Preparing for winter II

redlady_1

Well, as we appear to be in for a long cold winter I thought I would just ring around the log suppliers. Flipping heck, have they hiked their prices or what?!?!! :eek: That said, it is my only source of heat and whilst I will have managed to get about 2 months worth of heating free, I am experimenting with keeping the burner in over night and during the day as much as I can. To be honest, as long as the wood is well seasoned I will just have to try and stock up as much as I can. I can see the garden being put over to wood at this rate

By the way Focus have a 4 for 3 offer on smokeless fuel if anyone is interested.

La-Cara

sb44 wrote: »

Doh! I hadn't noticed that on their site.

Does anyone know how long the refills last in these please?

Ta.

I bought one of these dehumidifiers about a year ago, and have only just finished the 2nd refill bag, but I think it would depend on how damp your house is.

mcjordi

redlady_1 wrote: »

Well, as we appear to be in for a long cold winter I thought I would just ring around the log suppliers. Flipping heck, have they hiked their prices or what?!?!! :eek: That said, it is my only source of heat and whilst I will have managed to get about 2 months worth of heating free, I am experimenting with keeping the burner in over night and during the day as much as I can. To be honest, as long as the wood is well seasoned I will just have to try and stock up as much as I can. I can see the garden being put over to wood at this rate

By the way Focus have a 4 for 3 offer on smokeless fuel if anyone is interested.

do what my uncle does and saves and chops up old pallets, his shed is full of bags of wood for his wood burner.:rotfl:

sb44

La-Cara wrote: »

I bought one of these dehumidifiers about a year ago, and have only just finished the 2nd refill bag, but I
think it would depend on how damp your house is.

Thanks, I imagine it will last a while then as the house itself isn't damp, we just get condensation on that main window.

redlady_1

mcjordi wrote: »

do what my uncle does and saves and chops up old pallets, his shed is full of bags of wood for his wood burner.:rotfl:

My garage is pretty full now but because it is my only source of heating I can get through a hell of alot of wood in the space of a month - more than I could forage for. Plus it needs to be something like oak which is slow burning. These wood bods have really got it sussed though and it is hard to find one who is actually genuinely selling oak/ash/beech.

I have fence (treated about 20 years ago so I think its ok to burn now :rotfl:) and lots of bits and pieces gathered along the way.

Next year my plan is to put a new boundary fence in and then build a log store in my garden. Then I will have the old outside loo and the store in the garden which should last a couple of months. At least that way if they run out (as they did last year! :eek:) I will be ready for them!

Confuzzled

Sylvan wrote: »

It might be worth asking your GP about surgery to have your pelvis wired together. I don't think it's terribly well known. Mine only knew about it because one of his other patients had had it done.

EDIT: Just realised you're still pregnant. (((()))). Hope it gets better afterwards.
Have they given you a corset yet? If not ask for one.

I also begged for an epidural when I was having DS5 - it made all the difference (Didn't have any pain relief for the first four - hadn't needed it for 1-3 and just screamed a lot with #4:o. They hadn't bothered to tell me till afterwards that spd makes giving birth much more painful:mad:). Wonderful things, epidurals:D

actually having an epidural with an spd pregnancy is considered dangerous as you will not feel how much damage pushing is doing and women have been known to have their pelvis break because they keep pushing when, if they didn't have the epidural, their bodies would be screaming at them to take it easy!

i gave birth on my knees head and shoulder resting over the back of the bed (they put the front half of it upright) they say that's the best position for spd. i used gas and air and not until the last hour (after 32 hours of labour) did i submit to an injection, can't remember what it was demerol i think (can't remember the uk name for it) but it wasn't the same as an epidural.

but you're right spd births ARE more painful, i actually warned the docs i was gonna scream when her head was delivered... and i did i howled like a wolf :rotfl:

i had wanted a water birth but whilst they had the water suite they didn't have anyone qualified to deliver in water... in the end it was a moot point as i kept falling asleep in the tub so i got out for fears i'd drown!

on a more topical note... is anyone else struggling to dry their clothes outside in this frosty air? my airer is broken so i guess no matter how stupid it looks i'm gonna leave them out on the line til they're dry, rain or no rain

and i'm actually sorta looking forward to an excuse to put the heat on on tuesday night lol i'd tell you i feel bad about that but it would be a bald faced lie

Confuzzled

Mamzie wrote: »

He def agrees that when SPD is bad the worst thing possible is a full term natural birth. My main job is to keep the weight off my pelvis as much as possible

wish i'd had an ob/gyn like yours when i was pregnant with my daughter, she was born on her due date, naturally and weighed 10lbs 8oz!

mind you a lot more is known these days about spd so i suspect women get much better care than they used to

Confuzzled

mcjordi wrote: »

do what my uncle does and saves and chops up old pallets, his shed is full of bags of wood for his wood burner.:rotfl:

and you don't need to remove the nails either, in the morning just sweep them out with the ash, that's what we did and we never had problems!

also stuffing any and all small bits of combustible materials into toilet paper rolls is good, tissue paper, dryer lint (if you use one), newspaper, dry leaves etc if you get really good at cramming them full nice and tight they burn for awhile if not so tight they make great fire starters

you could even pour a bit of dross in the center (if you use coal) and then stuff the rest ...

i'd burn darn nearly anything except glossy paper, the fumes aren't so nice but it does burn in pretty colours

Sylvan

Confuzzled wrote: »

actually having an epidural with an spd pregnancy is considered dangerous as you will not feel how much damage pushing is doing and women have been known to have their pelvis break because they keep pushing when, if they didn't have the epidural, their bodies would be screaming at them to take it easy!

Another thing they didn't tell me:mad:. Mind you, it's on a par with the rest of the fiasco. I'm surprised the child survived.

Confuzzled wrote: »

on a more topical note... is anyone else struggling to dry their clothes outside in this frosty air? my airer is broken so i guess no matter how stupid it looks i'm gonna leave them out on the line til they're dry, rain or no rain

and i'm actually sorta looking forward to an excuse to put the heat on on tuesday night lol i'd tell you i feel bad about that but it would be a bald faced lie

I remember having a whole week like that 30 years ago. The clothes hadn't dried by evening so I left them on the line all night and found them frozen stiff in the morning. They took most of the day to thaw so, of course, they still weren't dry by the following evening, so I left them on the line overnight...
(We were all living in one room, so I couldn't have dried them inside.)

After a week I gave up and strapped the baby into the sling and the toddlers into the buggy, forced the frozen washing into carrier bags, hung them on the buggy handles and set off across the tundra in search of the Great White tumble dryer. Oh, that launderette was so deliciously warm...:) I considered moving in there.

What's your excuse for turning on the heating on Tuesday?

Window film

I'm sure I saw a post about that window film being terribly cheap somewhere, but I can't find it. Can anyone remember please?

sb44

Sylvan wrote: »

Window film

I'm sure I saw a post about that window film being terribly cheap somewhere, but I can't find it. Can anyone remember please?

I'm not sure where the post is with a price but I did mention that Wilkinson sell it but I haven't been in to find out how much it is yet.