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Bilko said:
Just an old fella thinking of ways to save money , household bills flying up. What are your tips ?.

My main one has been driving within the speed limit and not going over 2000 rpm. I drive an Astra van. Yes, it can be boring, but on average I'm saving about 15% to 20% in my costs.

The other big one is a packed lunch for work, I have always done it but Mrs B never did, a roll,fruit and a coffee she'd spend up to 10 euro a day.I have her on board now. You can buy in the supermarkets a weeks lunch for easily 20 Euro.take a jar of coffee into work,sorted.

I know , plenty fellas rolling their eyes at this thread but if I was to say the money saved by my frugal ways has paid for my trip to the Leicester City game. flights,hotel, ticket, food and drink.might stop and think.

Bit of a shocker though, a dishwasher is cheaper than washing stuff in a bowl according to Google wish I'd read that back in January !.

More tips anyone ?.
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Skip the Leicester City game.
The money you save on flights, hotel, ticket, food and drink will mean that you don't need to worry about changing your driving habits or taking a packed lunch to work.
You're welcome.;)
 
FrenchDarrenBent said:
Ignoring the likes of @Oddball and @emir saves a lot of energy.


What helped for me: changing my old fridge/freezer combo. Saved me about 300-400kwh per year. The new ones are far more efficient.

Changing your old electrical boiler can help if you have a lot of limescale in your house.
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Got a fairly new (sub 2 year) fridge freezer and had a brand new gas boiler installed when I moved in 4 years ago. Honestly, house was like an antique, had one of those gravity feed back boiler systems with a tank in the loft. Seemed a smart buy at the time, but now I wish I'd looked at biomass or something instead.
 
Daveysgingerlovechild said:
What did help my house was new windows and doors. The old lady who owned it previously had new ones installed a decade before, but they were poor quality and badly fitted. Made a difference big time. Composite doors seem much better than the upvc too. Again, it's an upfront expense and only relevant if yours are awful and drafty too.
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Helping a friend move house. All the windows seemed like they were drafty. Took the trims off and then had great big gaps in between the wall and the window edge. Filled them, put the trim back on and no more drafts. Same with the door frames.
 
Bruce Wayne said:
Active commute. The average car journey in the UK is about 7 miles. That's easily doable on a bike and if you went there and back every day you'd easily save around £400 a year (more if your car isn't fuel efficient). Plus you get fit. Similarly, if you're driving to the shops or dropping your kids at school etc. consider if you can walk there. 56% of all car journeys are less than 5 miles so there are some pretty easy savings.

Think about taking shorter showers and also getting a thermos flask so you boil full kettles each time.
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Would love to, my commute (only a couple of days a week on site) is 40 miles each way ?

Missus does 4 miles each way on her bike. Completely negated the need for a second car, so road tax, insurance etc is saved.

Now all I need to do is find a job closer to home, ffs.
 

Bruce Wayne said:
Active commute. The average car journey in the UK is about 7 miles. That's easily doable on a bike and if you went there and back every day you'd easily save around £400 a year (more if your car isn't fuel efficient). Plus you get fit. Similarly, if you're driving to the shops or dropping your kids at school etc. consider if you can walk there. 56% of all car journeys are less than 5 miles so there are some pretty easy savings.

Think about taking shorter showers and also getting a thermos flask so you boil full kettles each time.
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This is a good as my monthly petrol costs is about them same as it was a few years ago, but I do short walks to the library, cinema and places like that, I also try to drive without a led foot on the accelerator to save fuel
 
If you`ve got a wood burner / coal fire, once a year, send the wife up the chimney, to give it a good clean.

The more smoke that gets out, the warmer the heat from the fire, plus you lessen the chance of dying from carbon dioxide poisoning.

Buy curry powder, tinned tomatoes and chickpeas in bulk and live off them for the rest of your life.

Set up some polytunnels and grow your own weed.

Saves a fortune and lessens the chance of you getting caught up in a police raid or drive by shooting, when visiting your dealer.

Plus, whatever you have left over, you can sell and become then become worlds oldest drugs baron.
 
Sign up to nearest pure gym, turn the warm water off at home.
Get kids used to cold showers now so theyre acclimatised come the colder months.
 

COYBL25 said:
If you`ve got a wood burner / coal fire, once a year, send the wife up the chimney, to give it a good clean.

The more smoke that gets out, the warmer the heat from the fire, plus you lessen the chance of dying from carbon dioxide poisoning.

Buy curry powder, tinned tomatoes and chickpeas in bulk and live off them for the rest of your life.

Set up some polytunnels and grow your own weed.

Saves a fortune and lessens the chance of you getting caught up in a police raid or drive by shooting, when visiting your dealer.

Plus, whatever you have left over, you can sell and become then become worlds oldest drugs baron.
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@Joey66 approves
 

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