Preparing for winter II

GreyQueen

mummytoo wrote: »

Meant to say do you think I could store a jerry can in the garage with a litre or two with petrol incase of emergencies again so is that a definate no no!!

Sorry im clueless but learning from my mistakes !!!!!!!!!!!

I think this would be OK as long as, as the others have said, you use proper containers. After all, lots of people have petrol-mowers and are storing a little at home; takes Dad a couple of years to get thru a gallon of petrol for Nan's mower.

One thing I did pick up in my random trawling thru this world (which included a spell in the motor trade, gawdhelpme, is that you can't store petrol indefinately. Goes "off" or something, so I'd use it up after a couple of years and re-fresh your emergency can at home.

It's not a bad idea to have an empty petrol can as part of your car's emergency kit.

Oh, and a wee tip from my motor-trade days; if you think your battery may be even slightly tired or weak, replace it in the next 6 weeks or so. Any old battery will turn an engine over in decent weather but they fail en masse as soon as the cold mornings start. First frosty day will see phones ringing off the hooks at garages and car parts factors across the land.

They're not that expensive and it's just not worth the aggro of being stranded out and about or unable to get to work etc.

rising_from_the_ashes

Ohhh, another thing to add to my (ever growing) list!:D I have a petrol container for emergencies in the garage, it was full for ages but like Greyqueen says, it can go off so I used it a while ago and haven't got around to refilling it (with the cost of fuel being so high). Must get it done - my car only takes 30 litres and nearest fuel station is 8 miles so not great if you're running low and the roads are bad!

I did manage to tick something off the list yesterday - got the scarves & hats washed!

Can anyone recommend wellies that are not too expensive?

I was thinking of these http://www.amazon.co.uk/DUNLOP-HEIGHT-DESIGN-WELLY-GREEN/dp/B0049AHBF4/ref=sr_1_1?s=shoes&ie=UTF8&qid=1313097358&sr=1-1 has anyone tried them/something similar?

Also, can you get fleecy wellie liners?

I must admit to not wearing wellies that often as find it's often easier to walk with my "proper" walking boots on, but not great once the snow gets past ankle height!

Rainy-Days my car was also at home during the worst of it. I walked the mile and a half to the bus stop and spent a fortune getting to/from work (£3.70 each way compared to a total fuel spend of £2/day) but I'd rather be safe than sorry as very rural/bad roads around here.


I still have one duvet to get cleaned - have been waiting for a nice sunny day to take it to the laundrette to wash and be able to hang it out (still waiting .....).

It's finally stopped raining:D - off to DMs to hunt for some lino for my bathrooms (hoping to get off-cuts as both small).


One final question (for now;)) - I have the door curtain up at the front door but once pulled, there's a gap at the side (can't pull any further as fixing stops the rings going right to the edge of the wall). Any tips on how I can attach this to the wall without making a total mess - it's the side where the door opens & therefore where the worst of the draft comes in. Thanks:)

annie123

mummytoo wrote: »

Has anyone had any experience of radiator boosters for the house

Several people on here have reported that they are a waste of money, either this thread or the old one, can't remember which, so I've never bothered with them.
hth

mumoffour77

MRSTITTLEMOUSE wrote: »

Although I did draw the line about leaving it in the garage as it was an integral one and I thought that that was too close for comfort and I did'nt literally want to add fuel to the fire :eek:.

:rotfl:LOL:rotfl:

nataz

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Could you attach a kind of hope and hook system? That way there would only be a couple of holes when removed.

Sure someone will have a better idea!

Rose_Crow

mcjordi wrote: »

well most of my car parts arrived today.. so doing the repairs over the weekend.. also need to collect a wheel for the car with a brand new tyre on (sunday if i win the ebay auction)
picked up a few tins of soup/rice pudding whilst out and about..
pay day and my birthday tomorrow so may go curtain hunting.. (im 27 and looking at curtains )

I'm just waiting for my glow plugs to arrive for my ZS, shame they won't arrive before the weekend but nevermind.

Don't worry - I'm 25 and I'm the same LOL! :rotfl:

BTW got my Yaktrax through this morning, they're a small, and I wear size 6 shoes - they will be going on my Doc Martins and my muckers. They are extremely difficult to put on, and I've not actually managed to get them on properly, so I assume they need to be bigger. Anyone else experienced this? I imagine they would be ok for normal shoes - but who goes out in the snow in anything other than boots?! Ah well off to the post office I go to send them back.

Rose_Crow

Ooh just discovered by accident that if I position my laptop's charger transformer right, I can put my feet on it, and it keeps them lovely and warm! Normally work up in the office (I work from home) but have had it on my lap in the lounge recently due to getting chickens - I can keep an eye on them in the garden all day

toottifrootti

just wanted to thank mummytoo for having the pipe roses on her list - i had never heard of these but went on ebay and now going to order for all my pipes - great idea - will stop the spiders too!!! thanks for that.
toots x

Confuzzled

rosieben wrote: »

Sorry I wasn't trying to rubbish your link there's some very useful stuff there

the more information we have, the better :beer:

oh no worries i didn't think that! i'm totally a novice to freezing certain kinds of foods which is why i found it helpful myself... i know all about freezing butter and cheese and milk and nothing about pasta and rice

lrb_2

Hiya!

An avid lurker here!
First of all I would like to thank you all for sharing your tips, they were invaluable last year. Things like buying and electrical blanket or putting new soles in my winter boots before the cold arrived really made a difference.
This will be my second winter in this place and I am dreading it, last winter was so cold that with the first snow I even had to barricade myself in the bedroom for a couple of days just to keep warm!!
I am now frantically plastering and doing other bits to make it more habitable and hopefully warmer.
I don't know if this is the right place to ask, but what do you do to prepare your interior plants for winter? I'm at work all day so the heating only goes on for a bit in the evenings ( unless I'm at home then it goes on for most of the day!!!). I am concerned is going to be a bit too cold for a lovely orchid I have now. It was really cold last year and I would hate it if it died as it is a present from one of my friends' mum.
Thanks,
Lx