News stories about electric floor heating, heating your home, and energy usage.
Lots of new homes and extensions boast underfloor heating. After all, who wouldn’t want their crisp new space to be free of ugly wall mounted radiators. The benefits of underfloor heating are well known: But how can you get underfloor heating, or a simple plug in floor heater, in your existing home? 3 Underfloor Heating Options A…
A typical end of season activity for me is to take a look back at customer feedback and see what we can improve for next year. Part of my welcome to new customers is a short survey. I invite them to take the RugBuddy survey about 6 weeks after delivery when they have had a…
We’re all looking forward to the warmer weather. But there will be times when you sit down to work, only to soon start feeling cold. Freelancers, home office workers, and occasional work-from-homers may all be affected by this. This post explains what’s going on and recommends the best way to get comfortably warm again so…
Here’s a fun and practical guide to cutting your energy bills in this month’s Moneywise magazine. And it features Rugbuddy as one of the star performers! The guide’s writer, the excellent Rebecca Goodman, points out the number-one way to save money on your bills is to switch energy company if you haven’t done it for…
A cold floor is a sure way to drain away any feeling of warmth or cosiness in a room. The wall mounted radiators most of us have circulate warm air but this often isn’t enough to warm the floor too. This is most noticeable with hard floors like tiles and laminate. So, if you’re suffering…
Out of all the seasons, do you look forward to Winter the most? Or do you dread it? What would it mean to you if, this Winter, you could Be warmer at home?Have lower heating bills?Look after your health better? The solution is straightforward and cost effective. This blog post explores what you need to…
I was pleased to get a call from Hugh St-Clair who pens the ‘Home Help’ page in The Lady magazine. A reader had written in asking if there was a way to ‘heat rugs’. They didn’t want the expense and upheaval of lifting their stone floor to install underfloor heating. They wrote to Hugh wondering…
Here’s a Father’s Day gift that won’t be for everyone, but will be hugely appreciated (and unexpected) by Dads with hobbies. Ask yourself: is his shed, hobby, or music room, a little unwelcoming? Maybe there’s no heating, or the floor always seems cold? RugBuddy is the perfect Father’s Day gift that will transform the place…
Supporting Work Wise Week (Sun 13th May – Sat 19th May) is a natural for me as Smarter Working embraces flexible working from home. Many ‘at-home’ workers already rely on RugBuddy under desk heaters to create a comfortable and productive working environment. It makes sense that if you’re the only one at home, having the…
We love conservatories. The way natural light floods in and how they link the house with the garden beyond, often makes them our favourite place to relax. But only if they have efficient conservatory heating. Without exception, they are hard to heat. This blog looks at the different ways you can add conservatory heating and…
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