Preparing for winter II

caseystar

kidcat wrote: »

It's a little cellophane bag filled with hot chocolate, marshmallows, and with a little tag with a poem about snowman etc.

I'm going to try that one. :T

Chillout5892

Eenymeeny wrote: »

Sorry to have diverted the thread into a 'caustic soda discussion' but thanks for all of the advice. Nice to know that we have so many helpful people out there isn't it?
Cheers everyone...:beer:

Don't worry about it. You are not alone. You can have a laugh on me. Your story has been reminding me of my attempts of blockage clearance 30 years ago When I got my 1st proper home in a housing association, a newly refurbished flat in the eves of a victorian villa. I was so proud of it and about 3 weeks in, I did something similar.

After deep frying chicken for the first time, I put the chip pan on the floor on a metal skillet to cool. An few hours later, I found my dog, a red setter, treating herself to the cooling spicy chicken flavoured beef dripping. Fuming at having to throw it away, and shouting at the dog, I threw the remains down the sink but instead of turning on the hot tap, I turned on the cold and it instantly set in the pipes, at about 11 pm at night.

Terrified I was going to be evicted for being such a fool, I threw every toxic concoction down the drain, toilet cleaner, floor cleaner anything, including 'spirit of salts' whatever that is. It nearly blew the pipes out with fumes belching out, stinking smelly foaming fumes the lot. It really did seem like a chemical bomb. It scared the tenants in the two flats down stairs as their pipes were connected to the main drain going through the house and banging about uncontrollably. They were banging on my flat door demanding to be let in. They were terrified as they had been smoking wacky wacky and didn't want the police or fire brigade called. I was terrified, my dog was terrified, barking her head off and dragging me in the bedroom. It was bedlam. When I told them what had happened, they suggested I took the dog for a walk to calm her down (calm her down?) I can remember walking back and looking up and watching the illuminated columns of fumes rising through the open kitchen velux window, in a clear night sky. It was awesome.

So were the consequences for the Augusta, my red setter. You have no idea just how much, for so long, can be evacuated out of dog after gulping a couple of pints of beef dripping. She was really poorly. I thought I was going to have a breakdown. Between the fumes and splutters from the sink, and the dog, I was cleaning for days.

I've never deep fried any thing else, ever.

valk_scot

HelenYorkshire wrote: »

I've not made it through the whole thread, but please tell me more about coping with sash windows! Last winter I duct-taped bubblewrap over them - it billowed like a sail when the wind blew; that's how big the gaps are! However this meant I couldn't mop up condensation
If it helps, only the bottom section of the window still moves, and they're both approx 5 foot by 5 foot....
One of them has a set of long, thin-but-overlapping curtains, the other only has those vertical blinds that you get in GPs and dentists.

Mine are relatively new in that they were only fitted four years back. They are double glazed ones which helps a lot but they are draftier than the hideous PVC ones they replaced. The area of glass is now about x2 though so I'm happy!

As to draughtproofing well, you need decent curtains, missus. One set right up close to the sash made of something lightweight, like muslin or polycotton, then outside the architrave frame you need good full length lined ones, in a heavy fabric. If these hang away from the frame down the sides use sticky backed Velcro on the window frame and sew short lengths of the matching side onto the edge of the curtains. You can also add Velcro to the overlaps in the centre.

If your actual windows are very rattly then you can add stick on spongy draughtproofing strip top and bottom, and also use draughtproofing "sausages" along the top of the bottom sash as I suggested earlier.

In a previous house we only had single glazed sash windows and you could practically see the heat pouring out of them. I grew up in a Victorian tenement flat in Edinburgh though and I knew all about how to deal with them...straight down to the charity shop and bought every thick curtain I could find and these windows ended up with triple layers of curtaining in the winter. You can use any curtain of any naff colour as interlining between your outer fabric and loose curtain linings, or you can use two lined curtains back to back and have the inner one as a contrast feature. Check the rails can take the weight of all this though. Fleece blankets do make great curtain linings too but if you need linings with a 12 feet drop, you've got to buy it by the yard (expensive) or improvise.

Fruball

Chillout5892 wrote: »

After deep frying chicken for the first time, I put the chip pan on the floor on a metal skillet to cool. An few hours later, I found my dog, a red setter, treating herself to the cooling spicy chicken flavoured beef dripping. Fuming at having to throw it away, and shouting at the dog, I threw the remains down the sink but instead of turning on the hot tap, I turned on the cold and it instantly set in the pipes, at about 11 pm at night.

Terrified I was going to be evicted for being such a fool, I threw every toxic concoction down the drain, toilet cleaner, floor cleaner anything, including 'spirit of salts' whatever that is. It nearly blew the pipes out with fumes belching out, stinking smelly foaming fumes the lot. It really did seem like a chemical bomb. It scared the tenants in the two flats down stairs as their pipes were connected to the main drain going through the house and banging about uncontrollably. They were banging on my flat door demanding to be let in. They were terrified as they had been smoking wacky wacky and didn't want the police or fire brigade called. I was terrified, my dog was terrified, barking her head off and dragging me in the bedroom. It was bedlam. When I told them what had happened, they suggested I took the dog for a walk to calm her down (calm her down?) I can remember walking back and looking up and watching the illuminated columns of fumes rising through the open kitchen velux window, in a clear night sky. It was awesome.

The tears are rolling down my face for laughing - That is exactly what happened to me with my bathroom! The fear of explosions going off in the pipes is terrifying but hysterical to look back on. I hardly dare breathe when it happened to me.

Oh dear, I really need to pull myself together, my kids are laughing because I am laughing and they are asking me to read this to them. At 4 they just aren't gonna get it :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

I'm so glad this isn't just me that this has happened to!

:T:T

Gettingtherequickly

Chillout5892 wrote: »

Don't worry about it. You are not alone. You can have a laugh on me. Your story has been reminding me of my attempts of blockage clearance 30 years ago When I got my 1st proper home in a housing association, a newly refurbished flat in the eves of a victorian villa. I was so proud of it and about 3 weeks in, I did something similar.

After deep frying chicken for the first time, I put the chip pan on the floor on a metal skillet to cool. An few hours later, I found my dog, a red setter, treating herself to the cooling spicy chicken flavoured beef dripping. Fuming at having to throw it away, and shouting at the dog, I threw the remains down the sink but instead of turning on the hot tap, I turned on the cold and it instantly set in the pipes, at about 11 pm at night.

Terrified I was going to be evicted for being such a fool, I threw every toxic concoction down the drain, toilet cleaner, floor cleaner anything, including 'spirit of salts' whatever that is. It nearly blew the pipes out with fumes belching out, stinking smelly foaming fumes the lot. It really did seem like a chemical bomb. It scared the tenants in the two flats down stairs as their pipes were connected to the main drain going through the house and banging about uncontrollably. They were banging on my flat door demanding to be let in. They were terrified as they had been smoking wacky wacky and didn't want the police or fire brigade called. I was terrified, my dog was terrified, barking her head off and dragging me in the bedroom. It was bedlam. When I told them what had happened, they suggested I took the dog for a walk to calm her down (calm her down?) I can remember walking back and looking up and watching the illuminated columns of fumes rising through the open kitchen velux window, in a clear night sky. It was awesome.

So were the consequences for the Augusta, my red setter. You have no idea just how much, for so long, can be evacuated out of dog after gulping a couple of pints of beef dripping. She was really poorly. I thought I was going to have a breakdown. Between the fumes and splutters from the sink, and the dog, I was cleaning for days.

I've never deep fried any thing else, ever.

I am so glad I am alone in the office as I am crying with laughter!

Fruball

valk_scot wrote: »

As to draughtproofing well, you need decent curtains, missus. One set right up close to the sash made of something lightweight, like muslin or polycotton, then outside the architrave frame you need good full length lined ones, in a heavy fabric. If these hang away from the frame down the sides use sticky backed Velcro on the window frame and sew short lengths of the matching side onto the edge of the curtains. You can also add Velcro to the overlaps in the centre.

I would never have thought of Velcro, I can attach it to the wall so seal the gap - that is brilliant thank you
:T

jackieglasgow

Chillout, completely off topic and hilarious! Thank you for brightening up my morning.x

wkdhoney

Chillout5892 wrote: »

Don't worry about it. You are not alone. You can have a laugh on me. Your story has been reminding me of my attempts of blockage clearance 30 years ago When I got my 1st proper home in a housing association, a newly refurbished flat in the eves of a victorian villa. I was so proud of it and about 3 weeks in, I did something similar.

My fave post of this thread so far! hillarious! :beer:

NualaBuala

Great post Chillout ... you gave me my first laugh of the day!

parsonswife8

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:Chillout.....wicked!!!