Overview
- This week’s coverage, published between Monday and Wednesday, consolidated expert advice that keeping stoves or heaters running all night increases household gas consumption and raises monthly bills.
- Energy‑efficiency specialists say the common belief that restarting heating uses more gas is false because systems use most energy while running at high power and not to regain lost heat.
- Experts recommend heating rooms a few hours before bedtime and turning heaters off for sleep so homes and bodies retain warmth without continuous gas use.
- Simple home fixes such as sealing gaps with door and window strips, keeping rooms closed, adding rugs and heavier bedding, and using sunlight in daytime can cut heat loss and lower dependence on heaters.
- Beyond bills, prolonged night‑time combustion can dry air, worsen sleep and breathing, and increase household fire risk, so changing habits offers both economic and health benefits.