Christmas is all about warmth, laughter (hopefully!) and spending time with loved ones — but let’s be honest, it can also be one of the most challenging times to keep your home warm and comfortable.
With friends and family visiting, doors opening and closing, constant use of the oven and everyone running up and down the house; keeping your heating at a consistent level can feel like a juggling act.
Luckily, with a touch of winterproofing and the right electric heating solutions, you can keep your home cosy without wasting energy or racking up your bills. Here’s how to heat a busy home efficiently this festive season.
Why hosting at Christmas can put your heating to the test
When you have friends and family over, your home naturally gets warmer. Extra body heat, cooking and festive activities all contribute (anyone for charades?). But with inconsistent activity around the home, it can create hot and cold spots — especially when guests arrive, leaving you constantly having to adjust the thermostat.
This is where traditional heating systems can struggle, causing some rooms in your home to become overheated while others can become chilly. However, with a range of electric heating solutions installed, you can take control back of heating your home, enabling you to host with peace of mind that every room is warmed up just right, without impacting your energy usage.
Top ways to heat a busy home efficiently at Christmas
Take advantage of room-by-room heating control
Throughout Christmas, your guests and family tend to gather in rooms altogether. So rather than cranking up the heat for the entire house, you can use electric heaters to keep high-traffic areas cosy while lowering the temperature in rooms that aren’t being used.
With electric radiators installed, you can manage the temperature of each room individually. This is especially handy when some rooms (like open plan living areas) naturally get warmer while you’re cooking up a festive feast, or there’s extra people spending time in one space. The room-by-room control functionality enables you to manage a customised heating schedule per room, so you can set the controls to turn the heating on and off in spaces when they’re being used the most, and least. Wireless thermostats are one of the easiest ways to save energy without sacrificing your household’s comfort.
Pre-heat the rooms guests will use the most
Another benefit to using wireless thermostats is you can heat up rooms in advance of guests arriving, and then using the control settings to schedule the heating to switch off once your guests have settled in. They’ll be warm and comfortable, leaving you to focus on entertaining with peace of mind that you’re not wasting energy.
If you’re worried about windows being open or closed and wasting the warm heat you’re generating, maximise the use of Fischer’s Smart Control Heating WiFi thermostat. It has a function which detects if a door or window has been opened and automatically switches the system off to save power.
Make the most of High Heat Retention Storage Heaters
If you have a storage heater, like Fischer’s Elektrostore High Heat Retention electric storage heater, you’re in luck. High heat retention heaters act as a heat bank, meaning you can make the most of generating warm energy overnight with off-peak electricity (Economy 7 or Economy 10), storing it and then releasing it throughout the day whenever it’s needed.
This is ideal for hosting throughout the festive period, because it keeps your home comfortable during the day without constantly running your heating on higher-rate daytime electricity. Even better, our HHR storage heaters retain over 50% of their heat even after 16 hours.
Don’t forget your towels and heating the bathroom
With a lot of use, bathrooms can get cold and damp quickly during busy mornings. There’s nothing worse going for a shower, the towels haven’t dried and the space is a bit ‘soggy’.
However, the Fischer Luxe electric bathroom radiator is a sleek, moisture-safe heater which can warm up and dry the space efficiently. Its rust-resistant design and 40mm HeatCore technology draws cold air up from the floor and replaces it with warm air, heating the room up from floor to the ceiling, creating a comfortable warm room quickly and especially when you need it hosting multiple people.
It also doubles-up as a heater towel rail, so guests can enjoy cosy, dry towels after each shower. Since all our radiators come equipped with the wireless thermostat, again you can customise the settings to warm and dry towels in the bathroom, depending on how often your household needs to use it.
Avoid overheating your home and leaving the heating on all day
It’s easy to overcompensate with the heating when you’re hosting. A common mistake is keeping the heating on all day “because it’s Christmas”, but really this can cause energy wastage. Manage your heating by scheduling heating intervals, using smart wireless controls to target rooms when they’re being used.
Even lowering your thermostat by just 1°C can save you money without affecting comfort. Modern electric heaters respond fast, meaning you won’t be waiting around for a cosy room.
Common energy-wasting mistakes to avoid when hosting
When it comes to creating a cosy, warm home over the festive break, don’t be tempted to repeat these common heating mistakes.
- Ensure air flow of your radiators: avoid blocking your heaters with bulky furniture, luggage, laundry or Christmas decorations to ensure the warm air can circulate around the room.
- Modify the temperature set for your radiators: don’t be tempted to ramp up the thermostat to a high temperature. With more people in the home and the oven running, your house will naturally become warmer. High temperatures can also encourage guests to open windows, wasting the warm energy that’s already been generated.
- Turn down the temperature in unused rooms: heat only spaces that are being used to prevent extra energy from being generated.
Future-proof your home next Christmas with Electric Heating Solutions
If hosting over the festive period has made you rethink your existing home heating setup, it could be time for an energy-efficient upgrade. At Fischer, we provide a range of electric heating systems to help future-proof your home. Book a free survey to assess the best way to switch your home to a range of electric heating products — it’s time to enjoy a warm, efficient and cosy Christmas.
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