Met Office warns everyone to shut their curtains at 4pm

People person been told to unopen their curtains astatine 4pm (Image: Getty)

Temperatures successful the UK person dropped importantly this week as summertime makes mode for autumn.

While the upwind is expected to perk up again aboriginal successful September, Brits are bracing for the acold again arsenic wintertime approaches.

Colder temperatures are conscionable an annoyance for some. But, for others, they correspond a wellness risk.

The acold tin origin your humor to thicken and summation your humor pressure, portion the freezing aerial tin adjacent pb to thorax infections.

That is wherefore the Met Office has fixed Brits proposal connected however to combat the acold this winter, including informing everyone to unopen their curtains "at dusk", astir 4pm, each day.

Brits person been advised connected however to usage electrical heaters safely (Image: Getty)

The proposal read: "Draw your curtains astatine dusk to assistance support the vigor generated wrong your rooms."

The work recommends that the somesthesia successful your location should beryllium astatine slightest 18C, adding that this is particularly important if you are 65 oregon over, person a wellness information specified arsenic bosom oregon lung disease, oregon person reduced mobility. At night, the Met Office besides said, it is important to support your chamber model closed.

Other proposal includes:

Heating and insulating your home.

Keeping the vigor in.

Insulating your location not lone keeps you lukewarm but volition besides assistance to support your vigor costs down.

Fit draught proofing to seal immoderate gaps astir windows and doors.

Make definite that your loft has astatine slightest 10-11 inches (270 mm) of insulation. Any location with 4 inches (100 mm) oregon little should person it topped up.

If you person partition cavities, marque definite that they are insulated too.

Insulate your blistery h2o cylinder and pipes.

Draw your curtains astatine dusk to assistance support the vigor generated wrong your rooms.

Make definite that your radiators are not obstructed by curtains oregon furniture.

People should besides usage their vigor efficiently (Image: Getty)

The Met Office besides advises radical connected however to prevention vigor astatine home.

The UK upwind bureau urged radical to acceptable their heating to travel connected conscionable earlier they get up and power it disconnected aft they've gone to bed.

If you are incapable to vigor each of your rooms, the Met Office said you should vigor the surviving country during the time and the chamber earlier you spell to bed.

You should besides adjacent the curtains and unopen the doors to support successful the heat.

People tin besides usage draught excludes to halt acold aerial from entering their homes and lukewarm aerial from getting out.

The Keep Warm Keep Well booklet produced by the Government besides offers proposal connected however to guarantee you are utilizing your vigor arsenic efficiently arsenic possible.

If you are utilizing blankets and occurrence heaters, marque definite you usage them safely. Keep electrical heaters distant from flammable materials similar curtains and furniture, and ever unplug them erstwhile going to bed.

For unfastened fires, expanse your chimney and usage a fireguard.