Preparing for winter III

boultdj

prepareathome wrote: »

Now searching around for something to stuff the draught excluder - I gave all my old blankets and sheets away to dogs home a few weeks ago and we actually haven't had any missing socks for a few years so not sure what I can use, any ideas anyone?

Thanks you wonderful people :j

You could try scrunched up newspaper as a filling,but you will need to pack it tight.hth.

Toonie

Well, preparing for Winter may be easier if I manage to secure the flat I looked at a couple of days ago, have put a holding deposit down and just crossing fingers that credit checks go through alright (I have to ring Barclaycard tomorrow and shout at them as a mistake they made a couple of years ago is still on my credit report-grrrr).

The flat is newly double glazed (hurray) and is the 1st floor of a converted house. It's lovely and really, really hoping to get it. The rooms are quite big, but the laminate flooring is clearly done well, it has a far newer heating system then my current place, so that will help (yay for a thermostat!).

If all goes well, I'll be moving in a couple of weeks. The biggest downside is that the kitchen is smaller and I won't have a larder any more so will have to think about buying 20 tins of tomatoes because they are on offer. Also, the fridge freezer only has a small freezer section, but there may be room for my little freezer in the living room...will have to wait and see. I'm so used to be able to freeze soups and stews I don't know what I'd do without that option.

Enough of the long post, though I have found one of my old huuuggge scarves works well as a shawl when it's getting a little nippy but not cold enough for anything more. I also bought a fleece blanket from !kea yesterday. Always useful to have an extra one.

I_luv_cats

abwsco wrote: »

We have some eyelet curtains. I bought linings with the header tape but got some more curtain rings that had clips on them as well. They were 99p from B & M's. I always think I'm useless at explaining things but here goes. This assumes you can take your pole down easily.

Took the original curtains off the pole and laid them on floor. Laid linings on top of these. We then threaded pole through first eyelet of curtain then put a couple of curtain rings with clip on the pole and clipped them to the lining. Then put curtain pole through next eyelet of curtain. Then put more rings with clip on the pole and attached to lining and repeat above all the way along the curtain.

Hope that makes sense and that it helps. Did take us a while as our curtains are 90 x 90.

Did you get normal linings or thermal ones?? (would be great to keep the hall cooler in the summer too)

I threaded a few of the rings on the ring top wrongly and only noticed when up, luckily I just removed the bracket (one end) and fed properly and was back up in a few mins!!!

abwsco

I_luv_cats wrote: »

Did you get normal linings or thermal ones?? (would be great to keep the hall cooler in the summer too)

I threaded a few of the rings on the ring top wrongly and only noticed when up, luckily I just removed the bracket (one end) and fed properly and was back up in a few mins!!!

We've done that everytime we've put curatins like that up. Should ahve learnt by now-lol

They had no thermal ones in stock in the right size when I went to Dunelm so instead of making another trip I got blackout ones which are thermal as well.

rosie383

Chirpy chick..... Did you make up your checklist yourself? Or is there a generic version somewhere? I would love to copy and print it off. Would be very, very helpful with a few adjustments.

23rdspiral

fuddle wrote: »

I am also in the process of altering a large throw. I want to add hooks to the top of it to hang over a wooden archway we have in the living room. It's a large living room with the large archway into the dining room. It is a large space to heat and really, when I'm in the house by myself or on an evening we can hook this up and just heat the living room space. I think it will help immensely, although asthetically look really daft. Needs must!

Humm, thanks for the idea. Our living room and dining room are separated by fold back French windows. So I could put a curtain up! and dining room to kitchen is just an archway...so I could put a curtain up! And ditto kitchen to back door space... Probably most important that one. Cheers!

hummingfridge

For anyone in the North who lives near a Boyes discount department store - I saw some smallish hot water bottles for sale last week at £3.99.

SpikyHedgehog

pigpen wrote: »

Usually you are referred to enuretic clinic once they reach 7.. we tried alarms and tablets and lifting (which you are advised not to do!) and not lifting.. in the end we just gave up.. She out wets a pullup and soggies the sheets/duvet/pillow/bears. She gets cystitis which comes on in minutes and has her screaming in pain. We think most of her problem is behavioural rather than physical but it doesnt stop it being a pain.

We got a full cover for the mattess.. the mattress condom we call it lol.. best thing we ever got She wet one of those cheap covers so much it melted to the mattess!!!

The school nurse can refer.. give her a ring (school office will have the number and name).. it saves faffing trying to get a gp appointment.

I just stopped allowing DD in my bed unless it was morning.

Poor little girl! It's horrible when they're in pain:(

Last time I saw the school nurse about it was not very helpful - not her fault though. She'd got the message from the Paediatric Community Consultant that we needed help with his bedwetting, but not the message that he has behavioural challenges, & is possibly on the autistic spectrum...

So her useful advice about making sure he drinks enough doesn't really help much. I know how much he should drink & when, & in the school holidays when I stand over him & make sure he's drinking enough at the right times and not too late, we're usually ok.

Then, to make matters worse, my husband left us earlier this year, meaning that both the boys have needed extra comfort from me. Last time he wet my bed, Errant Husband had picked him up from school to have dinner with him & the girlfriend & her DD... but instead of going there for play and food, they'd driven all over town in search of a coat for the girlfriend. DS2 didn't get a drink at all, so was really thirsty when he got back (1 hour later than arranged), and very fed up. My poor little man, I didn't have the heart to make him go back in his bed

Pead. said he'd prescribe the tablets so I guess I should go to the GPs this week (yay! Half term, time to do the things we can't do other times!) & try them out... I'm rather loathe to give him the meds till we've got a proper diagnosis on the ASD as I don't know about side effects. He has steroids every day with his asthma, plus his eczema's flaring up with cold weather, so it just feels some days as though we've a pharmacy instead of a medicine cupboard!

Over the summer hols, with me making sure he drank enough & early, & DS2 not going to sleep till gone 10 but still getting up early :mad:, he was dry most nights. Back to school & being tired plus not drinking enough, he started to wet again, but really didn't want to go back into pull-ups, so I said we could try lifting as he needs to do a wee later.

Thank you, not just for the advice, but the knowledge that we're not the only family with it! Not something that the mums on the school playground often discuss, though I'm jolly sure he's not the only one in school.

chirpychick

rosie383 It is mainly my list but its a combination of things ive gotten from the preparing for winter ll and i think it was rainydays who has put together a list too (the links should be on page one of this thread, ill check it in a second) and then the gardening stuff i got from my gardening book.
somewhere in this thread i posted it without anything crossed out and have since added a few bits and taken a few bits out.
You could just write down what applies to you in word and print it out? or copy and paste the original one without the strikethroughs.
I just went through all the winter threads and wrote down everything that i thought was relevant to us its not complete as i have also
brought flanellette bedding
door curtains
draught excluders
among other things there is a far better one to go by lol. ill find it and post instead of babbling

chirpychick

winter checklist - https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/45741528#Comment_45741528

car checklist - https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/comment/28664133#Comment_28664133