Preparing for winter II

shegar

Phew its dam cold out, the wind is blowing and snow showers, they said on forcast -5 tonight in East Anglia,,,:eek:.

Been out and fed and watered my 13 hens and the girls are still laying 13 eggs per day.....I give them some porridge oats as a treat because they are super girls keeping the nieghbour hood in eggs all year round.....:D:D

Primrose

chivers1977 wrote: »

Just finished bubble wrapping my draughty back door that we don't use! It is aluminium dodgy double glazing and gets really cold and wet in the winter. It's worth £2 to see if it makes a difference!! If so I might do the only aluminium window in the house which is the downstairs bathroom next to the dodgy back door!! Any experience from anyone else?

We have a large alumium patio window: the rest of the house has more modern white PVC double glazing which isn't troubesome but this patio window does suffer from the cold and condensation in winter. Every morning the frame drips with condensation and mould very quickly build up on the alumium frame. I'm wondering whether if you bubble wrapped it your aluminium frame you would cause the condensation to build up and turn mouldy on the inside of the bubble wrapping, where presumably if the bubble wrapping was taped on, you wouldn't easily be able to get at it to mop it up. It's worth trying but as alumiumium is such a good conductor of the cold, I wonder whether it would help to first put some tape, even something like masking tape, on the alumium frame first to stop the moisture building up on it first.

fuddle

I am as prepared (in the house) as I'm ever going to be with what budget we have got right now but I hadn't taken into account the draught that would come through the patio door (badly fitted rental house) We have no window dressings up there as yet so I've erm, taped down the side with duct tape - works! Hope I can get it off!

chivers1977

Primrose wrote: »

We have a large alumium patio window: the rest of the house has more modern white PVC double glazing which isn't troubesome but this patio window does suffer from the cold and condensation in winter. Every morning the frame drips with condensation and mould very quickly build up on the alumium frame. I'm wondering whether if you bubble wrapped it your aluminium frame you would cause the condensation to build up and turn mouldy on the inside of the bubble wrapping, where presumably if the bubble wrapping was taped on, you wouldn't easily be able to get at it to mop it up. It's worth trying but as alumiumium is such a good conductor of the cold, I wonder whether it would help to first put some tape, even something like masking tape, on the alumium frame first to stop the moisture building up on it first.

Doh, why do I never think of these things!

At the moment I have double bubble wrapped (all stuck together with tape and attached the wrap to the wall outside the frame (if you see what I mean). The bubble wrap has expanded into a sort of convex shape ie ) which I am not sure whether this is due to the draught or some sort of magical draft excluding powers :rotfl:

I think that the plan of action Primrose will be to check the inside of the bubble wrap for any sign of mould. I can then remove the whole lot of bubble wrap and then try your option. I just didn't feel that the fleecy blanket as a curtain option worked last year so looking for another solution........

coco1980

anguk wrote: »

The view from my window this morning!

im very jealous:o

coco1980

oh says ive to stop wishing for snow as he knows im gonna hate driving in it lol, theres been a very noticeable drop in temp here today even oh put heating on during the night and thats not like him

julsifer

kittie wrote: »

It is so bloomin difficult to get warm boots of any kind when you have wide feet and calves. I managed to get some cheap and warm decent bootee types from soyoushoes. They are fine for everyday cold but will be useless on ice. I have found some dr martens winter boots that look wide so fingers and toes crossed and I have looked everywhere. My walking shoes/trainers (merril) are great for rough stuff but no good on ice. I can`t get wellies on either, doh I did a lot of horse riding when I was younger and being a cuddly size doesn`t help

i feel your pain kittie my problem is my calves too and hen i do find any that fit i cant wear thick sock with them!!! I have a pair of zip up boots from boohoo.com but i cant wear thick socks with them so fairly useless really.

Confuzzled

kittie wrote: »

It is so bloomin difficult to get warm boots of any kind when you have wide feet and calves.

believe me i know how hard that is, i've had to send 3 pairs of boots back this year none worked for me nor did the ones i tried on at primark

event the evans boots wouldn't zip up the back at my ankles and my ankles aren't that big! you'd think evans of all places would either have more stretchy boots available or have a wider fit hmpph!

i gave up and will just have to wear my new trainers with the ice grippers i bought this year...

Confuzzled

fuddle wrote: »

We have no window dressings up there as yet so I've erm, taped down the side with duct tape - works! Hope I can get it off!

i've heard rumours that wd40 is really good for removing the sticky residue left behind from things like price stickers and duct tape so if it does leave something behind give that a go

or maybe even kitchen cleaning wipes, i swear they can remove darn near anything including those horrid scuff marks you get on your skirting boards that no amonut of soap, water, bleach or elbow grease can remove!

mcjordi

wd40 or white spirits gets sticky stuff off..

north east is forecast to get snow for 10 days on and off :O