Preparing for winter II

Shazzadouglas

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.

Thanks for the laugh, i was bad with laughing while reading this lol

Shaz x

nicki_2

Thanks to all the tips on here I've managed to have my duel fuel bill cut again this year Its gone from £75 a month when X was here, to just £50 a month as of the next payment :money::j

Now just out of curiosity, what temperature do you have your central heating thermostats set to? I think mine is too high at the minute, but not sure how low I should set it. I'm a 1926+ end terrace and my only neighbors are out at work for most of the day so I can't even borrow their heat :rotfl: I also have quite a problem with damp throughout the house (lack of/patchy heating before I had the CH fitted) so I'm trying to get the house to a constant temperature where the place will dry out a bit! There is already a noticeable difference in some rooms However in the hall/stairway (northfacing gable end) the mold is growing again and you can feel a cold patch about half way up the stairs. I'm thinking I need to move the thermostat as I think in its current location its too close to the hall radiator and the reason I have to set the temperature to 25C to get the whole house warmed equally. :mad:

bluebag

Frugal wrote: »

Sounds perfect but i would only need enough for an area about the size of my hand

BTW RedDoe - absolutely LOVE your home! I want one... *goes off to stamp feet and sulk*

Sorry to post so late, can't sleep, but the pound shop near me had small tins of yacht varnish for a princely quid.

Chillout5892

Sylvan wrote: »

We weren't supposed to be going in till next Friday but I thought we'd better go sooner, to make sure they still had them, so we went on Thursday.
They didn't have any . We were told they were probably a special offer, which is now finished.

Never mind. Our new dehumidifier is wonderful. It's been taking out 2 or 3 litres a day for the last 3 days and DS5's room no longer smells mouldy. :j

Hi there Asda 2 for £3 fleece curtain lining lovers.

Can anyone who was bought these Asda fleeces tell me what size they are and remember what colours they had. I seriously thinking of lining my bedroom and lounge curtains, but it's a lot of fabric. Each window would require 2 curtains 3 metres tall and 1.5metres wide.

Do they do white? The lounge and Navy the bedroom? I wonder is I can get away with 4 per window. Is there a limit on how many you can purchase at a time?

Thanks.

By the way, I've noticed, you're not going to let me get away without the bio-hazard story, are you. .....
Now I know your sense of humour, I think you can have chemical bomb part 2 first. Yes there is more....

I'll write it tomorrow.

BB1984

Chillout - I don't often LOL at posts, but that one was hilarious. Looking forward to Part 2!

The asda fleeces are 122 x 152cm. They have cream, red, brown, and black, from what I remember, might be others though. I've bought some for my lounge and bedroom curtains, hopefully will be able to just pin them up, rather than faff around with the sewing machine!

BB

shegar

nicki wrote: »

Thanks to all the tips on here I've managed to have my duel fuel bill cut again this year Its gone from £75 a month when X was here, to just £50 a month as of the next payment :money::j

Now just out of curiosity, what temperature do you have your central heating thermostats set to? I think mine is too high at the minute, but not sure how low I should set it. I'm a 1926+ end terrace and my only neighbors are out at work for most of the day so I can't even borrow their heat :rotfl: I also have quite a problem with damp throughout the house (lack of/patchy heating before I had the CH fitted) so I'm trying to get the house to a constant temperature where the place will dry out a bit! There is already a noticeable difference in some rooms However in the hall/stairway (northfacing gable end) the mold is growing again and you can feel a cold patch about half way up the stairs. I'm thinking I need to move the thermostat as I think in its current location its too close to the hall radiator and the reason I have to set the temperature to 25C to get the whole house warmed equally. :mad:

My heating is usually set at 22 degrees, no heat again today its a beautiful warm sunny day, took the dog out at 7 am in shirt sleeves again.Im in credit ready for the winter with my fuel accounts , so when it do need turning on I wont be worried about the bill...:D

Kitchenbunny

The thermostat is usually set very very low to bring the heating on if the house reaches below about 15C, beyond that we tend to light candles and wear extra layers. It's lovely and sunny here too today so I don't think that'll be an issue.

Also, just made a huge pan of gammon shank soup. My first time of making it, and I feel proud of it. It'll make quite a few portions of soup for winter for the freezer. The rest of the gammon (about 2/3 of it) has gone into the freezer ready for when I do a turkey leg later this week to make a pie with. I figured that would be a bit cheaper than chicken and also give me a bit of experience with cooking other things.
KB xx

Confuzzled

adiwood wrote: »

Gets dark earlier than 7.30 here!

aye, here in fife it's dark at 6:30 now, i know that for certain as the ice cream man now shows up in the dark on friday evenings!(he comes without fail at 6:30pm every friday) bless his cotton socks though, still trying despite the weather

Confuzzled

Primrose wrote: »

I become a very antisocial person in winter. As soon as it gets dark I feel as if I should be going to bed, and am often happy to climb the stairs quite early with a book and snuggled down under the duvet reading. Guess it's a very basic animal instinct to head for the nest as soon as darkness falls. I'd probably have been very happy in the middle ages when everybody went to bed as soon as it got dark because they couldn't afford to keep the candles burning. And it's a good excuse to turn the heating down! Luckily not many people go house visiting after dark so nobody knows the hours I keep.

i find that i sleep more during the winter, just naturally. i think it must be the longer hours of darkness before bedtime playing on my mind nudging me towards the bedroom. in winter i can easily sleep 9-10 hours a night in summer i'm lucky if i can manage 6 even with blackout curtains!

that reminds me i need to stuff my window with paper again soon, i settled into bed last night and felt a draught coming round the curtains!:eek:

Fruball

Chillout5892 wrote: »

By the way, I've noticed, you're not going to let me get away without the bio-hazard story, are you. .....
Now I know your sense of humour, I think you can have chemical bomb part 2 first. Yes there is more....

I'll write it tomorrow.

No we are not and I am already laughing in anticipation and I haven't even read it yet!!!

Can't wait for the next installment :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: