Preparing for winter II

mama67

helzbelz_57 wrote: »

ooh, like this thread. i lurked on the old one but never posted.

my plans are pretty much hat everyone has already said except i am also going to encourage next door neighbours to keep their heating on and light their fire as much as possible because the heat comes through to our living room and the boys' room.

can i ask a question? how much should a small coal bunker cost and does anybody have any idea where i can get one? tehre is a shop locally that sells them but it is £120 for a small one!!!! is that normal?

if you do a google search there a few national companies which come up; when we moved here 10 years ago we bought a galvanised one from British Coal as it was then ( now BHL) cost £90 delivered this holds 500cwt of coal; the similar one is now £140 not sure if that is delivered.
This bunker is still going strong.

frosty

helzbelz_57 wrote: »

ooh, like this thread. i lurked on the old one but never posted.



can i ask a question? how much should a small coal bunker cost and does anybody have any idea where i can get one? tehre is a shop locally that sells them but it is £120 for a small one!!!! is that normal?

We use a large composter bin,it was about £8.00 off our local council website and they delivered it free.Might be worth checking with your local council.

jackieglasgow

knithappens and anyone else, really. If your doubleglazing seal has blown, you can replace the glass units without replacing the frames, find a good local glass/glazing company and ask for a price for replacement sealed units. If you are handy or know someone who is, its usually quite straightforward to replace the old units and put new ones in, and very cheap. We did it in a previous house, so about six years or so ago, and at the time we were about £26 per unit. Obviously it depends on where you live, etc. but it can be a real alternative to new glazing. HTH.

helzbelz_57

frosty wrote: »

We use a large composter bin,it was about £8.00 off our local council website and they delivered it free.Might be worth checking with your local council.

thank you, that is something i would never have thought of. will try them tomorrow.

helzbelz_57

actually, just had a look on the website and they are £5 from our council. will ring tomorrow to get one. thanks again.

janb5

poppett wrote: »

Every third week when my DH is on his late shifts (3-midnight) I have to catch the late train home from work. I finish work at 6pm and by then have just missed the 5.45pm train so have to wait for the next one at 8.40pm. Sat there on a cold platform is not nice.....so tonight I have been looking for nice thermal "bits" to keep the chill off. Thermal vest/t.shirts and long janes, socks and hat scarf and gloves. Hopefully in a couple of weeks time I will be prepared and will be toastie warm. Roll on when I pass my driving test.

WIll work let you leave earlier so you can get the earlier train and make up the hours?

poppett

janb5 wrote: »

WIll work let you leave earlier so you can get the earlier train and make up the hours?

Unfortunately I lock up so I can't get round that one. I'm lucky that most days hubby is either on days or nights so can pick me up, it's just every third week he's on lates (3-midnight) so I have no choice. Won't get a taxi home as that costs £18 for the 8 mile distance.

carriebradshaw

sammy_kaye18 wrote: »

I wish this was the case in our flats. WE are two up two down but the flats behind us are the same layout so we only join together by effectively the back wall of both bedrooms - neither of which have a radiator on them. Im ground floor so have a flat above me and my bedroom joins the flat to the side. We dont get very much heat salvaged from their heating though :(

Most definitely going to try the foil behind radiator ideas and am planning a primani trip this month to get pyjamas sorted for us all.

Am really worrying about my bedroom. the radiator stil doesnt seem to be working no matter how much Ive bled it but then other days it does. I cant afford to not have the heating on in the winter in there or my new baby girl will freeze! :eek:

sammy get onto the council about that radiator if it's not heating after bleeding it could be because of sludge at the bottom or a faulty valve, they should send someone to sort it for you especially when you tell them that's it's in the baby's room

Confuzzled

Frugal wrote: »

I could always tell when my neighbours had their heating on... and i found that the less i had mine on, the more they had theirs on WINNER :T

:rotfl:

when we lived in student family housing we always had the fortune (or misfortune considering our heat was paid for us!) of always having people below us from warm countries australia, iran, india etc

now i live in a purpose built block of 4 flats, i'm upstairs and have older neighbours in the other 3 sets of flats. i'm also facing south easterly so i probably have the best position in the entire place... and i do believe my downstairs neighbour has had her heat on already because there have been quite a few chilly days when in the late evening, around midnight i suddenly feel too warm

Jack_D_2

NualaBuala wrote: »

Thanks,:T I have lots of candle ends. I was going to melt or grate the wax to use in HM firelighters (shredded bills stuffed in toilet roll tubes). But I might have a go at this.


Was looking at ways that i could light my fire with out using the "proper expensive firelights"

Thanks you so much, I would never of thought of that !!!