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Draught Excluders

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  • www.craftycrafty.tv has a tutorial on making them
    Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones that let in the light
    C.R.A.P R.O.L.L.Z. Member #35 Butterfly Brain + OH - Foraging Fixers
    Not Buying it 2015!
  • You can use old plastic shopping bags - and old clothes, towels, etc. To weight them down use, sand or fish bowl pebbles.
  • Try this one I found on flikr it uses pipe lagging and is really easy to make.
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/notmartha/sets/72057594068949613/
    Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones that let in the light
    C.R.A.P R.O.L.L.Z. Member #35 Butterfly Brain + OH - Foraging Fixers
    Not Buying it 2015!
  • mardatha
    mardatha Posts: 15,612 Forumite
    Somewhere on here I read of a clever way of making a snake stay attached to the door, so that when you opened the door the snake went back with it when it closed. Anybody know how to do that ?
    Also how do you make a door curtain that will cover the facing and yet not catch in the door when you open it ?
  • zippychick
    zippychick Posts: 9,334 Forumite
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    edited 14 April 2010 at 8:55PM
    Hi Mardatha

    Glad I didn't get this thread confused with the Vegetarian sausages one he he! :rotfl:

    Hmmmm.... they would need to be connected at both ends to the door... check this thread to see if there's any ideas in there. Maybe with a simple tab connected to a mini hook on the door? Thinking out loud here.....:D

    Ill add your thread to that one later
    thanks
    Zip


    Edit - this kind of?

    Oh - cool!
    A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men :cool:
    Norn Iron club member #380

  • Blessed are the cracked for they are the ones that let in the light
    C.R.A.P R.O.L.L.Z. Member #35 Butterfly Brain + OH - Foraging Fixers
    Not Buying it 2015!
  • mardatha
    mardatha Posts: 15,612 Forumite
    Oh aren't some people great at solving problems ? this is superb, thank you. Now I get to play with my new (freecycle) sewing machine whoohoo !
  • ginnyknit
    ginnyknit Posts: 3,718 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Well done on the freecycle sewing machine! The draught excluder looks simple, just what I need :)
    Clearing the junk to travel light
    Saving every single penny.
    I will get my caravan
  • mardatha
    mardatha Posts: 15,612 Forumite
    I am miffed. I made the double roll one featured on one of those links and it works fine, but the daughter laughed at it and thinks it's silly. I hope she uses it. :(
  • csarina
    csarina Posts: 2,557 Forumite
    You need a portiere rod for the door curtain it liffts the curtain as the door is opened and drop it down when the door closes. Look on E bay.
    Was 13st 8 lbs,Now 12st 11 Lost 10 1/4lbs since I started on my diet.
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