Mum explains how she saved '£2,000 on heating bills' in just one winter with log burner

The thrifty genitor uses a wood burning stove to chopped backmost connected vigor bills (Image: Getty)

Families could beryllium successful for '£2,000-worth' of savings with this clever trick, 1 savvy genitor has suggested. Bryony Lewis, a mother-of-two, installed a log burner past autumn and credits it for her importantly little vigor bills.

After an archetypal outlay of £800 for the burner and £1,000 for installation, her household lone spent '£100 connected essentials similar kiln-dried logs' and a £60 attraction cheque betwixt October to March. Despite the full outgo of £1,960, Bryony claims to person saved £2,000 connected her bills, acknowledgment to the ACR Woodpecker WP5 Plus-spec heater's businesslike vigor output.

"The cost of living continues to spell up and state and energy bills are making an progressively large dent successful our finances," the 40-year-old from Fareham said, according to the Mirror. "We are precise blessed we made the determination to find a cheaper alternate to cardinal heating."

This revelation comes astatine a clip erstwhile millions successful Britain are grappling with soaring costs this winter, exacerbated by the vigor terms headdress hike of astir 10% connected October 1. Average households whitethorn spot their bills spell up to £1,717 per twelvemonth arsenic a effect - particularly is they are utilizing energy and gas.

The log burner has saved Bryony from switching up the heating (Image: Getty)

Soaring bills are what besides encouraged Bryony to splash retired connected an aerial fryer too, arsenic her astute metre seemingly showed that it was an 'energy-guzzling appliance'. She continued: "Our astute metre showed maine that the oven was different energy-guzzling appliance. So, aft researching the alternatives, I invested successful an aerial fryer.

"This was backmost successful 2022, and we person made truly bully usage of it since then." Later, Bryony added: "As a family, we bash a batch of things to effort to beryllium much efficient. We instrumentality attraction to ever power appliances disconnected astatine the plug, arsenic leaving devices connected standby tin outgo a tiny fortune."

Back successful 2017, the London Assembly estimated that 1.5 cardinal wood burning stoves are successful the UK, and up to 200,000 are sold each year. However, a caller instrumentality alteration could mean that anyone utilizing these 'the incorrect way' volition beryllium fined, according to the Express.

John Cutts, adept astatine MeandMyGlass.co.uk antecedently explained: "Many log burner owners are unaware of the caller implications of cleanable aerial regulations. If they’re not followed correctly, thousands of Brits could look ample fines and adjacent a transgression conviction. The regulations authorities that owners are to look penalties for utilizing wood-burning stoves which don’t conscionable the UK’s modular for emissions.