rd wintertime warmer extremity is utilizing inexpensive curtains to bent implicit doors, creating a 2nd layer. 

“I bargain the thick-double layered old-fashioned curtains successful the location furnishings conception for betwixt 5 and 10 quid,” she said. 

“Doorways are immoderate of the worst places for vigor to escape, truthful adding an other furniture of insulation helps the vigor stays in."

According to University of Salford researchers drafting your curtains astatine dusk tin trim vigor nonaccomplishment by astir 15-17%. 

“I person saved much than £630 connected heating bills successful 3 years doing this,” Chloe said. 

BLANKETS ON WALLS

Chloe besides hangs blankets astir the walls successful rooms she is successful arsenic an other furniture of insulation.

“The vigor is trapped successful the country and doesn’t get mislaid done the wall,” she said. 

“I did it during the large frost past December. The country somesthesia went up 2 degrees utilizing my broad hanging tip.”

The energysavingtrust.org.uk says 35% oregon much that a 3rd of vigor is mislaid done walls, truthful this instrumentality could beryllium a large vigor saver.

LEAVING OVEN OPEN

Finally, Chloe ever leaves her oven doorway “Whenever I usage the oven successful winter, I permission the doorway unfastened erstwhile I crook it off," Chloe said.

As a result, each the blistery aerial flows retired into the room and different rooms - raising the wide temperature.

“It is vigor that would person stayed successful the oven and been lost."