Preparing for winter III

pinkmami

*miaomiao* wrote: »

We didn't realise how much heat (& noise) they let out/in. Now we have stuffed them with removable folded papertowels and clear sellotaped over them, then rescrewed the covers on. Perfectly draft free and amazingly quiet!

We've installed new windows with trickle vents in them in the new place & when we move in (after the building regs have signed off) the holes get filled in by my trusted window fitter! We'll be living on the side of a mountain & the last thing we need is the whistling of the wind though the windows - it'll be blowing a hooley most of the time anyhow!

singlestep

Thanks for the reminder about the flu jabs and where to get them. I don't get home from work before the surgery shuts. I can get it free through work but only (this year) at a place awkward to get to without a car at a time when I'd be able to go. Will check with my colleagues to see if I could go with one of them before I decide where I'm going to pay to get it done.

tumptyteapot

rising_from_the_ashes wrote: »

Hi Tumpty:wave:good to see you over here too!

This is supposed to be good and know a friend who's used it and it's certainly stopped the drafts http://www.draughtex.co.uk/ - you can get a free sample from the website so may be worth a try to see if it'll do the trick.

It's not going to be as cheap as pipe insulation - but I guess it depends on how much you need (would the drafts get through pipe insulation as it's not a solid substance?)

ohh that looks great! thank you! my dad said that you squish the pipe insulation into the gap so it would compress and stop the drafts. I'll have a look for a cheaper alternative to the stuff you linked to as there are lots of gaps in the floor and that would get very costly. Great to know it exists though if my budget version fails.

parsonswife8

smeeth wrote: »

You can get flu jabs at superdrug!

My DH paid £7.95 at our Superdrug last week.:)

tea_lover

At the Co-op pharmacy by me they're offering two flu-jabs for £15. Thought I'd take OH with me, that can be his christmas present.:D

(hello all, btw!)

Fruball

tea_lover wrote: »

At the Co-op pharmacy by me they're offering two flu-jabs for £15. Thought I'd take OH with me, that can be his christmas present.:D

(hello all, btw!)

I might get a double hit then :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl: Just to be on the safe side

chirpychick

Hey everyone
Ive spoken to dad today and he seems a bit perkier today
Also just been speaking to my nan and she has asked what we wanted for Christmas and knowing she also doesn't have much money i said we didn't want anything but in the end was persuaded that she was going to get us something anyway may as well be something we wanted - so i asked for a book each one that ive been desperate for as its about money saving and one that i think hubby will be chuffed with. I was going to ask for something more practical but what we need i felt was too much on her pension if you know what i mean so at least with books they will help us in the long run and not blowing the budget! Quite excited to get mine now lol.
Ive go on with a bit more prep, excuse how long this is but just had to tell you what ive achieved so far :T


Winter Prep 2011.
House & Garden:
• [STRIKE]Wash Flannelette bedding[/STRIKE]
• Change bedding to Flannelette (doing tonight if its dried)
• Wash Summer bedding
• Put Summer bedding into storage
• Drain and lag outside tap
• Put electric blanket on ebay
• Lag pipes inside house
• Finish foil radiators
• Set thermostat
• Bleed radiators
•[STRIKE] Put coats, hats, gloves, umbrella’s, waterproofs and wellies accessible[/STRIKE]
• Insulate Guinea Pig hutches
• Sort shed
• Insulate shed
• Move Guinea Pigs into shed
• Allocate & label 2 loaves of bread and 4 pints of milk in the freezer
• Sort kitchen cupboards
• Create “Winter Stash Cupboard”
• Air 2nd hand duvet
• Cover 2nd hand duvet and put on back of sofa
• Touch up yellow paint
• Plant hydrangea out front
• “Do” expanding foam
• Fit fence panels
• Weed front garden
• Weed back garden
• Cut chairs down to fit at table
• Move blackberry and blueberry bushes
• Plant blackcurrant bush
• [STRIKE]Dig up apple tree and take to Carboot[/STRIKE] (and sold)
• [STRIKE]Dig over veg plots[/STRIKE]
• Dig over main garden in prep for turf next spring (half to go)
• Tread all areas dug over (half to go)
• Rake all areas dug over
• Make winter hanging baskets
• Sort mini greenhouse
• [STRIKE]Make power cut box[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Make medicine box[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Buy bird food[/STRIKE]
•[STRIKE] Stock up on Soup, Rice Pudding, Beans, Porridge, Tissues, Toilet Roll[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Replenish medicine and vitamin cupboard[/STRIKE]
• Buy hot water bottles x 3
• Buy fingerless gloves
• Buy ear muffs
• Buy pipe lagging
• Buy guinea pig water bottle insulation cover
• Buy spray bottle
• [STRIKE]Buy woolly hat[/STRIKE]
• Buy fence panels
• [STRIKE]Buy bras[/STRIKE]
• Buy expanding foam
• [STRIKE]Buy wind up radio[/STRIKE]
• Buy more candles
• Buy underwear dryer from poundland x 2
• Buy batteries for scales
• Buy feet for cheese slicer
• Buy batteries for radio
• Buy salt

Car:
• Buy De Icer
• Buy Shovel
• Wax Car
• Put windscreen protector in car
• [STRIKE]Put wind up torch in car[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Put battery torch/windscreen breaker/seat belt cutter in car[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Put blanket in car[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Put water in car[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Put scraper in car[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Put phone charger in car[/STRIKE]
• Put cereal bars in car
• [STRIKE]Put dog food in car[/STRIKE]
• [STRIKE]Put newspaper in car[/STRIKE]
• Put RAC, Mum, Dad, Neighbours & In-law’s telephone numbers in car

feel so much better now that ive marked off a fair bit! im on a mission to get a whole lot more done tomorrow too and roll on payday for the other bits i need to buy (though i have asked on freecycle too)

singlestep

chirpychick wrote: »

Ive spoken to dad today and he seems a bit perkier today
... just had to tell you what ive achieved so far

Well done, you! It feels really satisfying once you know you no longer have to worry about something. I've finished what I need to do for this evening and I'm now revising my own winter lists for the umpeenth time. I need to stop thinking about it and just get on with it ... story of my life :rotfl:

rising_from_the_ashes

thethriftyone wrote: »

If you have trickle vents on your windows, make sure they're shut! I moved into my flat in the summer and only realised they were open in February, by which time we endured months of poor electric heaters battling the draught!

*miaomiao* wrote: »

We didn't realise how much heat (& noise) they let out/in. Now we have stuffed them with removable folded papertowels and clear sellotaped over them, then rescrewed the covers on. Perfectly draft free and amazingly quiet!

OK, I'm now confused:o I thought that you shouldn't cover vents in the house as they're there to air the place and stop damp?

pinkmami

ASDA had 3 for £3 on De-Icer tins this morning (tall tins) xx