Preparing for winter II

mystra

just been out in the car...thought ooh petrol's a bit low and just about got a £10-er's worth of fuel from the petrol station...they've nearly run out! Our area is pretty much fine - there's snow but the roads are clear (but our carpark isn't and it looks gorgeous under a blanket of snow!) Good job i thought to get some, i don't use the car much seeing as i'm in London but we like going for drives into where-ever at the weekends (obv when its not like this!) but £10 will be enough to pop to aldi for topping up the shopping (which i also got out the way - it's my day off:beer::j) would rather drive in snow in the day than at night...

so now im in and bored... so decided it's high time to learn how to sew as i bought some books about recycling clothes and never got round to trying out the things in there...going to make a draft excluder snake! Mum's got lots of goggley eyes at hers to she can post me a pair and he'l be made of bits of old clothes that are too tatty to rescue and re-wear...good practice i think!

Any one know what i can fill it with tho? Something a bit heavier than fluff or beans or it wont block the draft very well! (a horrendous one coming from the front door!)

Confuzzled

mystra wrote: »

Any one know what i can fill it with tho? Something a bit heavier than fluff or beans or it wont block the draft very well! (a horrendous one coming from the front door!)

old knickers, socks, worn out clothes. you can also put some bubble wrap around that. i know some people just use bubble wrap rolled up but if it's really windy there some weight would help keep it in place

NualaBuala

Confuzzled wrote: »

oh i know what you mean, i only notice that normally when i haven't used a heater in awhile the smell is odd. still the heater woudl fill a need i asked on the electric forum about the heaters and this is the response http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=39005392&postcount=2 which i thought explained the differences in heating styles fairly well. i think i'm going for the halogen there is on on sale at argos for 18 quid, seems reasonable and if the reviews are right it's very bright so i can turn my room light off when using it, kill two birds with one stone

That's great Confuzzled, thanks!

Confuzzled wrote: »

well i suppose it's all relative to what is normal in ones area. it's so easy to get complacent and then suddenly get slammed with mother nature. i don't care who you are, mother nature ALWAYS wins, best one can hope for is a draw:p

i'm from the northern part of the midwestern states and so i'm accustomed to far worse weather in both winter and summer than anything i've encountered in the UK however years of living in a hot southern state then coming to the UK and being here 11+ years have softened me, it's really about what you're used to, the body and eventually the mind will acclimate as long as you've got enough resources to get to that point!

i read all the laura ingalls wilder books when i was 8 and yes they did have very harsh winters, incredible amounts of snow and not a lot of anything around them to keep it from drifting. they didn't have central heating or insulation or double glazing etc but they managed. like i said it's all what you get used to.... i think the human body is capable of some pretty amazing feats as long as the mind attached to it is determined to get through!

I reckon you're spot on there. Gosh, it's incredible what people can cope when they are used to it, isn't it?

shegar

rigsby1967 wrote: »

Hi shegar

Mine have a covered run attached to thier house but it is small at 9ft x 4ft so my girls free range everyday. i do usually let them indoors for about an hour but some of them then terrorise my poor indoor duck :eek::o.

rigs

Your much the same as me,ive got a 8 X8 insulated shed with an attached run 10X10 which has been covered Oct normally to March...like you say they free range....plus I do dig it over 2 to 3 times a week for a worm or two...:D and grit....I touch wood and everything to say mine have laid since June 09 thats when I had this new lot, ive got 8 goldline, and 5 speckeldies, super rich eggs,...:D....they laid all through last years cold snow spell so its fingers crossed again this year.......:T

rachbc

My kitchen has been freezing which I put down to no rad but today doing in during the day without the heating on and its still so much colder than the rest of the unheated house I finally clicked it was massive draughts coming from the sash window - as an emergnecy measure I've nailed up an asda fleece and wedged some towels against the worst bits and its made such a difference.

The sash window restoration people are coming on 20th dec and it can't come soon enough! We started sorting out summer before last and have hit a wall with it so really need someone to finish it off!

bluebag

mardatha wrote: »

This is an Old Style winter for an Old Style board and Old Style people
:beer: WE WILL SURVIVE !

Have you made an early start on the sherbert?

mardatha

I wish ! :D

marmiterulesok

NualaBuala wrote: »

I was just thinking how this is nothing compared to what some folks cope with. Was listening to something on World Service about things not shutting down some place in Russia till it gets to -50C! And I watched a Laura Ingalls Wilder film - they had some hard winters to contend with.

'The Long Winter' by Laura Ingalls Wilder is a gripping read.Her town was snowed in and cut off from supplies by seven months of blizzards.This was in the 1880's.I highly recommend it.A surefire way to make you very grateful for all that you have.It's a favourite of mine.

I can't even imagine what -50c is like!(Hope I never find out).

We've had a lot of snow yesterday and the day before.Below freezing temperatures for the next few days.

I've just put some bubble-wrap on the kitchen windows.Does it matter which side goes against the window pane?

NualaBuala

Some pics from my back garden this morning and about an hour ago. The watering can is getting more and more covered!

NualaBuala

marmiterulesok wrote: »

'The Long Winter' by Laura Ingalls Wilder is a gripping read.Her town was snowed in and cut off from supplies by seven months of blizzards.This was in the 1880's.I highly recommend it.A surefire way to make you very grateful for all that you have.It's a favourite of mine.

I can't even imagine what -50c is like!(Hope I never find out).

We've had a lot of snow yesterday and the day before.Below freezing temperatures for the next few days.

I've just put some bubble-wrap on the kitchen windows.Does it matter which side goes against the window pane?

Thanks - I think that the film I saw was based on that book, I will see if I can get the book from my library.