Preparing for winter III

Rainy-Days

Rising - sometimes they start on Christmas Eve but generally speaking it is Boxing Day that they begin.

Not sure if you have thought about it but sometimes the local tip have a shop where they sell genuinely working second hand goods. A friend of ours went when hers gave up the ghost and she picked one up for about £10.00 and it is still working now, she has it in the garage as a spare overflow.

Also have a look in the free ads section of the local paper people are always selling cheap fridges in there.

rising_from_the_ashes

Thanks Rainy ... hadn't thought of that so will pop in tomorrow on my way home on the off-chance.

I'm going to have to venture out again:eek: - the car is going to have to go in...... can hear more stuff blowing around.

Not looking forward to it as I'll have to take all the bags of fridge stuff etc out - hope they don't blow away while I put the car in, and then put them along the back of the car to get the door shut again.....

Trying to pluck up the courage ......:( (I am a wimp!):)


Here goes ..... once it's done I don't need to go out again.......

prepareathome

Hubby said while he was out delivering ( what is job is) the van was actually being blown around, he fight to fight to keep van going straight, did veer a couple of times but luckily he stopped it hitting anything, he said he had to fight to hold on the newspapers as he took them out the van to take into shops and he saw a couple of people actually blown off their feet, others helped them up before he could - its time like that he is torn, as if he goes to help and leaves van unlocked and its stolen its instant dismissal, happened to someone last winter, no excuses, they don't care if you are maybe saving someones life, which is what the guy last years was doing, a child, age 3, got blown into road into path of a car, he got the child out of the way and in the short time it took him to do this someone climbed in van from side door, which they open to get the papers out and get the van started and drove off, was found a week later burnt out. Guy was called a hero in the local paper, the same paper he was delivering and was sacked from and still is unemployed as he is classed as untrustworthy with firms property) so hubby was glad he did not have to make a choice. Yet here its still not bad and yet the wind was so bad just a few miles away.

We are having brisket with lots of veggies tonight and there is enough left for another meal, so that is now in the freezer and have chicken soup with chicken in it cooked and now cooking in slow cooker, that will go in freezer as well as was going to do it tomorrow but hubby has asked for lamb, so that is now sitting defrosting ( got some lovely lamb steaks from the organic butcher at farmers market) I would have done a joint but they were near the top of the freezer and to lazy to go digging down, only snag of a chest freezer got to take so much out if what you want is near the bottom. I keep the vegetables near the top as they are used on nearly a daily basis.

Stay warm and safe my friends.

greenbee

rising - some sales have started already, so start doing your research

sured

Hi all, I've been lurking on here for a while getting some great tips, thanks all

I have a couple of questions if anyone can help, I have a free-standing electric fire which is in front of the chimney, I have pushed some cushions up the chimney but its still quite drafty, and also the cable for the fire comes out of the back of it so I am unable to push it tight to the wall, does anyone have any ideas how to stop the draft coming round the back of the fire?

Also the draft that comes in from the front door (which is double glazed) is pretty bad, I haven't really noticed it till tonight when its very windy. I have a curtain up in front of it but I am wondering if draft excluder round the sides of it will be helpful too and will it stop the door from opening?

Thanks!

prepareathome

Son just called in on his way home from work and collected his Christmas present - Lidl wake up light as he has terrible trouble getting up - as he can use it now, and told me motorways by us are all being gritted and council is also gritting some of the main roads in the city, so they are obviously expecting it to get icy, at the moment the sky is totally clear and you can see the stars so no clouds to keep it warmer but wind has picked up. Most unlike our council, they are on the ball this year, as usually never known they grit before the ice is on the roads, wonders will never cease. I wonder if they will come out and do our road as we are on one of the main roads into the city and gets colder here than further in as five minutes away are lots of fields and a county park so very open.

prepareathome

sured wrote: »

Hi all, I've been lurking on here for a while getting some great tips, thanks all

I have a couple of questions if anyone can help, I have a free-standing electric fire which is in front of the chimney, I have pushed some cushions up the chimney but its still quite drafty, and also the cable for the fire comes out of the back of it so I am unable to push it tight to the wall, does anyone have any ideas how to stop the draft coming round the back of the fire?

Also the draft that comes in from the front door (which is double glazed) is pretty bad, I haven't really noticed it till tonight when its very windy. I have a curtain up in front of it but I am wondering if draft excluder round the sides of it will be helpful too and will it stop the door from opening?

Thanks!

Can you cover the opening of the fireplace with a piece of cardboard ( I have that over my bedroom fireplace but then furniture is in front of it so can't be seen) or would it be on view? Would another cushion help?

I would try the draught excluder round the front door, only when you try it will you see if door still opens easily.

Could you line or add another liner to the door curtain?

Am sure others will come up with better ideas

tubzy2001

We had a heavy bit of snow around 5pm in Somerset shame it didnt last

sured

prepareathome wrote: »

Can you cover the opening of the fireplace with a piece of cardboard ( I have that over my bedroom fireplace but then furniture is in front of it so can't be seen) or would it be on view? Would another cushion help?

I would try the draught excluder round the front door, only when you try it will you see if door still opens easily.

Could you line or add another liner to the door curtain?

Am sure others will come up with better ideas

I will try the cardboard and an extra cushion, thank you, what a great idea

Thriftkitten

tubzy2001 wrote: »

We had a heavy bit of snow around 5pm in Somerset shame it didnt last

Oooh did you get any pics, lets hope it on the way down to cornwall... I can but pray!:j