Preparing for winter III

rosie383

abwsco wrote: »

You could just stitch down a turnover that's big enough for the curtain to slide onto to over the shower rail. Hope you know what I mean:o

Got ya! Thanks. That's perfect and explained beeeautifully if I may say so!

prepareathome

I am way behind reading this as had oldest son over from Oz for 3 weeks so jumped on only a few times. I would like to thank those that gave me the link for ideas for having in for winter and about the Argos value range duvets - what is great they are washable, the cheap ones i bought in past were not, not that it mattered then as we had a king-size bed and duvet wouldn't fit even if it could be washed, but hubby and I have no got separate bedrooms as I am often up at night due to pain, and sitting anywhere except bed was making pain worse, and he has to get up at 4.50am for work so disturbed nights not good for him, so he moved into small bedroom ( second largest is study and dumping ground - I must make an effort to clear it) so bought us both double duvets as I changed the king-size bed to a small double for me ( have to have room for the dogs:)), and he has a single. We both have quilted matteress protectors on the beds which are thickish, but am going to put the summer duvets under the sheets for extra warmth.

At long last got my bulbs in the ground - had 90 sitting there for about 3 weeks, but when I felt up to it was always raining till yesterday, used one of those bulbs planting tools and well worth the money. Got to clear area in back of pots - have been growing vegetables in pots - and prepare ground for fruit bushes that will arrive in November, also have hedging plants coming then from side garden as now going to grow vegetables out there, but as fence only 3ft high to easy for people to jump over and help themselves, have got some vegetables out there under fleece tunnels- via no dig method. So cannot forget garden till everything arrives and is planted and harvest the vegetables.


Now can anyone tell me if its sensible to change my combi boiler setting to winter one now or should we leave it on summer - hubby insists as booklet says summer fine for mild winter that we should leave it, but as its been coming on sometimes - thermostat at 60 - I feel its time to change it, also noticed a big increase in the amount of gas we have used in past week, even allowing for price increase we used more in the week than we did in any week during last winter by at least triple, so to my way of thinking its seems as if running it on summer setting but its coming on is somehow using more gas. My hubby is the type who would never prepare for anything. To him you don't do anything for winter until its cold, like winterising the car, he eventually had that done yesterday after me insisting. Bought him the screen wash that doesn't freeze - well not till -36 but he says he will not put it in till it freezes. Last year he moaned how the screen wash kept freezing. After 31 years I am not going to change him, but how do you convince someone that preparing in advance, just in case is a good idea..............For the house I just get on and do it, but the car is his responsibility - have ordered from Coopers of Stortford one of those 4 in 1 car starters as last year and year before there were a few days when car would not start so he had fun getting to and from work, hoping this year with the new battery this will help it and has the extra option of running a lamp on it and other things that have the 12v option. He is driving round now with the snow shovel, tow rope, emergency blanket, torch, hand warmers and in car charger for his phone at the moment - need I say all in the boot of course. Will add some water, cereal bars, chocolate and other bits in the next week. Oh yes although he isn't handy bought one of those all in one tools - the pliers that have all sorts in the handle, and even included the card which shows what everything is for. We live in town but he goes to some remote places to play his short mat bowls and has been stuck in car parks with car under snow before now. Think I will add a fleece blanket to his kit as well. Also knitting him some hats - old ones past their best and will put one in his kit in car as well as those Neoprene Heat Therapy Gloves, he loathes fingerless gloves but if his main gloves got soaked these would do him. He used to like those rubber overshoes that you place over your own shoes as he will not wear boots - except Wellingtons in thick snow but not seen them for years and found them in Coopers of Stortfords, so just waiting for that order to come, they say can take up to a month, only did order Monday so guess will be towards end of November before anything arrives, never bought from them before - but saw someone mention them on here and had a look.
Now am looking for ideas, have bought myself a cheap sewing machine - Beldray from Argos, just £45, as hand sewing days sadly are behind me, already used it to run up draught excluders from myself and a friend, asked on Freecycle if anyone had any other waterproof trousers where material not to firm and got some so one leg each is great - draught excluders always seemed to get wet in my house when it rains or snows so this should stop the packing getting soaked all the time. Machine is fine for me, but now looking for ideas to use it and mind is blank. I have fairly heavy velvet curtains on most windows - except hubbys room, so would fleece be the best thing to line them with and if so does it matter how thick? Also have ordered a couple of roller blind kits and bathroom and hall windows are not standard and cannot get blinds to fit and cut to size ones I have seen I do not like, I plan to use some fleece blankets I bought for them, should I add lining to add weight.

Anything else anyone can think I can make with my little sewing machine for the winter will be great.

Thanks

katsu

ANNEGEDDES wrote: »

Morning all
just a quick q, any ideas where the cheapest place is to buy snow shovel and grit from??
tia

I got my snow shovel from Asda for £8 and they had bags of salt for £3 for the paths. Shovel is wooden handle, plastic scoop with metal rim.

HTH.

redlady_1

Another delivery of wood for me to stack this morning so I am now well and truely ready for winter. Carpet for the stairs has been ordered so that means I will finally have something warm under my feet too.

abwsco

rosie383 wrote: »

Got ya! Thanks. That's perfect and explained beeeautifully if I may say so!

So glad you knew what I meant:)

Just thought that an even easier way is to find curtain rings that will go over your shower curtain that have clips on. You could just clip the material on then but it would mean spending money of course and the faff of getting them.

D&DD

Glad you got your carpet sorted Red I know when we switched back from laminate downstairs to carpet it made a lot of difference.Wooden floors are lovely but I'm a chilly mortal so need my warm feet

Our B&Q's do grit as do all the local garden centres:D

muffin_man_7

Home and B got snow shovels handle slides tomake big or small £3.99 hth

muffin_man_7

abwsco wrote: »

So glad you knew what I meant:)

Just thought that an even easier way is to find curtain rings that will go over your shower curtain that have clips on. You could just clip the material on then but it would mean spending money of course and the faff of getting them.

99p for 10 in bnm they are in my bathroom holding a shower curtain and voile looks good too 14yrold did it
they will also hold a single quilt up at doorway cozy and warm asi don't like door to kitchen closed hth

rosieben

D&DD wrote: »

Glad you got your carpet sorted Red I know when we switched back from laminate downstairs to carpet it made a lot of difference.Wooden floors are lovely but I'm a chilly mortal so need my warm feet

I find laminate very cold and and - a bit OT sorry - I dread going to houses where they have laminate flooring. I'm a hearing aid wearer and the noise just bounces from the laminate and the walls and I can't hear a darn thing, nightmare!!

rosie383

abwsco wrote: »

So glad you knew what I meant:)

Just thought that an even easier way is to find curtain rings that will go over your shower curtain that have clips on. You could just clip the material on then but it would mean spending money of course and the faff of getting them.

Unfortunately the curtain pole is far too long even tho it is an expandable one. Will have a nosy in Wilkos for a cheap one. Thanks for the tip about the curtain rings. Found some plastic ones that look like they would do the job just grand.