Ignoring draughts has cost me up to £235 in wasted energy

As someone who writes about saving energy for a living, I like to think I’m pretty good at practising what I preach. But when life gets busy, it’s all too easy for measures to reduce my energy bills to get pushed further and further down the to-do list.

While I’ve rectified the energy-wasting decor mistakes I’ve been making for years, I know there is always more I could be doing to save energy at home.

And there’s one thing I’ve been putting off for ages, and I’m horrified to discover that over the course of a year, it’s been costing me £100s in wasted energy. The one thing? Draught proofing.

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