Preparing for winter II

sb44

Red_Doe wrote: »

burns in spate within half an hour.
Brrr...

Can you translate for some of us further south please Red Doe?

Ta.

marmiterulesok

sb44 wrote: »

Can you translate for some of us further south please Red Doe?

Ta.

From a fellow Scot,burns in spate means small streams (called burns in Scotland) flooding.:cool:

sb44

marmiterulesok wrote: »

From a fellow Scot,burns in spate means small streams (called burns in Scotland) flooding.:cool:

Thanks!

marmiterulesok

Hope I haven't stepped on your toes Red Doe!

bluebag

wrightk wrote: »

becoming soaking wet and black mould ....

....we tried double sided tape and cling film over the windows and then hair drying the cling film to pull tightly so it was in effect a kind of secondary double glazing but because the window was so cold it loosened the cling film and we ended up hair drying the cling film every morning!

It's seems there is a dreadful damp problem, maybe a dehumidifier would help reduce the overall damp and make it easier to heat? It may make the atmosphere a bit healthier for the time you are there too.

kidcat

Must be winter, the council had gritters out on the roads here today!!

bluebag

kidcat wrote: »

Must be winter, the council had gritters out on the roads here today!!

Well that's good in a bad sort of way, better than last year when there were hardly any gritters and the roads were lethal.

The roads near me were evil and that included the bus route, skidding double deckers is a scary sight.:eek:

Mamzie

Sadly I heard through varied grapevines, that gritting may be reduced this year, and they would plough more instead, if we had another bad winter.

GOt hooked on looking at the Ice grippers tonight trying to decide which to order. Also saw a few snow chains, and am wondering if anyone knows much about them. seems cheaper than changing to snow tyres?

diddly74

Mamzie wrote: »

Sadly I heard through varied grapevines, that gritting may be reduced this year, and they would plough more instead, if we had another bad winter.

GOt hooked on looking at the Ice grippers tonight trying to decide which to order. Also saw a few snow chains, and am wondering if anyone knows much about them. seems cheaper than changing to snow tyres?

I would be interested in the discussion on snow chains. We moved house in the summer and we have to decend a rather steep hill to leave the road. As a Student nurse who is expected to get to work whatever the weather. I too wonder if they are worth it.

Red_Doe

Can you translate for some of us further south please Red Doe?

tsk, Sassenachs, hee hee Sorry guys *blush*
Thanks, marmite, I tend to type the way I talk.
I live surrounded by hills here so the first snows are easy to spot. Everyone in the area is groaning at the thought of it so early but looking back at my childhood, most winters began with the snow on the hills in October and snow that didn`t leave til around March or later! Blast from my past. Well, an icy one
When the gritter came past our way last winter (all two turns of him) he must have laid, oh, about five pieces of grit for every yard! Very helpful. I did wonder if the council was rationing it. But the snow plough was fab here, very efficient and even though he struggled a lot of the time...soon as he cleared the road it snowed heavily again...he did a champion job.
I`m no expert, but for anyone living rural, if we get anything like last winter I`d definately go for snow chains. The number of 4x4`s I saw in ditches!