You’ve been washing your hair all wrong – and it could cost you up to £72 a year

ENERGY bills are set to rise and taking lengthy showers could cost you an extra £72 a year Spending a long time washing your hair ever day would cost you £110 annually, but speeding things up can help you save cash. If you can cut it down to a quick 5 minute rinse, you could save […]

ENERGY bills are set to rise and taking lengthy showers could cost you an extra £72 a year

Spending a long time washing your hair ever day would cost you £110 annually, but speeding things up can help you save cash.

If you can cut it down to a quick 5 minute rinse, you could save between £36 and £72 every year.

Reducing the amount of time you spend in the shower could help to lower your bills at a time when Brits are suffering under a cost of living crunch.

Households are struggling with rising energy bills, which are set to rise again in April.

Meanwhile, the price of food, fuel and transport has rocketed too, with the surge helped by rising inflation.

But there are ways save money on essential bills by changing your routine.

We explain how reducing the amount of time you spend in the shower can help you save.

Taking a 10 minute shower each day would cost £73 every year, according to Energyhelpline data.

At the new price cap rate, which is due to come in on April 1, a 10 minute shower would cost around 20p – assuming the water is heated to 38C.

If you halved that to five minutes, it would cost you just 10p – a saving of 70p a week for someone who takes a shower every day.

Over the course of the year the saving works out as a £36.40.

Meanwhile, a 15 minute wash would cost you 30p – so cutting that down to five minutes would save you 20p every day.

That’s a saving of £72.80 every year.

The actual cost will depend on a number of factors including shower type, shower head, flow rate and temperature.

It could be different if you don’t shower at home every day or if you sometimes run a bath instead.

If you already take super-speedy showers, or you’d prefer to cut your bills in other ways, there are plenty of tricks to try.

Other everyday tasks could be costing you more thank you think.

For example, leaving the water running while you brush your teeth could add £60 a year to your bills.

Moving your furniture, turning your thermostat down just one degree and bleeding your radiators could all save you money.

We’ve rounded up 40 ways to reduce your gas and electricity spending.