Preparedness for when

COOLTRIKERCHICK

blue skies and sunshine, what a diff a day makes.

Think I might cave in and get one of those sunnan Lamps. Think you can only get them in store. my nearest Ikkkkkea store is 40 miles away... I know someone who lives closer, so will see if they can pick one up for me...

Will take a bit of getting used to, using a lamp in the evenings, instead of the main light on, BUT.. it might be worth it..

Out of interest, from a financial point of view, has anyone worked out how long it would take, for it to pay for itself? basically how many hours would the room's lightbulb need to be on to use £16 worth of electric???


edit just found this site

http://www.sust-it.net/lighting-energy-calculator.php

haven't looked at it prob, as I am late for work, will catch up later

[Deleted User]

COOLTRIKERCHICK wrote: »

Think you can only get them in store.

If that's true, why does it have an "Add to basket" button next to the item :huh:

http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/70196857/

greenbee

MrsLurcherwalker wrote: »

Hi GREENBEE glad you're ok after that horrible weather, it sounds like you were extremely organised and weathered it well. Glad you've made your housemove and are getting settled in to your new home. I do indeed know the Sustainability Centre, it's such a lovely place if you're into alternative living isn't it? I love thier bookstore, they always have such interesting things but most of all I love the people who run the place, they are lovely aren't they? Lyn xxx.

Love the cake (and the rest of the food is pretty good too... just wish they were open in the evenings!). I sometimes go and sit in the cafe to work in peace and quiet rather than constantly being disturbed by email, but it's not good for the waistline!

[Deleted User]

Here, Oop North, we've had nothing to speak of, in regard to the storm.

A bit of wind, and plenty of rain, but nothing very scary/damaging.

mardatha

Was just floating around on GQ's fav site and found these interesting pages -purely for fun -but might make us think!

http://nypost.com/2013/10/27/subways-overrun-with-homeless-as-panhandling-busts-down/

http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/exclusive-clip-american-blackout-theres-someone-at-the-fence-they-want-food_10252013

http://www.shtfplan.com/emergency-preparedness/they-will-smell-your-food-from-miles-away_10232013

[Deleted User]

It's been wet (and that's an understatement, if I ever read one) around here today, but otherwise all quite calm.

However, I understand there's another major storm heading our way.

Any news on where, in the UK, it is likely to hit?

pineapple

Seems speculation about this is no longer confined to disaster and conspiracy sites. Rather worryingly it has gone mainstream!
For anyone who didn't or couldn't see last nights Yorkshire regional Inside Out programme on the BBC here is a link.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03flj49
Don't forget to wrap up warm while you watch
Seriously I've had a gut feeling about this since 2010. We've had cold winters and we've had much more snowy winters but I'd never before experienced the prolonged ice and cold we had in these parts. It was so bad, I stopped walking the dog late at night because I reckoned if I slipped and fell, I could be an ice cube before I was found. Plus Piers Corbyn of Weather Action has been saying this for ages and that's good enough for me.
It doesn't necessarily mean Day after Tomorrow scale disaster but it does have major implications for lifestyle and prepping priorities

ALIBOBSY

One thing I think people need to know in cold weather is if you have a modern boiler, the outlet pipe can and does freeze when it gets down to below about -10. OH got info off the net on how to defrost the pipe, and when its really cold can disconect part of the pipe and let it drip into a bucket on the ledge under the boiler.

In effect most modern boilers are not fit for purpose in really cold winters. We know a gas fitter-who fitted our boiler, who had loads of call outs due to this when we had the really cold weather in 2010. He was showing people how to sort it themselves the next time, but reckoned some gas fitters were just raking it in keep going out and recharging to defrost.

Worth having a look now before things freeze up so you know what to do if you switch the heating on, on a freezing day and it makes a heck of a noise and sounds like its about to explode.

Ali x

NB think this is because they are condensing boilers to be more "green".

[Deleted User]

I already know what to do, if my boiler makes a funny noise, or won't work.

I call the Council, and tell them to send an engineer.

GreyQueen

You're dead right about the condensate pipe from the condensing CH boilers, ALI. We had no end of trouble with them in this city in the bitter cold of Dec 2010.

These short copper pipes stick out of the wall and if they freeze solid, the boiler will shut down. One gas engineer at the time said they were so rushed that they were just cutting them off with hacksaws to get the boilers up and running in a hurry. You might want to think about insulating them beforehand - perhaps that foam pipe wrapping stuff might help?

Have cancelled archery for tonight as feel poorly with a cold so will sign off now. Laters, GQ xx