How to get your home ready for winter
- Check your boiler and heating controls are working and all radiators are getting hot to the top for optimum efficiency
- Make sure your lights are working inside and outside of your home and have some spare bulbs available
- Make sure you know where your mains water stop tap is in case of an emergency (it’s usually under your kitchen sink)
- Find out where your electrical fuse board is. If you get any problems with power in your home, ensure all trip switches are in the up position first
- If possible use a clothes horse to dry clothes instead of your radiators to allow the heat to circulate and help prevent condensation which could lead to damp
- Make sure any prepayment meters are operating correctly
- In case of a power cut keep a functioning torch in an easy to access location
- Make sure you have saved emergency and useful contact numbers in a mobile phone or notebook
- For information about power cuts in the local area or to report a power cut, call Northern Powergrid on 105
- If your home is in a flood risk area visit our flood advice page.
